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About Us
The ITMAT Bioinformatics Facility is a collaborative research resource that is working with the Proteomics Core and ITMAT researchers to develop and provide services for facilitating data annotation and management, as well as developing novel methods of data analysis. Our goal is to provide these services to the Proteomics Core customers once the methods mature.
The research involves development of new and improved software methods for protein identification, characterization, and quantification, as well as testing and providing best-of-breed software for proteomics. The facility encourages collaborations that apply the tools of proteomics to cutting edge biomedical research.
The ITMAT Bioinformatics Facility is a currently focused on development of services for basic and collaborative research and development of mass spectrometric-based techniques. Prospective users are encouraged to make their inquiries either by submitting an inquiry and/or support request, or stop by our facility located on the 8th floor of BRB II/III.
Personnel
Angel Pizarro, Director ()
Stephanie Alarcon, Systems Administrator ()
Dave Austin, Programmer Analyst ()
Andrew Brader, IT Senior Project Leader ()
Steven Vitale, Systems Administrator ()
Weichen Wu, Programmer Analyst ()
Services and Equipment
The Bioinformatics Facility has a variety of IT infrastructure to facilitate informatics development for high-throughput proteomics and lipidomics experiments. These include centralized storage and back-up of vital experimental data; a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for annotation of experiments and data management; and independent high-throughput compute cluster facilities.
Research Projects
Research at the Bioinformatics Facility is focused in the area of proteomics and translational research. To that end we have developed the Empirical Bayes Protein identification algorithm (EBP) for protein determination from shotgun proteomics experiments. Another focus of the facility is user-centered design in the bioimedical research space.
