Functional Multi-omics of Diabetes Core

The Functional Multi-omics of Diabetes Core (FMDC) provides centralized, integrative computational biology support for studies that leverage human and tissue genomics/multi-omics to enable human translation of basic laboratory science. This Core provides computational biology support through analytics, access to diabetes-related human data, and investigative support throughout the life course of a project. 

Diabetes and metabolism science involves increasingly complex data processing and integration and requires the use of rigorous, reproducible methods and knowledge of public patient-based resources relevant to a given question. These are tasks difficult for any single investigator to conduct in a single laboratory. The FMDC addresses this challenge by assisting VDRC investigators in the design, conduct, and interpretation of studies pinpointing human molecular targets in diabetes, translating findings across model systems, in vitro and in vivo studies to human disease susceptibility. 

The FMDC is led by experts in genetics, genomics, and multi-modal computational analysis (Drs. Below and Gamazon) and supported by staff with considerable analytic and computational experience. For more information about FMDC services and pricing, please contact Jennifer Below or Eric Gamazon.