The Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center (VBRC) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Victoria is one of eight NIH/NIAID-funded Bioinformatics Resource Centers nationwide providing comprehensive web-based genomics resources to the scientific community conducting basic and applied research on microorganisms selected from the NIH/NIAID Category A, B, and C priority pathogens that are regarded as possible bioterrorist threats or as emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases. The VBRC is concerned primarily with viruses encompassing the families Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, Filoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Poxviridae, and Togaviridae.

The Poxvirus Bioinformatics Resource Center (PBR) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Victoria has been established to provide specialized web-based resources to the scientific community having an interest in studying poxviruses. The Poxvirus Bioinformatics Resource Center was created by a consortium of laboratories, and its development is guided by an Advisory Committee. Funding for this project is provided by the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.