Extending SPSP for Bacterial Genomic FAIRification

The SPSP—a national infrastructure for the storage and sharing of microbial genomic data in Switzerland—is broadening its scope to better support bacterial pathogen surveillance. While the platform has predominantly been used for viral data since...

SPSP welcomes six new Partners

The Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP) is pleased to welcome three new Partners who will be contributing viral and bacterial data: Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI) Agroscope - Microbiological Food Safety National Reference Centre...

SPSP Annual Meeting 2025 – Minutes

The SPSP Annual Meeting was held on 10th June in Bern. There were 55 participants from 15 institutions joining the SPSP annual meeting 2025, of which 49 attending on site and 6 online. The federal administration was particularly well represented,...

New list of SEQUENCING PURPOSE from the Federal Authorities

The Federal Authorities have compiled a new list of SEQUENCING PURPOSES for data submission to SPSP. Find all the details in our documentation. The SPSP metadata template files have been updated accordingly, make sure you have the latest here.

In the Media

SPSP: a vital pathogen resource for public health and food safety agencies

Jul 9, 2025

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB

Advancing pathogen monitoring: the Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP)

May 23, 2025

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB

Surveillance systems: SPSP

May 23, 2025

Federal Office of Public Health FOPH – Infectious Diseases Dashboard

Three leading bioinformatics resources join the SIB portfolio

Jan 16, 2025

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB

Unlocking the potential of data for One Health

Oct 1, 2024

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB

SIB inaugurates its Centre for Pathogen Bioinformatics

Sep 30, 2024

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB

Pathogen data: SPSP mandated by public health authorities

Jun 13, 2024

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB

Multiple data challenges: One Health

May 23, 2024

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB

An interview in Basler Zeitung, Life Science special supplement

Sep 2, 2022

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB

Exploring Bioinformatics with Aitana Neves, Chair of the SPSP Scientific Board

May 13, 2022

Radio Télévision Suisse RTS

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The SPSP Private Portal is now released

May 28, 2025

If you are a member of a SPSP registered Group or Partner, you can now access all the SPSP data on https://private.spsp.sib.swiss/ Have a look at...

SPSP Annual Meeting 2025: registrations now open!

May 7, 2025

The SPSP Annual Meeting is the annual gathering of the SPSP Community, with updates on the platform and lots of interesting discussions on future...

SPSP is recognised as a SIB Resource

Jan 17, 2025

Three new biodata resources recognized as crucially important for the global life science community will benefit from SIB’s unique support for their...