Three New Bioinformatics Tools Available
The NIAID sponsored Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center (PFGRC) at the J. Craig Venter Institute is pleased to announce the release of three new, free open-source software tools: Magnolia, Ginkgo and APEX. Magnolia is a microarray data management and export system for researchers who use PFGRC microarrays. The software greatly simplifies the tasks of organizing experimental data and submitting it to a public data repository. Ginkgo is a Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) and expression microarray data analysis package. Several normalization, data filtering and imputation, and replicate microarray functions are implemented in an intuitive graphical framework. The APEX tool is an implementation of the Absolute Protein Expression quantitation technique. It can compute protein abundance values for LC-MS/MS proteomics datasets, quantifying hundreds or thousands of proteins. Links to additional information on each of these new software tools is available from the PFGRC's bioinformatics page.
Microarray Suggestion Criteria
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) supported Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center (PFGRC) designs, constructs, and distributes glass slide DNA microarrays for pathogens and biodefense related organisms (Select A-C agents). Currently, the PFGRC supports DNA microarrays for the 38 organisms listed here. In continuing its efforts to provide the infectious disease and biodefense communities with the microarray resources most relevant to their research efforts, the PFGRC is soliciting input for selection of its next set of reference/species microarrays. The criteria for organism selection may be found here.
News Archives - 2004
December 6, 2004 PFGRC announces February 1, 2005 microarray application deadline for expanded organism list
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) sponsored Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center (PFGRC) at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) announces the selection of five (5) organisms for development of functional genomics resources and reagents. The five… more
May 17, 2004 New Clone Sets Announced for Pathogen Researchers
A new resource for pathogen investigators - the Invitrogen Gateway® Entry Clone Resource - is being offered by the NIAID-sponsored Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center (PFGRC) at TIGR. Beginning May 17, the PFGRC will make available clone sets from S.… more
February 6, 2004 The PFGRC Extends Deadline to March 22 for DNA Microarray Applications
The PFGRC has announced that it is extending the deadline to March 22, 2004 for submission to NIAID, applications for DNA microarray reagents. The extension is prompted by the desire to give investigators additional time to consider projects associated with… more