Mission Statement

Home to an interdisciplinary, multi-departmental, multi-generational team of investigators from multiple schools who focus on comparative genomics, statistical genomics, and systems biology.

Co-evolve with the Genome Sequencing Center (GSC) to ensure that the GSC will possess the necessary expertise to remain at the forefront of leading Genome Sequencing Centers in the world.

Catalyze development and application of new analytic methods for studying the major disease franchises embraced by BioMed 21.

Help sponsor development of key infrastructure elements so as to allow rapid evolution of computational biology at WU.

Serve as ‘proving ground’ for developing new strategies for educating students and faculty who wish to work at the interface of the biological, physical, computational and engineering sciences.