January 2008

January 29, 2008: The Bioinformatics Wiki Page is established.

The HSPH Bioinformatics Core Wiki is set up. Currently it has minimal functionality, but additional entries will be added over time. Feel free to edit the pages. Appropriate content could mean adding pages on individual methods of analysis, experimental laboratory methods,  public health and exposure bioinformatics, geographical statistics and exposure data, toxicology and toxicogenomics, high-dimensional data analysis, statistics...anything to do with biological or chemical data analysis, systems biology, computational biology, laboratory hints for better data generation...anything you wish to share across labs and across repositories.

January 15, 2008: Bioinformatics Project Management Site

The Bioinformatics Core now has a tracking and data management site subscription that will allow laboratories and projects to track and store project files, such as result files and other important documents in one location, to allow sharing and revisioning of important documents, graphics, and files.

Any group at HSPH working with the Core that will generate and use complex data sets, large-scale data files and/or complex documents can now be given a project site for sharing information among groups anywhere in the world. Lab managers or faculty can act as site administrators as well as the Core staff, and documents can be managed from the site.  Contact Deanne Taylor for more information.

January 21, 2008: Framingham Heart Study Application Nearing Submission

The completed FHS Heart Study application is nearing completion, as Christoph Lange is putting the final touches on the paperwork. Watch this space for news on the submission. 

January 14, 2008: The Bioinformatics Web Server is installed!

 Thanks to Bill Mahoney, our community Web Server for Bioinformatics Analysis has been set up. Next, we will install  R/Bioconductor web services, with full functionality before the end of March 2008.  

January 2008: Metacore: Systems Biology Software License Offered to HSPH researchers

The Core has a HSPH license to  GeneGo's Metacore software. This scheduled resource is shared among HSPH researchers, and can add biological context (pathways, processes, diseases) to high-dimensional data, as well as give researchers in-depth information on individual genes, pathways, and diseases. Contact Deanne Taylor for a user name and password and other information.