Welcome to the Biosupport web page
BIOINFO.hku.hk server will be retired on 28 Feb 2010. BIOINFO services will run on another server bioinfo1.hku.hk or smpserve.hku.hk
BIOSUPPORT project was ended by 31 March 2005. Some of the databases and tools were no longer available due to the limited supply of resources.
Note that the databases will progressively be transferred
to the Beijing Genome Institute in Shenzhen (2010-present).
Bioinformatics is the science of developing computer databases and
algorithms for the purpose of speeding up and enhancing biological research.
It is now becoming a fast growing research area and a large number of
bioinformatics databases and programs have been generated. As to meet the
increasing demand of the availability of the bioinformatics software tools
for sequence analysis from many high throughput functional genomics
researches, BIOSUPPORT project is formed with collaboration between
HKUCC (The University of Hong Kong Computer
Centre), HKU-Pasteur Research
Centre and Centre de Ressources
INFOBIOGEN (France), with the funding support from the
Innovation and Technology Commission, HKSAR government.
With the knowledge and skill sharing from Centre de Ressources
INFOBIOGEN (France), a computer system, BIOINFO, is implemented under
the BIOSUPPORT project to:
- provide comprehensive information technology facilities and services which are similar to
Centre de Ressources INFOBIOGEN for supporting genetics and molecular biology research
in Hong Kong region
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provide integration of bioinformatics software package which are free to use
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provide most up-to-date nucleotide and protein genetics databases which are updated from
EMBnet nodes
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provide user-friendly interface for user to access the genome databanks and bioinformatics
software packages
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Tools: |
You can find the bioinformatics software tools
available on BIOINFO system
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News:
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Information on
updated and past news
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GenoList:
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You can access
several bacteria genome browser on this page
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Database: |
You can find the up-to-date nucleotide and protein
genetics databases
available for access and download which is locally installed in BIOINFO system
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FAQ: |
If you get problem on using or accessing BIOINFO service, please visit
Frequently asked questions here for using this site and the BIOINFO system.
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Documents: |
Information and instructions about the programs running on BIOINFO.
Documentation of all available bioinformatics tools at HKU.
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Hardware: |
Information on the BIOINFO server hardware
configuration.
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Links: |
URLs of major bioinformatics institutes and
resources
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Feedback: |
Please write to us if you want to give any comment, feedback or question
about the services provided by BIOINFO
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Acknowledgement and Disclaimer: |
Regarding any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in
this web page
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The BIOINFO service is accessible via two modes:
1. Anonymous resources
BIOSUPPORT
provides anonymous access to most of the resource at the Tools and Database for the academic and research
community:
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User can use the programs without
registration or logging into the system.
- Supports up to 2 CPU hours of job execution on
the system
- Users could select to receive the job results
through email
- Support on the general usage and technical
problem through E-mail.
2. Enhanced services to the registered users
If you need more
computational resources for your research, you could apply to
register a
regular account on the BIOINFO system to enjoy the following additional benefits:
- Longer CPU execution time
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Allow
users to access a wider range of package and tools which run on command
line mode and X-window interface such as Phrap/Phred/Consed and Staden
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Allow
execution of customized and personalized program written in
C/Java/Perl/Fortran.
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Allow access to up-to-date database by personal
analysis program which should be useful for genomics and proteomics modeling and whole
genome analysis.
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Larger disk storage for
users' own data
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