Genomics Institute
Facilitating collaboration between researchers from across Penn State in the areas of bioinformatics, computational genomics, evolutionary genomics, functional genomics, and proteomics
Collage of protein structure and DNA microarray
The Genomics Institute is promoting collaboration in the following fields:
- Genomics — the study of organisms' whole genomes (i.e. all the genetic material in an organism), DNA and RNA, including identification of the sequence of bases that make up the genetic material, and elucidation of the physical, functional and evolutionary relationships between different parts of the genome
- Proteomics — the study of proteins' structure and function, including interactions between proteins
- Bioinformatics — the management and analysis of the vast amounts of data generated by genomic and proteomic studies, using advanced information science and computing techniques
