Bioinformatics

Announcements

August 22, 2008: New software page

We've added a link to a page listing software created by core staff members. Click here for the page or click the "Local Software" link in the navigation bar on the left.

Bioinformatics Core Users - We need your pub citations!

The Bioinformatics Core receives financial support from the Nevada INBRE, a program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nevada INBRE partner faculty and students who give presentations (including posters) and/or publish their work on projects funded wholly or in part by INBRE funds are asked to acknowledge this support. Grant citation information.

Dr. Karen Schlauch, director, Center for Bioinformatics

Dr. Karen Schlauch assumes the Directorship of the Center for Bioinformatics and Associate Professor position in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. Schlauch has a Ph.D. in Mathematics and has an extensive background in the development of computational tools and methods for the analysis of high-throughput transcriptional, proteomic, and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data.  Her areas of research expertise include modeling gene interactions with combinatorial methods, visualization of biological expression data using novel clustering algorithms, graph-theoretic modeling of temporal gene expression data sets, and automated fine mapping and visualization of haplotypes within single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data sets.

Dr. Schlauch's presentation on the Center for Bioinformatics

The Bioinformatics Core provides researchers with access to state-of-the-art computational resources for DNA/protein sequence data collection and analysis, database creation and stewardship, and data mining for sequence-based bioinformatics research.  The core also consists of molecular modeling resources that provide computer graphics hardware, software and technical support for research on biomolecular structures and interactions.

This center provides support for all interested researchers, particularly those who make heavy use of the Nevada Genomics Center and the Nevada Proteomics Center.

The core also provides education and training that introduces researchers to new technologies in bioinformatics and biomolecular modeling.  The long-term goal of the Bioinformatics Core is to develop robust bioinformatics resources to coordinate integrative studies along the continuum of genomic, mRNA and protein expression, protein structure, and metabolite profiling studies to provide a deeper understanding of the function of biological systems.

Investigators using INBRE facilities, services or resources are required to cite NIH Grant Number P20 RR-016464 from the INBRE Program of the National Center for Research Resources in all publications and presentations. © Nevada INBRE 2006.

Consulting and Collaborative Resources

As part of the INBRE mission to provide to Nevada faculty and students with infrastructure enabling investigators to win research funding, support and training for new projects are available free of charge. Post-award collaborative opportunities are also available. Investigators who require post-award collaboration are expected to contribute financial support to core.