The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has designated SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics as a FAO Reference Centre for bioinformatics. SIB will collaborate with the FAO on the screening, monitoring and follow-up of zoonotic diseases. These are animal infectious diseases that can be transmitted to humans such as avian influenza, and animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease.
The full press release is available from the SIB website.
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