The Edinburgh Centre for Bioinformatics is collaboration between life scientists, computer scientists and other physical scientists to stimulate and support collaborative interdisciplinary research in bioinformatics. In Edinburgh there is one of the largest and best groups of researchers with interests in bioinformatics in the UK. The network and collaborations underpinning the Edinburgh Centre for Bioinformatics draw on several highly-rated academic Schools within the University of Edinburgh, on other Universities and on world-leading biological and biomedical Research Institutes in and around the City. Within the University of Edinburgh, bioinformatics research mainly involves the College of Science & Engineering (the School of Biological Sciences and the School of Informatics) and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

The Institute for Systems Biolgy SPb has long-term collaboration with the The Edinburgh Centre for Bioinformatics. This collaboration results in submition of several research articles and conjoint participation science consorcium, i.g. RYBOSYS.