Arkansas inbre bioinformatics core

1. Arkansas inbre bioinformatics core External Advisory Committee and Steering Committee Meeting April 20, 2010

2. Early Needs Assessment • Graduate Program • Masters degree plus PhD • Undergraduate Program • Encourage multidisciplinary focus early • Complete graduate prerequisites • Access to Bioinformatics Resources • Computing resources, consulting staff, and a “second home” • Training for Research Staff • Specialized topics plus overviews • Research Collaboration and Networking • Identify researchers with similar and complementary interests and skills AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core

3. Demographics of BINF Students AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core

4. Jackson State U Collaboration May:  week-long, intensive, workshopat JSU June:  JSU Students at UALR September:  week-long, intensive, workshopat JSU After new EIT building opened, online workshops for JSU, other RCMIs, and INBRE PUIs. AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core

5. Jackson State U Collaboration • May:  week-long, intensive, workshop on LAMP (Linux, Apache, mySQL, and Perl) by Roger Hall, Steve Jennings, and several BINF graduate students at JSU and work with JSU students on individual, bioinformatics-related projects. AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core

6. Jackson State U Collaboration • June:  JSU Bioinformatics Research Associate and four MS/advanced undergraduate students at UALR to work on individual research projects.  Tutorials will be offered at this time as needed. AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core

7. Jackson State U Collaboration • September:  MBC Technical Director returns to JSU to conduct training on the R Statistical Analysis package during the 3-5pm weekday timeslots and to consult with students on their projects earlier in the day. • After new EIT building opened, online workshops for JSU, other RCMIs, and INBRE PUIs. AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core

8. Fostering Collaboration • Hosted Bioinformatics BoF session at NISBRE 2008 • NE-sponsored Core Facility Collaboration meeting hosted during same conference • Post-meeting: • Tried to get NCRR support for bioinformatics core collaboration, but unsuccessful in even getting list of bioinformatics core directors • NCRR people suggested we work with Core Facility folks AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core

9. Birth of NICL • Network of IDeA Funded Core Laboratories founded • NICLweb.org • Core Facility Database • Initial organizational meeting held at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Core Facilities (ABRF) meeting in Memphis in February • Positive feedback from NCRR folks • Not much follow-through… • But another organizational “track” planned for NISBRE 2010 AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core

10. Recent Developments • New core facilities collaborations popping up: • NICL, in part, an outgrowth of Northeast Regional Life Sciences Core Directors • Midwest Association of Core Directors (wwwMWACD.org) organized at ABRF 2010 • Prior to NM Bioinformatics Summit, a “western states” INBRE/COBRE bioinformatics cores meeting • All planning or have some kind of registry • Potential for significant overlap and most will not support a full feature set AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core

11. Why ABRF? • National (international) organization • Good financial base • Mission to foster collaboration among cores • “Neutral” about technologies, funding sources, geography, etc. • Good standing with NSF/NIH • Potential funding opportunities AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core

12. ABRF Proposal • Develop organizational structure to support “affiliates” and “chapters” • For quick start-ups around “hot” interests • ABRF support for meetings, listservs, etc., with few requirements • Support the creation of a super-registry • Core Facilities • Regional Groups • Societies • Individuals • Graduate Programs • Approved by the ABRF Executive Boardon Thursday • Asked to be Chair of Affiliates Committee; call this Friday • Working with current ABRF President, ABRF President-Elect, and FASEB President • Also asked to chair a session at ABRF 2011 on Bringing Special Interest Groups Together AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core