# Bioinformatics Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · 2024 · $247,297

## Abstract

Bioinformatics Core – Summary 
 The mission of the Bioinformatics Core is to provide bioinformatics support and training for investigators 
within the Vermont Genetics Network (VGN). The Core provides computational analysis of life sciences data for 
all investigators in the VGN network. Many experimental methods produce large data sets requiring the use of 
computational tools to fully analyze them. Modern instruments employed in research projects such as whole 
genome sequencing or cancer biomarker discovery produce protein, RNA and DNA data sets that are too large 
to be analyzed by most bench scientists. The Bioinformatics Core works with investigators and their students to 
provide analyses that help answer questions related to their experimental data. 
 The Bioinformatics Core utilizes a large computer server coupled to a large data storage array for most 
bioinformatics work. The internal infrastructure yields a very cost effective solution for providing bioinformatics 
services. Internal controls are developed on a per project basis to ensure high quality results for all 
investigators. 
 The Core provides experimental design, power analysis, and data analysis in genomics, transcriptomics 
and proteomics. Specifically, the Core assists users from VGN Baccalaureate Partner Institutions (BPI) and UVM, 
as well as others, in proteomics informatics, genomics and biostatistics analysis, functional analysis, software 
and database development, as well as training in bioinformatics and access to shared resources. 
 The Administrative Core will assess performance and the Bioinformatics Core’s impact on the VGN 
mission. It will assist with implementation of best practices identified by the external evaluator, Dr. Joy 
Livingston, the Internal Steering Committee, the External Advisory Committee, and the AAAS Research 
Competitiveness Program consultants. 
 The Bioinformatics Core provides a high level of expertise in bioinformatics, ensuring the support needed 
to design, conduct, analyze, interpret, and manage results requiring or facilitated by informatics applications. 
Continuing to provide these services to our BPIs and through the State of Vermont in INBRE 4 will promote a 
culture of research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10848392
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103449-23
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE
- **Principal Investigator:** Julie Dragon
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $247,297
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-30 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10848392

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10848392, Bioinformatics Core (5P20GM103449-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10848392. Licensed CC0.

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