Bioinformatik

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Group Leader:

Dr. Mario Looso

Overview:

The group of Dr. Mario Looso focuses on applied bioinformatics. The group provides support in several types of bioinformatic tasks as well as works on own projects. To achieve a highly efficient infrastructure for bioinformatic workflows, it works closely with the IT service group. The goal is to ensure that scientists across the institute are able to exploit existing and emerging computational technologies. By consulting of scientists we help to identify bioinformatic approaches to scientist’s research problems and help to frame the questions to “omics” terms. Typical supported bioinformatic tasks are:

Large data set management

Recent high throughput technologies provide large amounts of data that highly raised demands on computational infrastructures and data management. We allocate adapted systems and management solutions. Development of user and data specific databases is a typical task in this field.

Large data set analysis

We perform data analysis on request by participation of the scientists (Transcriptomics, Proteomics). A fundamental understanding of the biology and experiment, which can only be supplied by the scientists who has done the work, is required for an appropriate analysis.

Script Writing

Laboratories often have repetitive tasks that can be automated by writing scripts. We help to identify these repetitive tasks and write the necessary scripts to streamline the processes (blasting, masking, database searches, pattern finding).

Education

Advanced training of undergraduate students is performed by internships and projects that are attached to diploma thesis.

Projects

About Mario Looso

Contact:

Bioinformatics

Dr. Mario Looso

Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research

Ludwigstrasse 43 / FGI 109

D-61231 Bad Nauheim

Tel.: +49 (0)6032 705-1763

Fax: +49 (0)6032 705-419