The Microsoft Research - University of Trento Centre for Computational Systems Biology Revenue and Competitors

COSBI is a partnership between Microsoft Research and the University of Trento. It has an international reputation for world-class research and driving for high impact in bioinformatics and computational biology applied to the fields of systems nutrition and systems pharmacology. It successfully attracts research contracts from top-level food and pharmaceutical companies. COSBI started its operations over 10 years ago developing proprietary algorithms and methods to analyze, model and simulate biological systems at the molecular level, and connect these systems to higher level phenotypes. The research results are defining the state-of-the-art in many fields of bioinformatics. After an initial phase of technology development supported by seed investment funds, COSBI started a path towards self-sustainability, a goal it met almost completely in recent years by offering its expertise through contract research projects with international food and pharmaceutical companies. COSBI's best asset is human capital: it offers world-class consultant research services. COSBI's strategy is to work with companies in the field of systems nutrition and systems pharmacology, while maintaining a portfolio of cutting-edge research activities; this combination makes COSBI a unique player in the scientific and industrial research community.