The Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC),
is based in Oeiras, next to Lisbon, Portugal. The
presence of several Institutes and a business park
promotes Oeiras as more than a suburb of the capital.
Pedro Fernandes runs the Gulbenkian training
program in bioinformatics (GTPB)
and the Portuguese node of EMBNET, where
he serves on the Education & Training Project
Committee.