Caltech Bioinformatics Resource Center
Professor Lior Pachter, Faculty Adviser
Dr. Ingileif Hallgrimsdottir, Statistician
Dr. Lambda Moses, Computational Biologist
Caltech Bioinformatics Resource Center (CBRC) provides pipeline development, benchmarking, bioinformatics consulting, and general training to all Caltech researchers. This Resource Center bridges the gap between biological research and up-to-date NGS information technology (e.g., single-cell RNA-seq data workflow), and supports both technology development and novel biology discoveries in a collaborative manner.
This facility utilizes on-campus computational resources for pipeline development, data processing and bioinformatics analysis. Caltech and external customers are welcome to contact the center for bioinformatics consulting services.
About Caltech Bioinformatics Resource Center (CBRC)
CBRC is affiliated with the Beckman Institute at Caltech and provides bioinformatics services to the community.
Technology development
As a Beckman Institute Resource Center, CBRC is involved in developing and benchmarking new bioinformatics tools for genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic data processing. (YouTube video from Professor Lior Pachter Lab).
Customized bioinformatics services
CBRC works with Caltech and external groups to study basic biological systems and to tackle biomedical problems. Fee-based bioinformatics services are provided for NGS workflow development and NGS data analysis.
Seminars, workshops and office hours
CBRC supports bioinformatics seminars and hands-on workshops. Our staff also provide free-of-charge office hours to Caltech groups (appointment required).
Bioinformatics Services
CBRC provides the following services for members of the Caltech community:
WGS, WES, targeted panel
Bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq
WGBS, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, Hi-C, HiChIP;
Resources
A list of commonly used NGS bioinformatics tools:
A guide to machine learning for biologists