Bioinformatics at the University of Pennsylvania encompasses research, service, and education. The Penn Center for Bioinformatics (PCBI) is a base of operations that houses, nurtures, and catalyzes bioinformatics and computational biology research on campus. Experts from the School of Medicine and across the Penn community, PCBI members conduct independent research, but also consult and collaborate with other Penn faculty to contribute to research programs and Center grants. PCBI partners with bioinformatic cores on campus by communicating faculty needs and through its research. Finally, PCBI provides a home, teaching, and research projects for the Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Group.