SC EPSCoR/IDeA

SC INBRE Bioinformatics Core

Bioinformatics Core Mission

The goal off the SC INBRE Bioinformatics Core is to increase the National Institutes of Health research capacity of the state by providing bioinformatics support to faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students of the lead and partner institutions.

Bioinformatics Core Services

The SC INBRE Bioinformatics Core offers assistance to any investigators from any of the participating institutions with:

Affymetrix DNA Microarray Data Analysis:
We provide custom Affymetrix DNA microarray data analysis using ArrayQuest and dChip as well as training for independent use of these systems.
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Agilent DNA Microarray Data Analysis:
We provide custom Agilent DNA microarray data analysis using limmaGUI (Bioconductor) and CARMAweb as well as training for independent use of these systems.
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Training on Genesifter, a commercial tool for analysis of any microarray platform, is also available.

Assistance with DNA and Protein Sequence Analysis Applications:
The core offers assistance with the use of several open source software applications including Artemis (Presentation) and VectorNTI Advance 10 (Presentation 1, Presentation 2, Presentation 3, Presentation 4) and BLAST.

Bioinformatics Events

The Second SC Bioinformatics Symposium and Workshop (April 14-15, 2009), will be held in conjunction with the South Carolina Science, Technology and Health Conference in Columbia, South Carolina.  For more information, please see http://www.sthconference.com.

Documentation from past events of the Bioinformatics Core can be found in the EPSCoR/IDeA archive.

Bioinformatics Core Mailing List

To register, please enter your information here.  Registrants will be emailed information on SC INBRE Bioinformatics Core Sponsored events and services.

Bioinformatics Core User Policy

Data analysis services provided by SC INBRE Bioinformatics Core and Core-Affiliated facilities are free of charge for researchers affiliated with the SC INBRE Program. All researchers who receive service at no charge are required to acknowledge the SC INBRE grant (P20 RR-016461) in proposals and publications. Core staff should be considered for co-authorship when they have made significant scientific or intellectual contributions to the work reported or when they share in the responsibility and accountability for the results.