ISMB 2008: BoF on best practices in running bioinformatics cores

Running a Bioinformatics Core Facility Organizer: Fran Lewitter

This in-person session has held during the annual ISMB meeting in Toronto Canada.

Description:

We have met annually since 2002 and have participated in conference calls since ISMB/ECCB 2007. Today's meeting will address best practices for running a bioinformatics core facility and will include short talks from people from different types of facilities - universities (public and private), research institutes, and industry. Ample time will be allotted for discussion.

Presenters:

1) David Sexton - Vanderbilt U - mid-sized private university 2) Dawei Lin - UC Davis - large state university 3) Simon Andrews - The Babraham Institute - small research Institute in the UK 4) Steve Jennings - University of Arkansas at Little Rock - academic NIH funded Bioinformatics core 5) Michael Rebhan - Novartis - industry