Benjamin L. King teaching computational biology at the MDI Biological Laboratory (IMAGE)
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Maine students will be trained in RNA sequencing analysis using a generic workflow analysis module developed by Benjamin L. King, Ph.D., co-director of the Maine INBRE Bioinformatics Core. Maine INBRE is a federally funded program to strengthen biomedical research and research training in Maine. The program is led by the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. The laboratory has been awarded a grant to promote the shift to cloud computing among undergraduates and researchers at the 14 Maine educational and research institutions that comprise the Maine INBRE network. The “cloud lab” program will address the costs and time associated with analyzing the large, complex datasets that are being generated as a result of the advent of the genomic age. The program will be introduced in courses to be held at the MDI Biological Laboratory. Maine’s cloud lab program will serve as a pilot for institutions in the 23 states and Puerto Rico that participate in the INBRE program, which seeks to strengthen biomedical research in regions lacking a strong research infrastructure.
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