NIH subsidy to explore new dimensions of 3D genome organization
Wouter de Laat and Jeroen de Ridder have received a 600k$ National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant to explore new dimensions of 3D genome organization. The grant is awarded in the context of the NIH 4D Nucleome Program, a large collaborative program aimed at unraveling the principles of nuclear organization in space and time […]
HPC facility: from initiative to facility to future developments
The Utrecht Bioinformatics Center HPC facility provides ample compute resources to accelerate Life Science community in Utrecht. About 35 research groups affiliated with UMC Utrecht, Utrecht University, Hubrecht Institute or Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology are currently using the HPC facility. With a total compute capacity of 1500 cores and 600TB of HPC storage, […]
Data Science strategy Utrecht Bioinformatics Center
One of the strengths of the UBC’s research is that we combine a thorough understanding of computational methods with an in-depth expertise in the domain of application. Since the big data revolution affects virtually all research domains, Utrecht University has recently initiated the new focus area Applied Data Science. How do we see the role […]
Sarah Pulit reaches Breaking Science final
Sarah Pulit, postdoc at the Brain Center Rudolf Magnus group of UMC Utrecht, pitched her research in three minutes and reached the Breaking Science final. Breaking Science is the new science communication battle for young scientists organised by UMC Utrecht and Utrecht University. Three minute pitch Sarah’s audience did get a good first impression of her research. […]
UBC expertise: genomics
After his PhD in biochemical analyses of RNA polymerase II promoter opening at Utrecht University, Frank worked as a postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, in Cambridge, USA. As a member of the group led by Rick Young, he conducted pioneering genome-wide analyses of transcription regulatory mechanisms. Frank continued […]