parallel searches SIB databases through a single search
aggregated search results from the complete set of >160 resources accessible from the portal.[1]
Expasy provides up-to-date information from the most recent release of each resources.
The terms used in Expasy are based on the EDAM comprehensive
ontology.[2]
History
Expasy was created in August 1993. Originally, it was called ExPASy (Expert Protein Analysis System) and acted as a
proteomics server to analyze
protein sequences and structures and
two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-D Page electrophoresis).[3] Among others, ExPASy hosted the protein sequence knowledge base,
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and its computer annotated supplement, UniProtKB/TrEMBL.[4]
ExPASy was the
first website of the
life sciences and among the first 150 websites in the world. As of 5 April 2007[update], ExPASy had been consulted 1 billion times since its installation on 1 August 1993.[5]
In June 2011, it became the SIB ExPASy Bioinformatics Resources Portal: a diverse catalogue of bioinformatics resources developed by SIB Groups.[6] The current version of Expasy was released in October 2020.[7][8]