Bioinformatics

ICBR-Bioinformatics@ad.ufl.edu   ///  (352) 273-8049   ///    RRID: SCR_019120
Bioinformatics Consulting, Data Analytics, Single-Cell Analysis, Metagenomics & More

CORE OVERVIEW

The Bioinformatics core offers bioinformatics consulting and data analytics to help researchers analyze and understand the large data sets acquired from next generation sequencing and array-based technologies. We coordinate closely with other ICBR cores (Next-Gen Sequencing, Gene Expression, Cytometry, and Proteomics) on shared projects. 

We collaborate with researchers in designing experiments and analyzing complex datasets by applying various data-analytical and theoretical methods, mathematical modeling and computational techniques.  We develop and operate comprehensive pipelines enabling large-scale data processing, including NGS data analysis (e.g., RNA-Seq, DNA-Seq, methyl-Seq and ChIP-Seq) single-cell analysistranscriptome and genome annotation (project-based EST/genomic sequence assembly, annotation and gene prediction), variant detection, metagenomics (characterization of microbial communities) and microarray-based data analysis (statistical and functional data analysis from major microarray platforms).

Bioinformatics staff members have extensive experience in bioinformatics, genomics, transcriptomics and translational informatics in plant, animal and microbial systems. Our expertise includes big data analysis, statistical analysis, software development and high-performance computing. We strive to be scientific collaborators – rather than just service providers – using our expertise and skills to ensure the success of your projects.

Our services are offered at a standard hourly rate, and can be accessed on a fee-for-service basis or as long-term collaborations.

CORE NEWS

Dr. David Moraga: 30 Years of Advancing Scientific Excellence at ICBR Dr. David Moraga: 30 Years of Advancing Scientific Excellence at ICBR
Dr. David Moraga: 30 Years of Advancing Scientific Excellence at ICBR
Dr. David Moraga: 30 Years of Advancing Scientific Excellence at ICBR David Moraga, PhD, the NextGen Sequencing director at the ICBR, is retiring after 30 years of service. Since 1993, Dr. Moraga has played a vital role in advancing the center’s mission of providing cutting-edge scientific technology and research support services to the global scientific community. “Dr. David Moraga’s name has been almost synonymous with DNA sequencing for decades at ICBR and in the UF biotech communi...
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Dr. David Moraga: 30 Years of Advancing Scientific Excellence at ICBR
Labor Day Notice: ICBR Closed on September 4th Labor Day Notice: ICBR Closed on September 4th
Labor Day Notice: ICBR Closed on September 4th
Labor Day Notice: ICBR Closed on September 4th Please note that the ICBR will be closed on September 4th in observance of Labor Day. Kindly be aware that we will not be able to accept any packages or samples during this time. We will resume regular operations on the following business day. Please refer to our staff directory for additional details. ...
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Labor Day Notice: ICBR Closed on September 4th
ICBR Closed Wednesday, August 30th for Tropical Storm Idalia ICBR Closed Wednesday, August 30th for Tropical Storm Idalia
ICBR Closed Wednesday, August 30th for Tropical Storm Idalia
ICBR Closed Wednesday, August 30th for Tropical Storm Idalia Due to Tropical Storm Idalia, the ICBR will close beginning at noon on (8/29) through Wednesday (8/30). We will not be accepting packages or samples during this time. The university expects to make an announcement on Wednesday regarding the resumption of normal campus operations. Please visit www.ufl.edu for updates and information on storm preparation.   Please refer to our staff directory for additional details. ...
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ICBR Closed Wednesday, August 30th for Tropical Storm Idalia
Dr. Alberto Riva at ISMB/ECCB2023: Advancing Bioinformatics Cores and Inspiring Collaboration Dr. Alberto Riva at ISMB/ECCB2023: Advancing Bioinformatics Cores and Inspiring Collaboration
Dr. Alberto Riva at ISMB/ECCB2023: Advancing Bioinformatics Cores and Inspiring Collaboration
Audience at the BioInfo Core Session at ISMB 2023 Dr. Alberto Riva at ISMB/ECCB2023: Advancing Bioinformatics Cores and Inspiring Collaboration Dr. Alberto Riva, the Scientific Director for the ICBR Bioinformatics core, recently attended the highly acclaimed Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference, renowned as the largest and most prestigious gathering in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics.  This year’s conference, held in Lyon, France in partnership w...
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Dr. Alberto Riva at ISMB/ECCB2023: Advancing Bioinformatics Cores and Inspiring Collaboration
ICBR’s Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul Honored as Lifetime Fellow by the AAAS ICBR’s Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul Honored as Lifetime Fellow by the AAAS
ICBR's Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul Honored as Lifetime Fellow by the AAAS
The American Association for the Advancement of Science honors 19 UF faculty as Lifetime Fellows Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, alongside 18 other UF faculty, has been honored as a Lifetime Fellow of AAAS. Dr. Paul was honored for “distinguished contributions to the understanding of life’s ability to move beyond planet Earth, as well as extraordinary service to the space biology science community”. Her research focuses on how plants respond to environmental change, with emphasis on spaceflight...
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ICBR’s Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul Honored as Lifetime Fellow by the AAAS
Surviving Space: Extreme Plant Adaptation Surviving Space: Extreme Plant Adaptation
Surviving Space: Extreme Plant Adaptation
Which plants have the best chances for survival in space? That’s the question being addressed by Principal Investigators Anna-Lisa Paul and Robert Ferl in the Epigenetic Adaptation to the Spaceflight Environment – Accumulated Genomic Change Induced by Generations in Space (Plant Habitat-03) investigation which will soon launch to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s 18th commercial resupply services mission for NASA. “One of the exciting things about space biology ...
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Surviving Space: Extreme Plant Adaptation
Scientific expedition to study human impact on Florida Everglades Scientific expedition to study human impact on Florida Everglades
Scientific expedition to study human impact on Florida Everglades
Scientific expedition to study human impact on Florida Everglades A team of five that includes a female University of Florida professor as its lead scientist will embark Thursday on a dangerous trek across the Florida Everglades to assess the impact of humans on the world’s largest subtropical wilderness. The group will retrace an 1897 canoe journey that was first completed by explorer and scientist Hugh de Laussat Willoughby. Tracie Baker, an associate professor of environmental and global h...
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Scientific expedition to study human impact on Florida Everglades
Big Changes for ICBR Electron Microscopy Core in 2023 Big Changes for ICBR Electron Microscopy Core in 2023
Big Changes for ICBR Electron Microscopy Core in 2023
We are excited to announce that our EM core is going to be relocated entirely in CGRC. The move should not only offer our users additional convenience with a singular location and increased proximity to our peer cores, but the renovation will provide our users with a revamped lab space that will expand the capabilities and offerings of our EM team. We are very excited about the next steps, but there is still a lot of work left to do. EM is currently doing their best to facilitate this move while...
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Big Changes for ICBR Electron Microscopy Core in 2023