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Bioinformatics at the University of Louisville

At the University of Louisville, the Bioinformatics Core comprises a dedicated suite of bioinformatics facilities, expert services, educational programs and collaborative opportunities as follows:

Facilities/services

  • HSC Bioinformatics Suite.  A suite of offices and conference room, are located in the Instructional Building (B 224-226) of the Health Sciences Campus, is home to several bioinformatics faculty, postdoctoral researchers and staff.  The conference room is equipped with Polycom® video conferencing technology.
  • Bioinformatics laboratory.  Located in the Duthie Center on the Belknap Campus, the laboratory is maintained by our KBRIN-Bioinformatics Director, Dr. Eric Rouchka, Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Sciences.
  • Beowulf cluster. A  KBRIN-supported computer laboratory dedicated to bioinformatics research is located in the Dahlem Supercomputer Laboratory at the Henry Vogt building and is managed by Ed Birchler and Nathan Johnson. Support for multiple commercial software licenses is provided.
  • Microarray facility support.MS-level statisticians, Xiaohong Li and Yinlu Chen, provide service-level statistical analysis support to the University of Louisville Microarray Facility.

Educational opportunities

  • Bioinformatics Internships for Undergraduate Students (BIUS) in the Southeast INBRE Region. A new summer program for undergraduate students in the SE INBRE Region (i.e., Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico). Application deadline is March 1. 
  • PhD Program. The University of Louisville has recently introduced an interdisciplinary PhD program with an emphasis in Bioinformatics involving several colleges/schools and departments. For more information contact Dr. Eric Rouchka.
  • Journal Club. This weekly gathering was initiated by Drs. Eric Rouchka and Nigel Cooper and has been in continuous operation for several years. Currently it meets on Wednesdays at noon in the K-building.
  • Bioinformatics Summit. This regional, annual event features participation by faculty and students from many universities in Kentucky and Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Summit celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012.  
  • Annual Retreat. This local event is becoming a fast favorite of the students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty associated with our UofL Bioinformatics Core.

Collaborations

  • Center and institute support. Members of the KBRIN Bioinformatics Core at UofL routinely serve as resources for other Centers/Institutes. Examples include the following:
    • CEGIB. This NIEHS-initiated Center for Environmental Genomics and Integrative Biology is led by Dr. Ken Ramos and has a bioinformatics core.
    • CTSI. The Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, led by Dr. Craig McClain, has a bioinformatics core with an emphasis on building the infrastructure required to conduct large-scale clinical research.
  • Infrastructure projects. Examples of current projects supported by the UofL Bioinformatics Core:
    • Implementation of i2b2 in collaboration with the University of Louisville Hospital;
    • Implementation of caTissue in collaboration with the James Brown Cancer Center; and
    • Development of several collaborative projects in REDCap.
  • Research projects. Current projects include collaborations with members of the following groups:

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