External Collaborations

Greater Philadelphia Bioinformatics Alliance:
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was one of the founding members of southeastern Pennsylvania's bioinformatics research community.

Penn Bioinformatics Core:
The Children's Hospital Bioinformatics Core (BiC) maintains a close collaboration with members of the University of Pennsylvania Bioinformatics Core. In addition to serving the same researcher communities, the two groups co-distribute a suite of sequence analysis software and regularly interact on strategic initiatives.

Internal Children's Hospital Collaborations

Nucleic Acid/Protein Research Core http://www.research.chop.edu/research/cores/nucleic_acid_protein_research:
The Nucleic Acid/Protein Research Core generates a large majority of microarray data for our researchers and helps to facilitate efficient transfer of information. The close association between this core and the BiC assures that the advent of new technology platforms drives the development of new analysis capabilities and results in a more pleasant researcher experience.

Biostatistics and Data Management Core:
Both the Biostatistics and Data Management Core and the BiC offer analysis services as their primary operation. Bioinformatics borrows heavily from biostatistics in terms of statistical algorithms. Likewise, biostatistics borrows from the biological knowledgebase and multidisciplinary strengths of bioinformatics. The close collaboration between these groups allows for a wide range of service offerings.

Center for Applied Genomics:
The Center for Applied Genomics (CAG), a Center of Emphasis within the Stokes research community, is one of the only institutions in the world developing a pediatric database of whole genome association data and is the sole institution developing such a database at the 100,000 patient scale. BiC's collaboration with CAG is primarily based on the analysis of copy number variation data.

Protein Core:
Traditionally, the BiC has provided a variety of services to the Protein Core by aiding in the development of protein analysis software.