The
UNMC Biomedical Informatics and Molecular Modeling Core
Facility provides UNMC researchers with computational and informatics tools,
software packages, computational clusters, servers, and workstations. The
facility's hardware and software resources are available to the end-users
24/7.
AREA OF
EXPERTISE:
DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT:
development of databases, data warehouses
and web-based applications;
database searching and data retrieval;
data sharing;
statistical
analyses.
MOLECULAR
MODELING:
protein structure/property prediction and
analysis;
homology modeling of proteins;
molecular docking;
molecular dynamics simulations;
QSAR analysis;
antigenic epitope
prediction.
The staff of the
facility:
consults users in utilizing bioinformatics and
biomedical informatics tools and methods, molecular modeling techniques;
participates in collaborative research;
teaches bioinformatics-related
disciplines;
develops and supports cancer-specific
registries;
deploys the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid
(caBIG®) infrastructure and tools;
educates investigators on the requirements,
standards and approaches that enhance data collection, management, mining, and
sharing.
The term "Bioinformatics" refers to both the development and the use of mathematical and computational methods to assist in understanding and utilizing structural as well as functional information on biologically important molecules.
The
UNMC Biomedical Informatics and Molecular Modeling Core
Facility provides UNMC researchers with computational and informatics tools,
software packages, computational clusters, servers, and workstations. The
facility's hardware and software resources are available to the end-users
24/7.
