Bioinformatics CORE Facilities at NYU's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology

Bioinformatics Suites and Cluster

The Bioinformatics suites in the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology contain approximately 30 workstations and associated computers. The computer cluster that serves these bioinformatics stations is presently comprised of 26 computational nodes, each with at least 4GB RAM. In addition to many essential software programs, the cluster uses the Sun Grid Engine for load balancing and process distribution among 34 Opteron 242 2.2 GHz processors. Disk storage available is currently over 10 terabytes.

NYU Super Computer ("MAX")

To further support the bioinformatics initiatives at NYU's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU has acquired a new IBM eServer Blade Center-based computing system capable of 4.5 TeraFlops; it is the fastest supercomputer in New York City and the 117th fastest in the world. With 10 TB of attached disk storage, this super computer cluster, named "MAX", provides an excellent platform for modeling biological systems and for manipulating the enormous amounts of data from genome sequencing and high-throughput microscopy, among other applications. Though the MAX cluster serves the entire university, researchers at NYU's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology receive priority access.

The Systems Administrator for the Bioinformatics clusters at NYU's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology is Joe Catanese. To inquire about access to either of these computer clusters, please send an e-mail to fas.bio.computing@nyu.edu