Tribute to Amos Bairoch, bioinformatics pioneer

Posted 02 December 2025
Tribute to Amos Bairoch, bioinformatics pioneer

It is with deep sorrow that we announce that Amos Bairoch, creator of Swiss-Prot, PROSITE, ENZYME, Expasy, neXtProt and Cellosaurus, has passed away. Amos was a visionary who shaped the field of bioinformatics.

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