Informatics helps with the integration of data arising from the high throughput instrumentation facilities (Proteomics, Genomics, Microfluidics and Imaging) at the Institute for Systems Biology. The aim is to ensure that the data that is generated can be used by scientists in a flexible and non constrained manner. The group works within the Computational Biology group to ensure that analysis tools can be rapid developed and deployed for use by both bench scientists and computational biologists.

The informatics facility at the ISB is responsible for ensuring that software and data management solutions developed across groups at the ISB are standardised and interoperable.

The facility is composed of two seperate elements:

• The informatics core which was established as part of the NIGMS funded Center for Systems Biology. The core focuses on the definition, and evolution, of standarised approaches to the integration of data. The core works with the other groups and facilities at the ISB to ensure that the tools and techniques developed are both interoperable and reusable.
• The research informatics arm of the computational biology group . This group undertakes computer science research into the development of innovative software architectures. The outcomes of this work are applied directly to solve current problems associated with the intergation and analysis of high throughput systems biology data.