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The Genome Sequencing Core lab (GSC) is part of the Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways, an NIH-funded Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) infrastructure grant. The Core’s mission is to provide state-of-the-art next generation sequencing capabilities and to serve as a catalyst for interaction among genomics research facilities, building a strong foundation for genomics research at KU. The Core has two full-time staff members in addition to the core leader, Dr. Erik Lundquist. The facility provides an Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform and charges user fees at a competitive price.

 

The Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) is an NIH-funded center with three bioinformatics cores in Kansas (KUMC, K-State, and KU-Lawrence campus). The goal of this project is to establish biomedical research infrastructure within the state of Kansas, with primary focus on education, networking and bioinformatics capabilities. The KU-L core, led by Dr. Stuart Macdonald, has taken a lead in providing training for KU researchers in computing pipeline development.

 

The Advanced Computing Facility (ACF) was expanded in 2013 with a $4.7 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources at NIH, and a major infrastructure improvement grant from NSF. Dan Voss, the newly hired Director of Research Computing, works with researchers to develop interfaces between the Genome Sequencing Core, where sequencing data is generated, and the Community Cluster, where it is processed. K-INBRE has purchased four nodes in the Cluster for general bioinformatics data analysis.