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The Bioinformatics and Statistical Genetics Core provides support and services to Centre staff, and undertakes collaborative and independent research, in the areas or bioinformatics and statistical genetics, databases and scientific computing. Until 2008 it focused on statistical genetics (eg association and linkage analysis), functional genomics (eg gene expression and other types of microarrays), genome analysis and annotation (DNA and protein analysis and textual annotations), relational databases (eg the Integrated Genotyping System, a database for genotype and phenotype observations), and the management of servers and clusters (including a 1000-core cluster delivered at the end of 2008). Over the past six months it has developed a new focus on next-generation sequencing, in order to support the Centre's four Illumina GA-II and two Roche FLX sequencers. At present the Core comprises 11 scientists/programmers, with one further scientist in the process of appointment. The core is mainly funded though a quinnquennial grant from the Wellcome Trust with some funding through access charges. New sequencing-related positions are funded a strategic award to the Director and from the Oxford Genetics Knowledge Park. The core also supports general-purpose servers and centre-wide scientific computing infrastructure, such as a 500TB off-site tape robot and over 100 TB of disk arrays,

Core Head: Prof Richard Mott

Aside from my core activities, I am PI on several independently-funded projects, as described on my Pinfox website:

http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/richard-mott