The Bioclipse project is aimed at creating a Java-based, open source, visual platform for chemo- and bioinformatics based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP). Bioclipse, as any RCP application, is based on a plugin architecture that inherits basic functionality and visual interfaces from Eclipse, such as help system, software updates, preferences, cross-platform deployment etc.

Bioclipse will provide functionality for chemo- and bioinformatics, and extension points that easily can be extended by plugins to provide added functionality. The first version of Bioclipse includes a CDK-plugin (bc_cdk) to provide a chemoinformatic backend, a Jmol-plugin (bc_jmol) for 3D-visualization and a general logging plugin. To stay updated on upcoming features, releases, new plugins etc, please register for the mailing list bioclipse-announce. The development is best followed on the Bioclipse Wiki where they document the progress and ideas of the development on a daily basis.

Bioclipse is develped as a collaboration between the Proteochemometric Group , Dept. of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, and the Research Group for Molecular Informatics at Cologne University Bioinformatics Center (CUBIC). The contributors can be found here.