Bioinformatics hub at UChicago enables infectious disease research
Scientific Computing World | October 11, 2019
The University of Chicago has recently announced that it has setup a new bioinformatics research centre funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. The most valuable weapon against the next deadly disease outbreak may be data. Scientists aiming to stop or prevent the spread of viral or bacterial pathogens need rapid, comprehensive access to datasets on their genomics, structure, function and more, combined with computational tools to quickly analyse data and make predictions using artificial intelligence techniques. That critical service will be provided by the new Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center (BV-BRC), based at the University of Chicago. The big data resource, combines two independent efforts at UChicago and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) into a common infrastructure that will support richer scientific data and more powerful analytic tools.