WV-INBRE: MU & WVU BIOINFORMATICS CORE

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Bioinformatics Core supports access to software and hardware tools needed for sequence and structure analysis and provides training in these areas. In addition, the Bioinformatics Core is providing bioinformatics analysis support for the WVU Proteomics Core facility (established under the Signal Transduction and Cancer COBRE). The specific activities of the Bioinformatics during the past year include the following: (1) organizing and hosting the Bioinformatics Workshop: NCBI tools at Marshall University, July 11-12. Features of this workshop were 3 minicourses presented by Drs. Steve Pechous and Eric Sayer  Entrez-Gene QuickStart and Making Sense of DNA and Protein Sequences (July 11), and Exploring 3D Molecular Structures Using NCBI Tools (July 12). There were 22 participants, including MU faculty members, research associates and WV-INBRE summer interns. (2) A two-hour course piloted this fall at WVU called Bioinformatics 101: An Introduction to Bioinformatics Tools. This course focused on bioinformatics tools available on the web, including portals, similarity searching, gene prediction, and protein structure. The course was taught by hands-on demo, problem set assignments, and exams (take-home). (3) The Bioinformatics Core director, Dr. Davis, participated in the annual meeting of the US Human Proteomics Organisation and pre-meeting workshops on proteomics data analysis, March 4-7. (4) Dr. Davis also attended the New Mexico Bioinformatics Symposium Mar 8-9.