Bioinformatics and Research Computing (BaRC), Whitehead Institute - Revision history

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 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA
-      [http://jura.wi.mit.edu/bio Bioinformatics & Research Computing] (BaRC) Department
+      [http://barc.wi.mit.edu/ Bioinformatics & Research Computing] (BaRC) Department
 Name/Title:
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 Training:
-    - Hands on mini-courses. See [http://jura.wi.mit.edu/bio/education BaRC Education Pages].
+    - Hands on mini-courses. See [http://barc.wi.mit.edu/education BaRC Education Pages].
     - Our "Hot Topics" series is held monthly and includes an hour talk plus hands-on session
       about some specific computational or bioinformatics topic.

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 Environment:
      The Whitehead Institute is a private research institute affiliated with MIT. All faculty at
-     Whitehead are also Biology professors at MIT. There are about 20 labs - 16 Faculty and several
+     Whitehead are also Biology professors at MIT. There are about 20 labs - 16 faculty and several
      Whitehead Fellows - with undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and technicians.
      Labs range in size from 6 to low 40s.

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 Group size:
-     - total staff is 6
+     - Total staff is 5:
-    - 1 Ph.D. director, 3 Ph.D. Bioinformatics Scientists,
+      - 1 Ph.D. director
-M.S. Senior Bioinformatics Analyst, and 1 Senior Graphics specialist.
+      - 3 Ph.D. Bioinformatics Scientists
-     - We have a full IT department that manages our systems, Linux software, and network.
+      - 1 M.S. Senior Bioinformatics Analyst
 Environment:
-     The Whitehead Institute is a private research institute affiliated with MIT. All PIs at
+     The Whitehead Institute is a private research institute affiliated with MIT. All faculty at
-     Whitehead hold faculty appointments at MIT. There are 21 labs - 17 Faculty and 4
+     Whitehead are also Biology professors at MIT. There are about 20 labs - 16 Faculty and several
-     Whitehead Fellows - with undergrads, graduate students, postdocs and technicians.
+     Whitehead Fellows - with undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and technicians.
      Labs range in size from 6 to low 40s.
 Tools:
-    We support software on Mac, Windows and Linux. For desktop software we currently
+    We support software on Mac, Windows and Linux. For desktop software we currently support LaserGene, MacVector, Sequencher, Gene Construction Kit, the Adobe Creative Suite, PyMOL, and web tools like GeneGo and Oncomine Premium.
-   support LaserGene, MacVector, Sequencher, Gene Construction Kit. Vector NTI,
+    We have a huge selection of Linux software.
 Pertinent hardware info:

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 Name/Title:
-     George W. Bell, Ph.D., Director of BaRC, (lastname AT wi.mit.edu)
+     George W. Bell, Ph.D., Director of BaRC, (gbell AT wi.mit.edu)
 Group size:

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 Group size:
      - total staff is 6
-     - 1 Ph.D. director, 3 Bioinformatics Scientists,
+     - 1 Ph.D. director, 3 Ph.D. Bioinformatics Scientists,
 M.S. Senior Bioinformatics Analyst, and 1 Senior Graphics specialist.
      - We have a full IT department that manages our systems, Linux software, and network.
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 Training:
     - Hands on mini-courses. See [http://jura.wi.mit.edu/bio/education BaRC Education Pages].
-    - Our "Hot Topics" series is held monthly and includes an hour talk plus hands-on session about some
+    - Our "Hot Topics" series is held monthly and includes an hour talk plus hands-on session
-      specific computational or bioinformatics topic.
+     about some specific computational or bioinformatics topic.
     - We also do lots of one-on-one training.
 Bioinformatics support model:
-    basic model is consultation, collaboration, training and education in the areas
+    basic model is consultation, collaboration, training and education
-   of bioinformatics and graphics.
+   in the areas of bioinformatics and graphics.
 Funding model:
     Institutional funds.

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	Funding model:		Funding model:
−	Institutional funds ~~and grants~~.	+	Institutional funds.

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-Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
+Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA
       [http://jura.wi.mit.edu/bio Bioinformatics & Research Computing] (BaRC) Department
 Name/Title:
      Fran Lewitter, Ph.D., Director of BaRC, (lastname AT wi.mit.edu)
 Group size:
-, 1 Ph.D. director, 1 Ph.D. Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, 2 Bioinformatics Scientists,
+     - total staff is 6
-M.S. Bioinformatics Analysts, and 1 Senior Graphics specialist.
+    - 1 Ph.D. director, 1 Ph.D. Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, 2 Bioinformatics Scientists,
-     We have a full IT department that manages our systems and network.
+M.S. Bioinformatics Analysts, and 1 Senior Graphics specialist.
 Environment:
      The Whitehead Institute is a private research institute affiliated with MIT. All PIs at
-     Whitehead hold faculty appointments at MIT. There are 19 labs - 14 Faculty and 5
+     Whitehead hold faculty appointments at MIT. There are 18 labs - 16 Faculty and 2
      Whitehead Fellows - with undergrads, graduate students, postdocs and technicians.
      Labs range in size from 6 to low 40s.
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     support LaserGene, MacVector, Sequencher, Gene Construction Kit. Vector NTI,
     DNAStrider, lots of graphics software. On the Unix side we have EMBOSS,
-    University of Washington Genome Center Software, WU-Blast, NCBI-Blast,
+    University of Washington Genome Center Software, NCBI-Blast,
     Matlab, R, BioConductor, Patscan, Primer3, HMMER, clustalX, etc.
 Pertinent hardware info:
-    A 4-processor Intel computer, a Linux cluster of 38 Intel dual-processor
+    The IT department supports a large cluster of machines and provides ample storage
-    nodes and an EMC Clarion storage device. Desktops are Macs and PCs.
+    to support the scientific work at the Institute.
 Training:
-    Hands on mini-courses. See BaRC Education Pages. "Hot Topics" series
+    - Hands on mini-courses. See [http://jura.wi.mit.edu/bio/education BaRC Education Pages].
-   include less than an hour talk about some specific tool or topic.  "Work in Progress"
+   - Our "Hot Topics" series is held monthly and includes less than an hour talk about some
-    series for in-depth presentation of computational biology applications.
+      specific tool or topic.
-    Lots of one-on-one training.
+    - REACH (Roundtable Exchange: Advancing Computational Horizons) is a series for more
 Bioinformatics support model:

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 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
-Bioinformatics & Research Computing (BaRC) Department
+     [http://jura.wi.mit.edu/bio|Bioinformatics & Research Computing] (BaRC) Department
 Location:
+    Cambridge, MA
 Name/Title:
-Fran Lewitter, Ph.D., Director of BaRC, (lastname AT wi.mit.edu)
+    Fran Lewitter, Ph.D., Director of BaRC, (lastname AT wi.mit.edu)
 Links:
-BaRC Whitehead Institute
+    BaRC Whitehead Institute
 Group size:
 , 1 Ph.D. director, 1 Ph.D. Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, 2 Bioinformatics Scientists, 1 M.S. Bioinformatics Analysts, and 1 Senior Graphics specialist. We have a full IT department that manages our systems and network.
 Environment:
-The Whitehead Institute is a private research institute affiliated with MIT. All PIs at Whitehead hold faculty appointments at MIT. There are 19 labs - 14 Faculty and 5 Whitehead Fellows - with undergrads, graduate students, postdocs and technicians. Labs range in size from 6 to low 40s.
+    The Whitehead Institute is a private research institute affiliated with MIT. All PIs at Whitehead hold faculty appointments at MIT. There are 19 labs - 14 Faculty and 5 Whitehead Fellows - with undergrads, graduate students, postdocs and technicians. Labs range in size from 6 to low 40s.
 Tools:
-We support software on Macs, PCs and Unix. For desktop software we currently support LaserGene, MacVector, Sequencher, Gene Construction Kit. Vector NTI, DNAStrider, lots of graphics software. On the Unix side we have EMBOSS, GCG, University of Washington Genome Center Software, WU-Blast, NCBI-Blast, Matlab, R, BioConductor, Patscan, Primer3, HMMER, clustalX, etc.
+   We support software on Macs, PCs and Unix. For desktop software we currently support LaserGene, MacVector, Sequencher, Gene Construction Kit. Vector NTI, DNAStrider, lots of graphics software. On the Unix side we have EMBOSS, GCG, University of Washington Genome Center Software, WU-Blast, NCBI-Blast, Matlab, R, BioConductor, Patscan, Primer3, HMMER, clustalX, etc.
 Pertinent hardware info:
-A 4-processor Intel computer, a Linux cluster of 38 Intel dual-processor nodes and an EMC Clarion storage device. Desktops are Macs and PCs.
+   A 4-processor Intel computer, a Linux cluster of 38 Intel dual-processor nodes and an EMC Clarion storage device. Desktops are Macs and PCs.
 Training:
-Hands on mini-courses. See BaRC Education Pages. "Hot Topics" series include less than an hour talk about some specific tool or topic. Quarterly "Work in Progress" series for in-depth presentation of computational biology applications. Lots of one-on-one training.
+   Hands on mini-courses. See BaRC Education Pages. "Hot Topics" series include less than an hour talk about some specific tool or topic. Quarterly "Work in Progress" series for in-depth presentation of computational biology applications. Lots of one-on-one training.
 Bioinformatics support model:
-basic model is training, education, consultation and collaboration in the areas of bioinformatics and graphics.
+   basic model is training, education, consultation and collaboration in the areas of bioinformatics and graphics.
 Funding model:
-Institutional funds and grants.
+   Institutional funds and grants.