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The
Bioinformatics Center at Rensselaer and Wadsworth
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History
The joint Rensselaer-Wadsworth Bioinformatics Center (BiC) formally
came into being during the summer of 2000 with the signing of a memorandum
of agreement between the two institutions. The primary goal of the
BiC is to synergize research, i.e., to combine the strengths of the
two institutions in order to pursue an aggressive joint research
program in bioinformatics. Because this is a highly interdisciplinary
field, the success of the BiC should translate into enhanced funding
for research across a wide range of complementary fields, along with
expanded training opportunities for doctoral students and postdoctoral
fellows. Furthermore, it is expected that the bioinformatics research
agenda of the BiC members will lead to such practical applications
as the development of new therapeutic and diagnostic products.
Bases of Operation of the BiC
In keeping with the interdisciplinary and interinstitutional
nature of the Bioinformatics Center, it is a distributed (as opposed
to centrally localized) entity. The faculty and staff are located
at several sites on the Rensselaer (Troy) and Wadsworth (Albany)
campuses, as are the computing resources. Rensselaer has outstanding
facilities for bioinformatics, including a high-performance 36-node
web server (obtained in 2001 through an IBM SUR grant and maintained
by the Academy of Electronic Media), and an interactive computer
laboratory for bioinformatics training and distance learning, located
in the Johnsson-Rowland Science Center. Expanded bioinformatics facilities
are planned as part of Rensselaer's new Center for Biotechnology
and Interdisciplinary Studies, scheduled for completion in 2004.
The Wadsworth bioinformatics laboratory, currently located at the
Empire State Plaza, will move in Fall 2003 to the Center for Medical
Sciences, currently under construction adjacent to Wadsworth's David
Axelrod Institute. The new 11,000 square foot bioinformatics facility,
funded in part by a $1.4 million grant from NIH, will include a large,
state-of-the-art collaboratory for computational biology, with distance
learning and high performance computing capabilities.
For more information about BiC, please refer to press
releases, for more information on bioinformatics, please check
our links.
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