The constant advance of high-throughput biotechnologies (e.g. NextGen Sequencing) has fostered a new generation of biomedical research that aims to uncover the inner workings of the cell on a genome-wide scale. This revolution is transforming research activities across ASU. To strengthen these research efforts and to create new research opportunities that are more competitive in the post-genomic era, the Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development (OKED) and the Biodesign Institute made a joint effort to establish a Bioinformatics Core (BiCo) facility in 2015. BiCo is part of the ASU Biodesign Institute’s Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics.
ASU Bioinformatics Core has three major functional components: (1) routine data-analysis services, (2) research-oriented collaborations, and (3) targeted training. It has coordinated operations with other core facilities on campus to improve user experience and productivity.
Bioinformatics Core Team
- Bioinformatics Core Manager: Shanshan Yang, Ph.D. (ASU Directory)
- Bioinformatics Research Specialist: Brian Hanratty, M.S. (ASU Directory)
Advisory Panel
- Assistant Professor: Li Liu, M.D. (ASU Directory)
- Assistant Research Professor: Jin ‘Jay’ Park, Ph.D. (ASU Directory)
- Associate Professor: Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Ph.D. (ASU Directory)
Computational Hardware
- 512-core server farm with a total of 4,448 gigaflops of computation power and 1.2 TB aggregate RAM
- 55 TB of data storage
- 10 Gbps Ethernet network
- Access to ASU’s Advanced Computing Center