Bioinformatics Core Facility

The BIOINFORMATICS CORE FACILITY was established and is maintained through support from Montana INBRE and the Dept of Microbiology.  Additional resources for the Bioinformatics Core have come from a consortium of groups on campus, including IGERT, COBRE, EPSCoR, CBIN, TBI, the Functional Genomics Core Facility, and individual research labs.

THE MISSION OF THE BIOINFORMATICS CORE FACILITY IS THREE-FOLD:  MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE FOR BIOINFORMATIC RESEARCH, PROMOTE BIOINFORMATICS EDUCATION ON THE MSU CAMPUS, AND PROVIDE TRAINING & SUPPORT TO BIOLOGISTS IMPLEMENTING BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS IN THEIR RESEARCH.

(1)  Computational Equipment and Software

• Computational Resource Inventory:  link
• Systems Biology Computational Cluster (doc, 595kb)
  • Central cluster with 11 tb storage
  • Condor cluster: 21 distributed quad-core Dell Optiplex terminals

(2)  Bioinformatics Education

• Unix & BASH Literacy (free and self-paced, details link, course link)
• Classes with a Focus on Bioinformatics, Genomics or Proteomics:  Spring, Autumn
• Bioinformatics Teaching and Research Classroom (Cooley Lab, B2)

(3)  Researcher Training and Support

• BUG Bioinformatics Users Group (GoogleGroup link)
• Data analysis support (see TEAM below) -- assistance with microarray and proteomics data does not require a formal application; please contact team members directly for assistance
• Call for Proposals, Bioinformatics Project Support (web application)
• Applications Support:  
  • Microarray
  • Proteomics Software
  • Gene Ontology Tools

NEWS & UPDATES

Proposed Biomedical Research Core Lab: BRC

Next BUG presentation:

• BUG seminars will begin again on October 12 at noon, in AgBio108.
• For those who missed his presentation, Robb Cramer's "Gene Machine" talk is archived as a pdf

TEAM

• Aurelien Mazurie, Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, 307B Cooley Lab
• Gary Orser, Systems Administrator, 310 Cooley Lab
• Kate McInnerney, Microarray Analysis Support, 308 Cooley Lab
• Joyce Brewer, Proteomics Analysis Support, Chemistry Bldg
• Sandy Pittendrigh, RIMI IT Coordinator, 310 Cooley Lab

GOVERNING BOARD

• Mark Young, EPSCoR, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Michael Franklin, INBRE, Dept of Microbiology
• Robb Cramer, COBRE, Dept of Veterinary Molecular Biology
• Ross Carlson, TBI/IGERT/COBRE, Dept of Chemical & Biological Engineering
• Brian Bothner, TBI/COBRE, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry

This website was developed by Ryan Storment using open-source software.

Keywords: bioinformatics, systems biology, computational biology, condor cluster