The ISG, through its centers and core facilities, serves as a hub for bringing genomics technologies and applications to UConn PIs to enhance their research funding potential. The ISG centers and cores represent our research pillars and include the Center for Genome Innovation (CGI) and the Computational Biology Core (CBC). Both are facilities that provide high-tech instrumentation and specialized expertise, offering state-of-the-art equipment that is too expensive or cost-ineffective for individual labs to acquire and maintain, as well as cutting-edge technical expertise and training opportunities in genomics applications.
Center for Genome Innovation
The CGI offers a variety of training opportunities as well as NextGen sequencing and genotyping services. These services are available to UConn-affiliated researchers across all campuses and range from single run instrument access through full-service NextGen library preparation and sequencing.
Training: The CGI also offers laboratory-based workshops for NextGen sequencing, genotyping, workflows and data analysis. For training opportunities, please contact bo.reese@uconn.edu.
Facility Director: Rachel O’Neill - rachel.oneill@uconn.edu
Computational Biology Core
The CBC provides access to hardware, software, and technical support to UConn researchers and affiliates. Bioinformatic support, from experimental design to analysis, is available for basic and applied biomedical, agricultural, and ecological research. The core expertise spans epigenetics, expression analysis, metagenomics, microbial ecology, genome assembly, phylogenetics, population genetics, single-cell genomics, proteomics, and much more. We collaborate with the Center for Genome Innovation (CGI), and other campus cores, to provide full support to the research community. For training opportunities and technical support, please contact cbcsupport@helpspotmail.com or find us on Slack at uconn-cbc.slack.com.
Facility Director: Jill Wegrzyn - bioinformatics@uconn.edu
High Performance Computing Facility
The UConn Health High Performance Computing Facility provides a variety of High Performance Computing, Cloud Computing and customized Servers and Services to the UConn Health research community and its collaborators. The facility provides free access to over 60 TeraFLOPS of compute power, 3,000 processor cores and over 2 PB of storage housed in a secure, state-of-the-art data center supported 7x24 by a dedicated staff of professionals.
Facility Director: Ion Moraru - moraru@uchc.edu
Center for Open Research Resources and Equipment (COR2E)
For a listing of all research facilities and resources offered to the UConn community, please visit the Center for Open Research Resources and Equipment (COR2E). COR2E serves as the gateway to research resources available. In addition to providing a variety of software tools for exploring UConn research expertise, COR2E is also the managing entity for a wide variety of core facilities, housing both state-of-the-art equipment and expertise.