Idaho State University's Bioinformatics Laboratory

ISU's EGG:
The Evolutionary, Ecological, and Environmental Genomics Group

What we do:
ISU’s EGG has two missions:

I. EGG is affiliated with the ISU Molecular Research Core Facility (MRCF), charged with providing computational facilities and bioinformatics support for MRCF users. This includes the development of a platform for distributing and managing data, developing tools to analyze those data, and providing the expertise to put it all together.

II. EGG provides computational facilities and bioinformatics support for ISU researches engaged in ecological and evolutionary research that includes genomics or proteomics components.

Members of the EGG:
    Michael Thomas, Assistant Professor of Comparative Genomics, Department of Biological Sciences
    Luobin Yang, Bioinformatics Specialist, Department of Biological Sciences
    Mitch Day Ph.D, postdoc, Department of Biological Sciences
    Deborah Johnson, Ph.D., (lab alumna)
    Shannon Barry, graduate student, Department of Biological Sciences
    Kelsey Metzger, graduate student, Department of Biological Sciences
    Peter Hallock, graduate student, Department of Biological Sciences

    Peter Sheridan, Assoc. Prof., Department of Biological Sciences
    Rick Williams, Asst. Prof., Department of Biological Sciences
    Scot Kelchner,Asst. Prof., Department of Biological Sciences

    Vern Winston, Prof., Department of Biological Sciences
    Malcolm Shields, Assoc. Prof., Department of Biological Sciences
    James Lai, Prof., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Chris Daniels, Prof. & Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Graduate Student Openings:
There are currently no Graduate Research Assistant positions open, but other positions may become available depending on funding. Graduate students in the EGG participate in bioinformatics tool development and conduct research using comparative genomics approaches. Students earn a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences with an emphasis in Bioinformatics. Please contact Mike Thomas for more information.

Links:

Deptartment of Biological Sciences at ISU.
The ISU EGG was created through the activities of the Idaho Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network, an NIH-NCRR program grant administered by the University of Idaho.
The Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies at the University of Idaho.
The ISU Molecular Research Core Facility (MRCF).
The MRCF Finch system for sequencing data management.
– The ISU EGG computational biology cluster was made possible through Apple Computer’s aggressive educational pricing policy. Please see the Tools section of EGG for more about our cluster.