Support the CollegeCenter for Bioinformatics & Functional Genomics
at Miami University
The Center for Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics (CBFG) at Miami University is a state-of-the-art research and training facility available for all members of the university.
[Learn more about the CBFG in a CAS website video.]
CBFG provides students with hands-on training so that they can conduct their own research using instruments and software that undergraduates at larger universities would rarely see, let alone be able to use.
[Listen to students describing their research in a CAS website video.]
Undergraduate (and high school) students can learn how to use some of the same high-tech equipment that is featured in popular TV programs, such as criminal investigation and medical dramas.
What is ...?
Some of the words you'll see on this website ... and what they mean:
- DNA
- is deoxyribonucleic acid. It is the material that contains genetic instructions for all known living organisms.
- Gene
- is a piece of DNA that has the information necessary to tell what the gene does and when it is expressed.
- Bioinformatics
- is the science of managing DNA and protein sequence data.
- Genomics
- is the study of large sets of genes.