The following services are available through the BCBC:

Consulting: Consulting hours are held weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday. Consulting consists of question-and-answer sessions on the following topics:

• Server Accounts and Usage
• Experimental Design
• Linux and Bioinformatics Tools Instruction
• Expression Analysis Using RNA-seq
• SNP Calling
• Structural Variation
• Comparative Genomics

Other services may be available upon request. Please get in touch with the BCBC team or attend the BTI Bioinformatics Hour.

Courses: The Introduction to Bioinformatics is held in the spring and covers basic bioinformatics skills, including: Intro to Unix command line, Next-generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis, and R scripting. The course is open to BTI, Cornell, and visiting interns/scientists. Additional courses and modes of instruction are being explored.

Training: BCBC provides training and resources on a variety of topics. Researchers interested in using BCBC shared servers can receive training on server use and pre-installed pipelines available for many types of data analysis. BCBC distributes training resources to BTI available through venues including Cornell CBSU, Statistical Consulting, and CyVerse.

Data Analysis: BCBC can provide data analysis for researchers. An initial QC of data will be performed, after which a formal research plan will be agreed upon.

Research Proposals: BCBC enhances research proposals through collaboration with BTI faculty, as well as submitting BCBC-led research proposals to further the mission of developing new methods in a collaborative framework to advance understanding of the complexity of plant life.

Fees will be accrued based on individual project needs as described below.

Internal without Charge: The following services will be free of charge for BTI researchers:

• Consulting
• Intro to Bioinformatics Course
• Computational Infrastructure
• Training

Internal Fees: Fees will be incurred at a rate of $52.50 per hour on the following services for BTI researchers:

• Quality Control: Data to be used in further analysis by BCBC will undergo an initial QC (Phase 1) to determine appropriate next steps. Phase 1 will be billed per hour with a cap.
• Data Analysis: An initial QC of data will be performed after which a formal research plan will be agreed upon to determine workflow, authorship, cost, and timeline. We encourage users to meet with us to discuss experimental design prior to generation of data.
• Software Pipeline Development: BCBC can develop custom software for novel analyses. As many bioinformatics analyses are exploratory, a work package description and timeline will be drawn up for each project component. Once a pipeline is developed, it will be installed on BCBC servers and will become a routine analysis that will fall under “training”.
• Courses other than the Intro to Bioinformatics Course held for BTI researchers and interns.

Collaborators are encouraged to include support through grant proposals.

External/Corporate fees: External projects and collaborations will take the form of collaborative grant proposals or service contracts. Usage fees will be $94.50/hr. Courses aimed at external applicants will be assigned a per applicant fee based on covering course expenses