The Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB) serves as a centralized resource for providing expert training and timely bioinformatics research support and data analysis. The branch integrates computational and data-driven science with cyber infrastructure to offer innovative products and services that support, enable, and advance biomedical discovery for NIAID researchers and collaborators.
How BCBB Supports Researchers
- Collaborative Data Analysis and Research Support.
- Custom Software Development.
- High-Performance Computing Support.
- Innovative Tools, Immersive Visualization, and 3D Printing.
Featured BCBB Work
Genomics
BCBB has expertise in various genomics methods applied to clinical genomics, metagenomics, and microbial genomics to help understand rare diseases, infectious agents, systems biology, and more.
TB Portals
TB Portals is a web-based, open-access repository of multi-domain TB data and tools for its analysis.
African Centers of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data-Intensive Science (ACE)
ACE delivers high performance computing infrastructure and training to collaborating research and academic institutions in Africa.
Working with BCBB
The BCBB team collaborates with NIAID and NIH researchers on a wide variety of projects to process and analyze almost every kind of biomedical data type in the larger context of information found in public repositories and databases. Collaborative data analysis and software training services are available to researchers at every experience level. See all BCBB Scientific Services and Resources.
Public Technologies
NIH-Only Technologies
BCBB Publications
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Contact Information
- Darrell Hurt, Ph.D., Branch Chief
- Bioinformatics