Bioinformatic platform of Lille
Bilille is the Lille bioinformatics and biostatistics platform within the UAR 2014 – US 41 Lille Platforms in Biology and Health. It is also a member of the French Institute of Bioinformatics. Its transversal and diversified expertise in the analysis of data from research fields in biology, environment and health allows it to offer a range of diversified services, from consulting to the production of results in projects, according to needs.
Bilille‘s scientific scope covers in particular: analysis of omics data, sequence annotation, integrative biology, systems biology, phylogeny, structural bioinformatics, analysis of high content screening data and analysis of imaging data.
Equipments
Bilille offers high-performance computing resources in the form of a cloud, open to all academic staff in the Lille metropolitan area with needs for computing resources for bioinformatics. These resources are hosted within the Mésocentre of the University of Lille.
This is an openstack cloud with:
-225 CPU cores, 4 TB RAM, 100 TB storage, dedicated 10 Gbs network
-96 CPU cores, 720 GB RAM integrated into the national Biosphere federation (IFB)
Main projects
- visCorVar, R package for visualization of multi-block data integration results (https://bilille.univ-lille.fr/it-resources/software)
- Norine, a resource for non-ribosomal peptides (https://norine.univ-lille.fr/norine/)
- mirkwood, fast and easy identification of plant microRNAs (https://bioinfo.univ-lille.fr/mirkwood/)
- MATAM, assembly for phylogenetic markers in metagenomics (https://bioinfo.univ-lille.fr/matam/)
- SortMeRNA, filtering and alignment of conserved markers reads in metagenomics (https://bioinfo.univ-lille.fr/sortmerna/)
- RNAspace, a platform for non-coding RNAs (http://www.rnaspace.org/)
Training
Bilille organizes training in bioinformatics and biostatistics in conjunction with the continuing education services of the CNRS, the University of Lille and Inserm. Training dedicated to doctoral students from the doctoral college of the University of Lille is also offered. Scientific days and technical seminars open to all are organized throughout the year.
Last update January 2025

Labels
IBiSA recognized
Platform Managment
Scientific Manager: Guillemette Marot
Platform Manager: Jimmy Vandel
Bilille is located on 3 sites:
- Bâtiment ESPRIT, avenue Paul Langevin, 59650 Villeneuve-d’Ascq
- Bâtiment Plateformes-Cancer, 1 Pl. de Verdun, 59000 Lille
- Campus Pasteur Lille, 1 Rue du Professeur Calmette, 59000 Lille
Tutelles
Université de Lille, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Pasteur de Lille, CHU