Below is a sample list of research projects to which Research Computing provides support and/or collaborative input.
| Project | Description | CiS Role |
|---|---|---|
| CyVerse (iPlant UK) | Working with TGAC to stand up a UK node of the iPlant Collaborative in collaboration with the Universities of Warwick, Liverpool and Nottingham, funded by BBSRC. iplantuk.org | Hardware design, HPC, storage, virtualisation, capital procurement, technical advice and consultancy. |
| GCC2015 | The 2015 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2015) will be held at the The Sainsbury Laboratory, in Norwich, UK, 6-8th July, 2015 | Virtualisation and deployment. Logistical support. Vendor engagement. |
| SeedStor | SeedStor is an information management system created by the team at the Germplasm Resources Unit at the John Innes Centre, assisted by funding from the BBSRC. seedstor.ac.uk | Virtualisation, storage, project development. |
| Galaxy at NBI | Graphical workflow tool for genomic data analysis - internal NBI systems | HPC, virtualisation, storage, deployment. |
| OMERO at NBI | Graphical tool for managing imaging data collections from sources as diverse as OPT, electron and light microscopy. | Virtualisation, storage, deployment. |
| GENESYS | To produce a working Genetic Search System prototype (GENESYS™ v0.9) for The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) to perform sequence searches of metagenomic reads sequenced from the Human Microbiome Project Mock Community against a database consisting of 20 bacterial genomes totalling 64+ million base pairs optalysys.com/projects/genesys/ | Energy use/efficiency. Contribute to hardware design. |
| Seeds of Discovery (UK) | Working with TGAC, NIAB, JHI and CIMMYT to develop an HPC/informatics platform for the Seeds of Discovery project. | Hardware design, HPC, storage, virtualisation, capital procurement, technical advice and consultancy. |
| Open Ash Tree Dieback | Working with TSL to present an open data repository. | Server infrastructure. Planning and configuration for Fraxinus (FB) |