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Korean Bioinformation Center

Korean Bioinformation Center

Objectives
The Korean Bioinformation Center (KOBIC) is the national research center for bioinformatics which plays a key role in various areas such as genomics, proteomics, systems biology, and personalized medicine. KOBIC is also responsible for the integration and management of bioresource/biodiversity information from various research laboratories and institutions across the country.
KOBIC provides a centralized data access portal to promote sharing and utilization of the data among research groups.
Researchers
researchers and research statement
Name Research Fields
Yong-Kyung Choe
(Associate Director)
  • Management of Korean Bioinformation Center
Byungwook Lee
  • Bioinformatics, Software development
Seungwoo Hwang
  • Bioinformatics
Jin Ok Yang
  • Bioinformatics, Bioresource information
Yong-Min Kim
  • Bioinformatics
Tae-Eun Jin
  • Bioresource information
Pan-Gyu Kim
  • Software development
Seongjin Park
  • Bioresource information
Iksu Byeon
  • Computer system administration
research areas
  • Bioresource Information Unit
    • Construction of an integrated information system for national bioresources
    • Development of national data standards
    • Building national collaborations and liaison networks
  • Genome Information Analysis Unit
    • Genome, transcriptome, and proteome analysis of human diseases
    • Network-based analysis of multi-omics data
    • Design and construction of integrated pipeline for multi-omics data
    • Genome sequencing and analysis of biological resources
  • Genome Information Development Unit
    • Construction and development of biological databases
    • Development of bioinformatics algorithms/tools and systems
    • Development of omics analysis methods/systems
  • NGS Integrative Analysis Unit
    • De novo genome assembly and their comparative genomics studies
    • De novo transcriptome assembly and association with diseases
    • Genome mutation analysis for rare disease and cancer genomes
    • Genome variation analysis and population studies & genetics
  • Computer Infrastructure Team
    • Management and development of servers, clusters, and storage systems
    • Support for developing web-based solutions and applications
    • Implementation of supercomputing infrastructure for Big Data
  • Biomedical Informatics Team
    • Biomedical informatics for multi-omics data analysis
    • Development of integrated analysis system of cancer genome data
    • Bioinformatics research for personalized medicine and cell therapy
  • Structural Biology Team
    • Protein structure modeling and refinement
    • Protein-ligand Docking and Virtual Screening
  • Systems Bioinformatics Team
    • Development of algorithms, tools, and DBs for systems bioinformatics
    • Network-based analysis of gene expression data
Achievements
  • In an effort to support bioinformatics and genomics research in Korea, we carry out multi-faceted tasks with emphases on (i) integrative system for national biomedical research information, (ii) analysis systems for high-throughput genomic sequence data, (iii) collection and systematic organization of omics data, (iv) infrastructure for systems network bioinformatics, (v) lung cancer multi-omics data production and integrative analysis, and (vi) research & education support and collaborative network.