Emory/Georgia TB Research Advancement Center (TRAC)

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The Bioinformatics and Integrated Systems Biology (Systems Biology) Core will represent an integral component of the Emory/Georgia TRAC. While individual members of the Emory/Georgia TB research community have strong records of collaborative TB research, access to cutting edge methods in systems biology have not been easily accessible. Although the partner institutions of the Emory/Georgia TRAC host a wide variety of Core facilities performing ‘-omics’ assays, expertise in computational biology needed to analyze and integrate the high-dimensional, multiscale data sets produced by these platforms is often not readily available. We propose to provide essential support for high-dimensional, multiscale data analysis and integration to facilitate use of ‘-omics’ technologies among Emory/Georgia TRAC investigators. The Systems Biology Core will accomplish this by serving as a single point of contact (concierge function) to investigators of the Emory/Georgia TRAC, and facilitating access to a wide array of ‘-omics’ technologies for specific experimental designs. Using established computational pipelines, we will provide training to new investigators on methods in high-dimensional data analysis and data integration in this increasingly essential area of basic and translational research. The specific aims of the BISB Core are: 1) to provide a single point of contact structure for data acquisition, management, and analysis for all ‘-omics’ platforms to TRAC investigators; 2) To provide training and educational resources to TRAC members to carry out cutting edge experiments using ‘- omics’ technologies and implement associated computational pipelines; and 3) to develop and implement novel multiomics assays and associated computational models to advance TB research. We will strive to nurture a collaborative research environment among Emory/Georgia TRAC investigators by facilitating the use and implementation of cutting edge multiomics assays to advance TB research and train the next generation of TB researchers.