Welcome,
The Bioinformatics Core Facility
provides computational support for biologically related research
disciplines. By integrating high-performance computing into current
research, we hope to facilitate leading-edge research and help principle
investigators at UTHSCSA to become more computationally competetive in
a broad spectrum of research applications. The facility is equipped with
a 44-processor Beowulf supercomputer for parallel computation, mass storage
for database and data mining application, graphics workstations for
visualization and popular bioinformatics and genomics software packages.
Trained staff are available to address security, programming, web development,
and other computational tasks. Our goal is to foster collaborations and
provide assistance with grant writing for proposals seeking to integrate
modern computational techniques in research activities.
Our mission is to provide services in the following areas:
- Services to Researchers:
- Consultation - support
for investigators with questions regarding data acquisition,
data management and data analysis. These services are free of charge during the
grant-writing phase of a project.
- Data storage and analysis - a VA Linux server
and Beowulf supercomputer are available to store
and analyze large data sets.
- Unix server software support
- scientific software packages requiring Unix platforms in
order to function are supported for installation and maintenance.
- Design and programming of custom software
(e.g., data analysis software, statistical applications, image processing,
and web-based client/server interfaces).
- Network interfacing - access to
a firewall-secured data network with direct access to the beowulf
supercomputer, the VA Linux database server, and other Unix data services
(webserver, mailserver, modem bank, X-Windows access, mailing lists etc.).
- General software support - multiple licenses
of commonly used software have been purchased and are available
to Health Science Center researchers at no cost (e.g., Charmm) or for a
greatly reduced cost (e.g., Adobe Acrobat, SPSS).
- Specialized software training - users of
specialized software can receive training (e.g., genomics and
molecular modeling, PhredPhrap, Insight, Shake & Bake, and UltraScan).
Contact:
Borries Demeler
Scientific Director
Department of Biochemistry
Tel.: (210) 567-6592
Copyright Borries Demeler
(demeler@biochem.uthscsa.edu)