Background
The Bioinformatics Core Facility is located in Building 10 (3B01) and consists of both Bioinformatics Scientist-staff and Bioinformatics Programmer-staff. Its mission is to collaboratively assist NINDS research staff with Bioinformatics-related projects as needed.
Pictured: Amar Yavatkar, Bioinformatics Programmer and Kory Johnson, Ph.D., Bioinformatics Scientist (left to right).
Contact Information
If you should need Bioinformatics-related assistance per your research, certainly contact us today, we are here for you:
- Core Committee Chair: Yang Fann, Ph.D. (Yang.Fann@nih.gov)
- Bioinformatics Scientist Staff Contact and Core Drector: Kory Johnson, PhD (Kory.Johnson@nih.gov)
- Bioinformatics Programmer Staff Contact: Amar Yavatkar (Amarendra.Yavatkar@nih.gov)
Scope of the Facility
Examples of Bioinformatics-related projects the Core’s scientific staff can assist with:
- Experiment design
- Microarray Analysis (one-color, two-color)
- Next Generation Sequence Analysis (e.g., bulk RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, DNA-Seq, scRNA-Seq, TCR-Seq)
- Protein Analysis (structure prediction, mass spectrometry-based analysis)
- RNA Analysis (structure prediction, function classification, target prediction)
- Sequence Analysis (e.g., pair-wise, multiple-alignment, phylogenetics, gene prediction, comparative genomics)
- Ad-hoc Statistical Analysis (Descriptive, Correlation-based, Comparison Testing, Classification Modeling)
Examples of Bioinformatics-related projects the Core's programming staff can assist with:
- Application design, development, & maintenance
- Database design, development, & maintenance
- Dashboard design, development, & maintenance
- Systems design, development, & maintenance
In addition to providing both Bioinformatics Scientist and Bioinformatics Programmer assistance to NINDS research staff, the Core staff also serves as mentors in the NIH Summer Internship Program each year.