Context And Mission
The Technologies for Biomedical Research Lab (TechBioLab) is part of the Life Sciences Department of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and brings together specialised teams with a focus on developing infrastructures that support Life Sciences research. This includes software components for bioinformatics, research data management – especially in healthcare – and scientific and technical benchmarking of research software in close collaboration with various communities and projects. Special attention is given to technological developments enabling the analysis of sensitive data in federated settings. Complementing these efforts, the Lab also contributes to the development of Trusted Research Environments that enable the use of research data on single sites under specific, configurable usage conditions.
The Laboratory also coordinates the Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute (INB). The INB is the major bioinformatics platform in Spain and represents the Spanish node of ELIXIR.



ELIXIR is a pan-European organization founded in 2014 which aims to integrate and harmonize European bioinformatics infrastructures. ELIXIR coordinates the participation of more than 22 countries; engages with other strategic European initiatives and projects, ESFRI, Research Data Alliance, EUDat, and EGI; promotes specific training activities and workshops on ELIXIR resources, partners with industry, and plays a key role in shaping the bioinformatics landscape.
Since 2018, the INB has two overarching objectives: to deepen the alignment of its activities with ELIXIR, and increase the translational impact of INB actions towards the Spanish National Health System (SNS). For the latter objective, the INB has created and supports the Translational Bioinformatics Network (TransBioNet), which aims to structure, bring together, and work with bioinformatics groups in healthcare settings with a particular focus on the Health Research Institutes (IIS) recognized by the Carl

📌 Research Assistant (Barcelona)
🏢 Barcelona Supercomputing Center
📍 Barcelona