Bioinformatics at Fiocruz: The Bioinformatics Team
Bioinformatics at Fiocruz
Laboratório de Genômica Funcional e Bioinformática - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Dr. Wim Degrave - Principal Investigator
The Bioinformatics Team is part of the Laboratory for Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our work involves the development and application of bioinformatics towards a better understanding of biological problems. One of our major ongoing projects is the achievement of the complete genomic sequence of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Moreau-RJ, the vaccinal strain used in Brazil for immunization against tuberculosis.
Main research lines
Genome sequencing and annotation
Comparative and evolutionary genomics
Application of machine learning techniques in biological problems
Optimization of bioinformatics workflows
Financial support
Programa de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Insumos para a Saúde da Fiocruz (PDTIS)
Pograma Estratégico de Apoio à Pesquisa em Saúde da Fiocruz (PAPES)
Coordenação de Aperfeioçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)
Fundação Ataulpho de Paiva (FAP)
Good to know
Any interested student is invited. We have several ideas for projects on different levels (Undergraduate, M.Sc. or Ph.D.). Write to Antonio
We have a weekly paper club to discuss projects or new developments
We are working with Linux and Windows, using Oracle, and MySQL. We can program (and teach) in C, C++, Java, Perl, MATLAB and HTML. Our computers (30 machines) are used for grid application (e.g.BLAST -
Squid)
