Next Meeting - VIBE 2026
The next meeting will take place on 3rd December 2026 in DCU hosted by Dr Daniel Murphy and his team.

Last Meeting - VIBE 2025
The last meeting took place in Trinity hosted by Dr Máire Ní Leathlobhair and her team.

History & Goals
The Virtual Institute of Bioinformatics & Evolution (VIBE) was founded in 2000

	to consolidate bioinformatics research efforts in Ireland	Attendees of an early VIBE Annual Meeting
	to provide a forum for emerging bioinformatics researchers
	to provide a platform for the development of an Irish commercial bioinformatics capability
	to develop bioinformatics teaching within Irish Universities

Irish Bioinformatics Mailing List
VIBE runs an Irish bioinformatics mailing list that anyone in the Irish Bioinformatics community is welcome to join. This acts as a community resource for sharing ideas and problems and a notice board for conferences and job openings. To subscribe to the list email LISTSERV@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE with "subscribe BIOINFORMATICS" in the body of the message.

Attendees of an early VIBE Annual Meeting

Directors & Researchers
VIBE's directors are the heads of bioinformatics research groups in the Irish university sector, while all bioinformatics researchers in Ireland are invited to participate fully in VIBE as members.

Meetings
VIBE holds meetings every year bringing together those working in the bioinformatics field in Ireland. [View details of our meetings]