Bioinformatics Core

The overall goal of the Bioinformatics Core is to foster cutting edge research in cell and developmental biology by addressing K-INBRE network requirements for computational resources, methods, and expertise to solve complex problems in data management and knowledge discovery. Our strategy for achieving this goal has been to assemble a team spanning a diverse collection of technical expertise committed to:

• evaluating, acquiring (or developing), and maintaining computational resources (hardware and software) that directly complement the K-INBRE network research goals;
• developing and delivering training material, including workshops and contributions to credit courses, that facilitate practical application of these resources by K-INBRE students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty;
• cultivating resource usage by informing students and researchers across the network of our services and offering consultation to researchers in application of bioinformatics resources to their research;
• collaborating directly with K-INBRE researchers to formulate and apply complex methods to biomedical research goals;
• developing new research opportunities that marry informatics with wet lab activities; and
• facilitating information pipelines that foster collaboration, multidisciplinary science, and clinical translation.

As the K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core has evolved, specializations have emerged that include emphasis on genomics at KUMC, proteomics at KU-L, and lipidomics at KSU. Choices of strategies for development have taken advantage of these unique dispositions of research strengths across the state.

Bioinformatics Core Contacts

University of Kansas-Lawrence

Gerald Lushington, PhD (Bioinformatics Core Director, Lawrence Satellite Director)
Director of Laboratories, Courtesy Assistant Professor
University of Kansas
Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry
Malott Hall, Room 3021
1251 Wescoe Hall Dr.
Lawrence, KS 66045-7582
Phone: 785-864-1140
glushington@ku.edu

 

Mahesh Visvanathan, PhD (Bioinformatics Specialist)
University of Kansas
2121 Simons Dr.
Lawrence, KS 66047
Phone: 785-864-3337
mvisvanathan@ku.edu

 

 

 

Gregory Matuszek (Bioinformatics Outreach Coordinator)
K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core Facility
University of Kansas
3058 Malott Hall
1251 Wescoe Hall Rd.
Lawrence, KS 66047
Phone: 785-864-3266
matuszek@ku.edu

 

 

Kansas State University

Susan J. Brown, PhD (Bioinformatics Satellite Director)
Assistant Professor
Kansas State University
Division of Biology
340 Ackert Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-3935
sjbrown@ksu.edu

 

 

Tony Grace (Bioinformatics Specialist)
Division of Biology
104 Ackert Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-3937
tonygrac@ksu.edu

 

University of Kansas Medical Center

Stan Svojanovsky, PhD (Bioinformatics Specialist)
University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Mail Stop 3043, 3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-7266
ssvojanovsky@kumc.edu

 

 

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