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Bioinformatics interfaces computer science
and molecular biology with the goal of storing, organizing and analyzing
biological information. The Bioinformatics Unit at the W. M.
Keck Center provides centralized databases for
data management and various application tools for retrieving
and analyzing the data
Services
EST and Genome Sequencing Analysis includes sequence processing, clustering,
contig assembly, annotation, redundancy check, data and project management.
The following web based tools are available:
- Genome Project Management System (GPMS)
is a web based database system for users in a high throughput sequencing
project monitor progress and retrieve data.
- High Throughput Sequences Pickup
is a web site for non-GPMS users to retrieve sequence data.
- GridBLAST is a web portal
for running high throughput BLAST.
- COMPASS is a web portal for
predicting genome map locations of unmapped sequences in mammalian genome.
- Batch Primer3 is a web portal for
designing primers using Primer3 program.
- Manatee is a microbial genome annotation system from TIGR. Under Development
Microarray Analysis includes data preprocessing, statistical test, database,
annotation and data mining on different platforms (cDNA, Oligo, and Affymetrix)
using programs such as R (Bioconductor), SAS, GeneSpring, etc.
General Consulting includes other analysis such as phylogenetic analysis, specific sequence pattern searching, sequence annotation, etc. |
The functions of the Bioinformatics Unit:
- Support for High Throughput DNA Sequencing
and Functional Genomics Units
The Bioinformatics Unit provides seamless data flow from data
collection instruments to databases, reliable data storage and
management, and easy data access by users.
- Development
The Bioinformatics Unit is developing innovative data analysis tools,
and visualization software and database resources for genomics
research in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science and
National Center for Supercomputing Application (NCSA).
- Collaborative Research
The Bioinformatics Unit is conducting interdisciplinary research with
University of Illinois faculty from various departments in five different colleges.
- Training
The Bioinformatics Unit will also provide training sessions and workshops for students and
faculty to learn the basics of bioinformatics including using various
tools for database queries, data analysis and data mining.
Projects
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Bioinformatics Unit
Kiran Donthu, Ph.D.
330 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory, 1201 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 244-7355 FAX: (217) 265-5066
Email: donthu@illinois.edu
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