The CGB is a multidisciplinary research center serving the IUB campus. It has three principal missions:

• To develop and carry out extramurally funded research projects in genomics and bioinformatics.
• To assist the research programs of campus faculty by providing access to equipment and expert advice and by participating in long-term collaborations.
• To promote interdisciplinary work in genomics and bioinformatics by seminar and workshops.

The CGB was created in 2000 by the Office of the V/P for Research and the College of Arts and Sciences IU, Bloomington. It has since received regular support from the School of Informatics and the Department of Biology. The CGB has also received crucial financial support from two Lilly Endowment, Inc. awards to Indiana University: The Indiana Genomics Initiative and the Indiana METACyt Initiative .

Current CGB staff include 30 full-time scientists and programmers and an administrative staff of 3. In addition, the CGB supports collaborative projects that currently involve 13 other scientists from the departments of Biology and Mathematics, and the School of Informatics. The CGB's active seminar programs include frequent Visiting Speakers, weekly informal seminars (the "CGB Roundtables"), and regular workshops on special topics.

The CGB occupies temporary spaces in Jordan Hall and Myers Hall: Administrative office and the Bioinformatics Core group are in Jordan Hall Room 044, the Core Computing Facility occupies JH050, and the Genomics laboratory is on the first floor of Myers Hall (MY160/162). Projects occupy a number of other spaces, including the Insect Cell Culture lab (JHA316).

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