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Welcome to the Bioinformatics RESEARCH DOMAIN NUI, Galway

This website is intended as a 'portal' for researchers on the NUI, Galway campus who are actively involved in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology research or simply interested in understanding more about the contribution that mathematics, statistics and computer science can make in modern biological research. Bioinformatics is a multi-disciplinary domain, bringing together biologists who wish to fully take advantage of modern computational methods, and mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists and others who can see a new application for their techniques.

At present there are two distinct groups represented on this site: Stokes Professor of Bioinformatics (Cathal Seoighe) and  Molecular Evolution & Systematics (Dr. Grace McCormack). Other researchers involved in Bioinformatics research at NUIG who would like to be represented on this site should get in touch with site any of the group leaders listed above. The site also hosts software developed by members of the NUI, Galway bioinformatics community, which is available for download under the usual academic usage licenses.

Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Seminar series

A series of seminars in bioinformatics/computational biology takes place every second Wednesday at 15:10 in C218, Áras de Brún. Contributions to this informal seminar series can be either research-based or a review of a (normally recent) journal article. Research seminars can be on finished work, work in progress or can involve presentation of a biological problem as a potential application area for computational or statistical methods. Contact Cathal.Seoighe<a t>nuigalway.ie if you would like to participate or be added to the mailing list.

 

Bioinformatics Courses at NUI Galway

Several undergraduate and postgraduate level courses in Bioinformatics are available at NUI Galway. Introduction to Bioinformatics (MA324), presented by Cathal Seoighe, covers a wide-range of topics from basic database searching and sequence-based bioinformatics to an overview of next-generation genomics technologies and implications for personalized medicine. This is a required module for Biomedical Science students. Introduction to Biomedical Systems: Genomic Technologies (MA560), previously presented by Aaron Golden, covers microarray technologies and their applications in biomedical research. The course includes data storage and processing as well as methods used for the analysis of microarray data. Probabilistic models in molecular biology, presented by Cathal Seoighe, is a Masters-level module on the application of probabilistic modelling to several problems in molecular biology, including the alignment of molecular sequences, the identification of genes in genomic sequences (gene-finding), molecular phylogenetics, and the analysis of genome-wide genotype data (including the inference of population structure and the haplotype phasing problem). Postgraduate students or staff who would like to participate in or audit any of these course can do so by arrangement with the lecturer.

 

News

 

NUIG participating in GREP in Bioinformatics & Systems Biology This PhD programme combines both computational research with laboratory-based experimentation. Normally there is an emphasis on the former, but with a supervisor from each, the programme attempts to ensure that computational or theoretical discoveries can be validated. The programme is supported by an IRCSET award to UCD and normally includes the possibility of an internship in industry or in another research institution overseas. Students registered for this programme at NUI Galway take courses locally and at a distance, using a state-of-the art video conferencing facility in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics. Two students are currently supported at NUI Galway. A third studentship is currently unfilled (as of October 2010 - see here for information about this project) . NUIG faculty interested in participating in this programme (as a supervisor or co-supervisor) should contact Cathal.Seoighe<a t>nuigalway.ie

 

 

NUI Galway to host the 18^th Annual HIV Dynamics & Evolution conference in April 2011. More information can be found here.

 

NUI Galway hosting the Eighth Annual RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Comparative Genomics in October 2011. For more information contact Cathal.Seoighe<a t>nuigalway.ie

 

Trinity Genome Sequencing Laboratory's Illumina Genome Analyzer II platform – NUI Galway becomes a participating institution Dr. Derek Morris, Dr. Elaine Kenny and Dr. Paul Cormican visited NUI Galway on the 3rd September to outline how researchers on campus could access the Trinity Genome Sequencing Laboratory's Illumina Genome Analyzer II platform. DNA sequencing, RNA sequencing and ChIP-seq capability is now operational, and the TCD group welcome collaborative opportunities with members of the NUI Galway research community. Details of the facility may be found here, and Derek may be mailed directly for further information at morrisdwtcd.ie.

 

 

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