Crystal structure of GFP (PDB - 2HGD)

The Bioinformatics Support Unit is a joint venture between the Faculty of Medical Science (FMS) and the School of Agriculture and Engineering (SAgE). We aim to provide support for data analysis and experimental design from sequence analysis, transcriptomics, proteomics and beyond. Please email us on our helpdesk address: support@bsu.ncl.ac.uk. Please note this email address will not accept email outside of the ncl.ac.uk domain.

To contact a member of the BSU directly, or if you are an researcher external to Newcastle who would like to engage our services please contact:

Dr Daniel Swan for genomics, transcriptomics/microarray work and general enquiries.

Dr Simon Cockell for proteomics and protein informatics and database development.

Finding us

The Bioinformatics Support Unit at Newcastle University has offices in two locations in the University.

In the FMS our offices and common user areas can be found on the second floor of the Leech Building in room M2046/M2046A.  Or you can call us on 0191 222 7253.

In the SAgE our office can be ground floor of the Devonshire Building in rooms G26.  Our common user area is in 1.16, please ask us for the door code if you require access.  You can call us on 0191  246 4833

Our mailing address is:

Latest News

• Unfortunately the CISBAN RAID volumes have failed to rebuild on the second replacement drive, we are trying to get some support from HP (11:48am Nov 20th via )
• We have replaced the 'replacement' drive in the CISBAN RAID - The RAID volumes are currently rebuilding (2:02pm Nov 18th via )
• The replacement drive for the CISBAN RAID array arrived today and will be replaced tomorrow (7:15pm Nov 17th via )
• Replacement drive for the CISBAN raid array is due to arrive tomorrow (Tuesday) (6:18pm Nov 16th via )
• OK I promise I have not been mucking around with my Blackberry Bold 2 all afternoon, but it is very shiny - and I am happy with its shiny (5:41pm Nov 16th via )
• IPA 8 was released over the weekend, all users with IPA licences currently should have access to the new version (5:32pm Nov 16th via )