Specialist Services

• Genomics
• Transcriptomics Bioinformatics Support Unit
• Proteomics

Specialist Software
• GeneSpring GX
• Ingenuity Pathway Analysis
• Delta 2D
• Progenesis SameSpots
• BioConductor

The Bioinformatics Support Unit has been created to meet the

Contact
Daniel Swan
d.c.swan@newcastle.ac.uk
Simon Cockell
s.j.cockell@newcastle.ac.uk
Professor Neil Wipat
Academic Lead
anil.wipat@ncl.ac.uk
needs of Newcastle University researchers engaged in high-
throughput experimental studies in genomics, transcriptomics
and proteomics.
Supported by the Faculties of Medical Sciences
and of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, the
Bioinformatics Support Unit has extensive expertise
in making sense of the deluge of data from modern
scientific studies. With core competencies in handling
traditional ‘omics datasets (genomic, transcriptomic
and proteomic) the Unit is able to advise on all issues
related to the capture, analysis and long-term
storage of high-throughput experimental data.
The Unit provides access to both hardware and
software for data analysis, including powerful server
machines for computationally intensive next-
generation sequencing work and top of the range
desktop machines in common user areas for
visualising and working with biological network data.
Our staff are equally skilled with bacterial and
eukaryotic datasets, from non-model organisms to
the human genome and able to offer support and
assistance in the complex task of integrating and
extracting biological knowledge from large datasets.
We provide custom services including software and
database development through to web development
to publish your data. We also support releasing your
data in standards-compliant formats to databases
like ArrayExpress, GEO, PRIDE and SRA.
Researchers can request and attend bespoke
training courses in a number of software packages
from GeneSpring GX, Bioconductor, Ingenuity
Pathway Analysis, Delta 2D, Progenesis Samespots
and Cytoscape.
Successfully applying bioinformatics to scientific
research requires the involvement of an informatician
at every step of the process. We are happy to advise
on the likely informatics requirement of a project at the
grant preparation stage, support your application as
a named investigator, supply wording, costings and
advice on experimental design and follow through to
publication to ensure successful submissions.
Bioinformatics Support Unit offices and
common-user areas are located in the Leech
Building (M2046 and M2046A) and in the
Devonshire building (G26 and 1.16).
You can contact us on 0191 222 7253 (Leech)
and 0191 246 4833 (Devonshire).

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