A Collaborative Life Cycle Process for the Bioinformatics Core Facility

The operation of the bioinformatics core facility is constantly challenged by increasing data volume, emerging technologies, and limited budget. We discuss a Collaborative Life Cycle (CLC) process as a business management model for this challenging environment. Unlike the traditional involvement at...

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Published in:Journal of biomolecular techniques 2011-10, Vol.22 (Suppl), p.S28-S28
Main Authors: Kibbe, W.A., Lin, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The operation of the bioinformatics core facility is constantly challenged by increasing data volume, emerging technologies, and limited budget. We discuss a Collaborative Life Cycle (CLC) process as a business management model for this challenging environment. Unlike the traditional involvement at the last stage of data analysis, the CLC process engages the bioinformatics core facility throughout the project with the Pis and the wet lab core facilities. Various tasks of the bioinformatics core during the project's life cycle include: 1) Planning -study design and statistical power analysis with the PIs 2) Experiment-core wet lab sample tracking and data management 3) Data analysis -data quality control and interpretation in the biological context. Collaborations throughout the project life cycle are critical because the multiple-phase process involves numbers of professional disciplines with many skills, tools, and procedures. The CLC process will help the bioinformatics core facility align the multiple goals, adjust the expectations, mitigate the potential risks, and improve the end results.
ISSN:1524-0215
1943-4731