Medical Biometry and Statistical Bioinformatics

The Scientific Core Facility "Medical Biometry and Statistical Bioinformatics" (MBSB), situated at the Department of Medical Statistics, is an infrastructure of the University Medical Center Göttingen. It is tasked with statistical and bioinformatic support of the institutions, working groups-  and doctoral students of UMG in the planning and analysis phase of their studies and experiments.

Bioinformatics support comprises the analysis of proteomics as well as next-generation-sequencing (NGS) data in particular.

Depending on current capacity, the service can also be used by other institutions of the University of Göttingen as well as other research facilities in cooperation within the Göttingen.

The Core Facility can provide support with the following issues:

• Study design, sample size calculations
• Statistical and bioinformatics concepts for grant applications
• Data warngling, Data management
• Statistical analysis of medical and biological data
• Bioinformatics analysis of medical and biological data (e.g. proteomics and next-generation-sequencing data)
• Analysis of sequencing data (e.g. scRNA-seq, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, Methyl-seq, metagenomic Data, copy-number-changes)
• Development of specialized analysis approaches and software
• Interpretation of results
• Software selection
• Visualization and representation of results

Services

The Scientific Core Facility offers the following service formats:

• Statistics and bioinformatics consultation: extensive consultations online or in person on statistical, biometrical and bioinformatics matters.
• The costs are covered by the core funding of the Scientific Core Facility.
• Professional analysis and study design: carrying out professional biostatistics and bioinformatics design and analysis for scientific studies. Includes a free initial consultation. Fees may apply for further services depending on the type and scope of the project. This money serves only to re-finance the core facility and will be fully rerouted back into the UMG research budget.
• Statistical guidance: Statistical guidance provides support in the use of statistical and bioinformatics software.
  Funding is provided through the basic funding of the service organisation and from teaching resources.
• Methods and software courses: courses for selected statistical and bioinformatics methods and software.

Details of these services can be found on the Scientific Core Facility’s website.

Links

• Website of the Scientific Core Facility