Welcome to the Bioinformatics Portal  

 

In this portal an overview is given of the wide range of products and outputs that the CGP in its Subprogramme on 'Bioinformatics and Crop Information Systems' (SP4) has supported with the aim of facilitating the research in the GCP. The products that will be presented and, as far as possible, made accessible range from ready to install software packages to reports of projects and meetings.

The range of scientists and developers that we hope to support is very broad. It includes a GCP molecular geneticist who is struggling with a micro-array data set, an African breeder who is considering to do a QTL experiment, but also a European bioinformatician who is developing a protocol for exchanging characterization data on gene bank material in Europe. To serve such a broad range of users, the portfolio of products will be presented from a number of perspectives.

First of all we have the showcase of more or less ‘ready to use’ software packages, HPC services and software, a list of workshops and meetings supported by SP4, and finally number a descriptions of thematic areas, somehow ordered in a user oriented structure.

In the end we hope that many of you, after browsing through this portal, will find ideas to apply in your next research project, software to use in the analysis of your data, or colleagues to contact to ask for help or exchange experiences with. We have tried to keep the texts as short as possible to make it easy for you to navigate through the network of GCP products.

Also in case you were not able to find what you were looking for, SP4 will try to help, so please do not hesitate to contact the SP4 helpdesk. We can propose solutions or guide you to the experts in the GCP that can help.

The sitemap of the SP4 bioinformatics portal pages offers a comprehensive overview of all topics and pages.

For your convenience, below you'll find an alphabetical list of terms that you can use to navigate directly to the page of your interest.

software packages - central registry - templates - workshops and meetings