Welcome to the Penn Center for Bioinformatics

Our interdisciplinary center focuses on research and education in the rapidly emerging fields of bioinformatics and computational biology, disciplines which deal with the analysis and management of data generated by high-throughput techniques in genomics, molecular and cellular biology. The ultimate goal of our collaborative research is to integrate all levels of information, including the genome sequence, the state of the cell (e.g., transcriptome and the proteome) and the phenotype. PCBI brings together faculty from several schools - from biologists to computer scientists and mathematicians. We provide a home for the newly formed graduate group in Genomics and Computational Biology. Finally, for the broader Penn community, PCBI provides bioinformatics services and tools, through the Penn Bioinformatics Core.

Maja Bucan, Interim Director,
Department of Genetics

Lyle Ungar, Associate Director,
Department of Computer and Information Sciences