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<b>Name/Title: [mailto:simon.andrews@babraham.ac.uk Simon Andrews]</b>
 
<b>Name/Title: [mailto:simon.andrews@babraham.ac.uk Simon Andrews]</b>
 
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<b>Links:</b> [http://www.bioinformatics.bbsrc.ac.uk Babraham Bioinformatics Public site]<br>
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<b>Links:</b> [http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk Babraham Bioinformatics Public site]<br>
 
<br>[http://www.babraham.ac.uk Babraham Institute Site]<br>
 
<br>[http://www.babraham.ac.uk Babraham Institute Site]<br>
 
<b>Group size:</b>   
 
<b>Group size:</b>   
 
<br>4 Permanent Staff.  3 Bioinformaticians and 1 Statistician.<br>
 
<br>4 Permanent Staff.  3 Bioinformaticians and 1 Statistician.<br>
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1 Grant Supported Bioinformatician<br>
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3 Grant Supported Bioinformaticians. 1 commercial partner bioinformatician<br>
 
<b>Environment:</b>  
 
<b>Environment:</b>  
 
<br>The Babraham Institute is a government funded academic research institute.  We have around 400 research scientists in around 10 major laboratories.<br>
 
<br>The Babraham Institute is a government funded academic research institute.  We have around 400 research scientists in around 10 major laboratories.<br>
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<br>We support a wide variety of tools in all areas of bioinformatics.  We are a mixed computing environment so most things we support are cross platform.  Where possible we use existing tools but we develop our own where necessary.<br>
 
<br>We support a wide variety of tools in all areas of bioinformatics.  We are a mixed computing environment so most things we support are cross platform.  Where possible we use existing tools but we develop our own where necessary.<br>
 
<b>Pertinent hardware info:</b>  
 
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<br>We have 6 main servers, all running linux.  These provide many different bioinformatics and database services both to the group and to the scientists on site.<br>
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<br>Our main compute cluster is a 256 node ROCKS linux cluster running grid engine and using environment modules to manage software.  Our storage is mostly Isislon storage clusters and we have around 1PB of total storage<br>
 
<b>Training:</b>  
 
<b>Training:</b>  
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<br>We offer a full training programme to our scientists.  All courses are short (half day or less) and are written and presented in house.  Our current course list is:<br>
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We offer a wide variety of courses covering all aspects of bioinformatics to both our own scientists and outside groups.  Most of our training material is made available on our [http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/training.html training web site].
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<li>Analysing Next-gen Sequencing Data with [http://www.bioinformatics.bbsrc.ac.uk/projects/seqmonk/ SeqMonk]</li>
 
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<li>Sequence analysis with VectorNTI</li>
 
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<li>Effective database searching</li>
 
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<li>Exploring Ensembl</li>
 
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<li>Making use of comparative genomics</li>
 
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<li>Running and analysing microarray experiments</li>
 
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<li>Sequence assembly using Staden</li>
 
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<li>Statistical analysis using SPSS</li>
 
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<li>Using the bioinformatics tools at NCBI</li>
 
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<li>Viewing protein 3D structures using Deep View</li>
 
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<li>Learning to program with Perl (8 week course)</li>
 
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<b>Bioinformatics support model:</b>  
 
<b>Bioinformatics support model:</b>  
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<br>We are an open door service available to all researchers on site.<br>
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<br>We are an open door service available to all researchers on site and also to external groups both academic and commerical.<br>
 
<b>Funding model:</b>
 
<b>Funding model:</b>
 
<br>We are self-supporting via chargebacks to our users<br>
 
<br>We are self-supporting via chargebacks to our users<br>

Latest revision as of 05:35, 27 February 2014

Babraham Bioinformatics



Location: Just outside Cambridge, UK.
Name/Title: Simon Andrews
Links: Babraham Bioinformatics Public site

Babraham Institute Site
Group size:
4 Permanent Staff. 3 Bioinformaticians and 1 Statistician.
3 Grant Supported Bioinformaticians. 1 commercial partner bioinformatician
Environment:
The Babraham Institute is a government funded academic research institute. We have around 400 research scientists in around 10 major laboratories.
Tools:
We support a wide variety of tools in all areas of bioinformatics. We are a mixed computing environment so most things we support are cross platform. Where possible we use existing tools but we develop our own where necessary.
Pertinent hardware info:
Our main compute cluster is a 256 node ROCKS linux cluster running grid engine and using environment modules to manage software. Our storage is mostly Isislon storage clusters and we have around 1PB of total storage
Training: We offer a wide variety of courses covering all aspects of bioinformatics to both our own scientists and outside groups. Most of our training material is made available on our training web site. Bioinformatics support model:
We are an open door service available to all researchers on site and also to external groups both academic and commerical.
Funding model:
We are self-supporting via chargebacks to our users

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