The Computational Genomics Core, under the direction of Dr. Harel Weinstein, Director, and Dr. Fabien Campagne, Co-director, provides access to state-of-the-art desktop bioinformatics software and computational tools for the analysis and management of gene expression data. The core also offers consulting services in various areas of bioinformatics and computational biology, and facilitates access to the larger infrastructure of the Institute for Computational Biomedicine.


Services

• Analysis of gene expression data: Provides users with commercial gene expression analysis programs (e.g., GeneSpring from SiliconGenetics) and general data mining and statistical tools.
• Storage and organization of expression data: The core provides and maintainsGeNet (SiliconGenetics), a web-based micro-array data repository that facilitates sharing of microarray data. GeNet is seamlessly integrated with GeneSpring and helps individual labs store, archive and search microarray data produced during the course of their projects. Core personnel can assist users in organizing their gene expression data into formats suitable for publication, for deposition into and integration with publicly available databases.
• Discovery through bioinformatics: Gene expression profiles often highlight genes of unknown function. The core offers popular bioinformatics desktop tools, such as Vector NTI, Lasergene, Sequencher, Artemis, and ClustalX, to support a variety of sequence analysis tasks.
• More resources for advanced projects, collaboration, and training: The Institute for Computational Biomedicine (ICB) broadens the capabilities of the Computational Core by offering an advanced bioinformatics infrastructure, expertise in bioinformatics and computational biology methods and tools, workshops, and one-on-one training. ICB personnel provide users with guidance and consultation on the application of computation to biological research and are available for scientific collaborations when agreeable to all parties involved.
  
  For more details about the infrastructure and the services offered, please visit the ICB web site: http://icb.med.cornell.edu/brc/CGCFinfrastr.xml.

Contact
To subscribe to the Computational Genomics Core, please contact:
Audrey Rivera
Telephone: (212) 746-6361
E-mail:ajr2004@med.cornell.edu