Consortium of human pluripotent stem cell platforms that share experience with protocols, reagents, and technological advances to establish "best practices."

Marta Caminal,Roberto Vélez,Rosa Maria Rabanal,Daniel Vivas,Laura Batlle-Morera,Màrius Aguirre,Jordi Barquinero,Joan García,Joaquim Vives

James Cotterell, Marta Vila-Cejudo, Laura Batlle-Morera, James Sharpe

Joaquim Vives & Laura Batlle-Morera

Laura Marruecos, Joan Bertran, Daniel Álvarez-Villanueva, María Carmen Mulero, Yolanda Guillén, Luis G Palma, Martin Floor, Anna Vert, Sara Arce-Gallego, Irene Pecharroman, Laura Batlle, Jordi Villà-Freixa, Gourisankar Ghosh, Anna Bigas, Lluís Espinosa

ELIXIR unites Europe's leading life science organizations in managing and safeguarding the increasing volume of data being generated by publicly funded research. It coordinates, integrates and sustains bioinformatics resources across its member states and enables users in academia and industry to access services that are vital for their research

Research infrastructure that offers open access to imaging technologies, training and data services in biological and biomedical imaging. Euro-BioImaging consists of imaging facilities, called Nodes, which have opened their doors to all life sciences researchers.

Mission: Explore the potential of coordinating and pooling the experience and resources of basic facilities between institutes and countries in order to advance knowledge and benefit the entire scientific and technological community.

Mission: Lead the research effort of excellence in diabetes and associated metabolic diseases, as well as accelerate the translation of scientific results into clinical practice to improve the health of the population and people with diabetes and metabolic diseases.

BioCores is a directory of basic facilities, technology platforms and scientific services currently in Spain. BioCores offers a tool to find a wide range of cutting-edge, state-of-the-art scientific services, techniques and equipment, to support both biomedical and life sciences research and the scientific community.

Mission: To promote the Omics Sciences in Spain, satisfying the growing demand for sequencing, proteome and metabolome analysis and ensuring the competitiveness of Spain in technological applications in the fields of Biomedicine, Biology and the Agri-Food sector.

Bioinformatics Barcelona (BIB) is an association for the provision of education and training, the promotion of advanced research, the transfer of knowledge and technology, the stimulation of competitiveness and innovation in the industrial sector, and the provision of 'greater visibility as an international entity. BIB was born to cover the need to generate synergies between biology and computer science, for a stronger union between these areas and for the development of high quality education and training programs in the creation of bioinformatics talent.