FA 5 Progress Report WV-INBRE - Joan C. Edwards School of ...

Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle): Rankin, Gary O 22WV-INBRE: MU & WVU BIOINFORMATICS CORE (0002)TYPE:%IDeA $:Infrastructure4.000% IDeA $: 150,905INVESTIGATOR, DEGREEDavis, Mary E PHDBoskovic, Goran PHDDenvir, James PHDDEPARTMENTPhysiology &PharmacologyBiochemistry &MicrobiologyBiochemistry AndMicrobiologyNON-HOST INSTITUTION: STATE,COUNTRYWest Virginia University, Wv UsaTotal # human subjects expected for entire study: 0Total # human subjects enrolled to date: 0SUBPROJECT DESCRIPTIONThe Bioinformatics Core provides investigators at the lead and partner institutions access to bioinformaticsanalysis tools and expert assistance in utilizing these tools for data analysis and discovery. Access toVector NTI is provided for gene sequence analysis. Analyses of gene expression data, including IngenuityPathways Analysis (IPA), are provided in conjunction with the Genomics Core and for expression resultsgenerated off-site. In addition, IPA access or analyses are provided to assist investigators in generation ofhypotheses.WV-INBRE sponsors a Bioinformatics Workshop every summer for investigators at the partner and leadinstitutions. These workshops focus on methods and techniques relevant to the research projects supportedby WV-INBRE and are presented by content experts, such as NIH-NCBI personnel and training staff forsoftware supported by WV-INBRE. Bioinformatics Core personnel have developed courses on use ofbioinformatics tools at the lead institutions and will assist partner institutions in developing courses orexercises to enhance existing courses.SUBPROJECT PROGRESSThe Bioinformatics Core (BC) assists investigators in the analysis of sequence-related data, eitherin conjunction with the Genomics Cores or directly with investigators (some have microarray datafrom external vendors and others have PCR array data). BC members provide assistance withexperimental design, statistical analysis and use of Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA) tools in theinterpretation of results. The BC supports access to IPA and sequencing/expression analytical tools(Partek, SAM and others). These have resulted in 6 publications in peer reviewed journals, with anadditional paper in press, and 16 presentations at national or regional meetings. BC resourceshave supported 18 grants, including 7 funded NIH grants, 2 pending NIH grants, a grant pending forDARPA, 2 grants funded by local sources, and 5 grants that were not funded (NIH, NSF, IARPAand a private foundation).Computational facility at WVU. In partnership with the CoBRE-funded WVU Center forNeuroscience Genomics Core and the WV Clinical Translational Science Institute, the WV-INBREhas established and equiped a computational facility to support analyses of large or complexdatasets using bioinformatic or statistical approaches. The facility also functions as a classroomlab, and is in use for teaching of bioinformatics to graduate students.New personnelWith the departure of Dr. James Denvir from WVU, to lead the bioinformatics/biostatistics efforts atMarshall University, WVU is in the process of hiring a new bioinformaticist/biostatistician. Thisposition is being funded by CoBREs at WVU (Neuroscience and Cancer), WV-INBRE, and theemerging School of Public Health. The pool of candidates includes many individuals withPHS 2590 (Rev. 06/09)Continuation Format Page