Datarium at BioAlps Networking Day
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Exploring the data of life during the BioAlps Networking Day with the Datarium exhibition created by the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.
What if your future treatment were already written in your DNA? Did you know that a single cancer patient can generate up to 1 terabyte of biomedical data? Or that analysing wastewater can help predict epidemics? You can explore these questions and many more at Datarium, a Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics exhibition about how life-science data is changing our understanding of the world.
The name combines data with the Latin suffix -arium, which means a place for hosting, keeping or exploring something. Datarium takes visitors into the world of biological data: how varied it is, the expertise that makes sense of it, and its concrete impact on society. It shows how data can inform both personal choices and collective decisions.
The exhibition is organised around five themes:
- Personalised health
- Precision oncology
- Fighting epidemics
- Protecting the environment
- Artificial intelligence
Each theme shows how bioinformatics turns complex data into useful knowledge.
Datarium was created in Geneva for the European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB) 2026.
🕐 Free access all day at the BioAlps Networking Day
👥 Guided tours at 1 PM and 6 PM with Dorian Ziegler (SIB)
📍 More information at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics booth during the event