The Duke Center for Genomics of Microbial Systems (GeMS) is in the process of developing a new service for sequencing-based analysis of complex microbial communities.
In response to increasing demand for microbiome analysis from investigators across the Duke campus, the GeMS Bioinformatics Group (Josh Granek, PhD, and Olaf Mueller, PhD) together with several GeMS faculty (Lawrence David, PhD; John Rawls, PhD; and Pat Seed, MD, PhD) have begun developing a microbiome analysis service. This will initially include 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis, and may eventually expand to metagenomic, metatranscriptomic and other analyses.
This service will operate on a collaborative basis, with involvement from GeMS Bioinformatics Group staff and faculty. GeMS is currently in the process of developing and testing the analysis pathway, and hopes to make this service available to the broader Duke community starting in early 2014.
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From left, John Rawls, PhD, and Lawrence David, PhD.[/caption]
Rawls and David both joined the Department of Medicine this year through the School of Medicine's Partnership Hires Recruiting Initiative. Rawls has joint appointments in the Division of Gastroenterology, the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy and the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and David has appointments in the Division of Infectious Diseases, the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy and the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology.
Rawls and David are among a growing group of Duke investigators who focus on microbial systems in the context of human health.
"For as long as multicellular animals have been roaming the planet, there have been guts and gut microbiota. It's a very ancient and fundamental part of our natural history," Rawls said in a recent article that featured his and David's research. Read the full article from Duke IGSP's GenomeLIFE.
If you would like more information about using GeMS's new collaborative service, please email John Rawls to arrange a meeting to discuss your experimental design and plans for sample acquisition and analysis.
From left, John Rawls, PhD, and Lawrence David, PhD.[/caption]
Rawls and David both joined the Department of Medicine this year through the School of Medicine's Partnership Hires Recruiting Initiative. Rawls has joint appointments in the Division of Gastroenterology, the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy and the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and David has appointments in the Division of Infectious Diseases, the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy and the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology.
Rawls and David are among a growing group of Duke investigators who focus on microbial systems in the context of human health.
"For as long as multicellular animals have been roaming the planet, there have been guts and gut microbiota. It's a very ancient and fundamental part of our natural history," Rawls said in a recent article that featured his and David's research. Read the full article from Duke IGSP's GenomeLIFE.
If you would like more information about using GeMS's new collaborative service, please email John Rawls to arrange a meeting to discuss your experimental design and plans for sample acquisition and analysis.