ANGIS

The Australian National Genomic Information Service (ANGIS) provides access for biologists to a comprehensive system of bioinformatics software, databases, documentation, training and support, on a subscription basis. Whilst clearly targeted at Australian researchers, the tools ANGIS provides are available online and is available to investigators worldwide.

Tools

BioManager is the main resource ANGIS provides. BioManager was developed from the earlier tool BioNavigator which was originally developed by a now defunct Australian bioinformatics company, Entigen(1)Fact|date=February 2007 BioManager is a subscription based system that allows for integration of multiplte bioinformatic computer packages to be used in a single web user interface. Data from analyses can be stored on the system or used as inputs to other packages in BioManager. ANGIS also provides a variety of training resources and courses to help make these tools readily usable by the scientific community. BioManager access is available to the Australian and New Zealand academic communities. Access from outside Australia and NZ is by enquiry.In March 2007, ANGIS is now overseen by the University of Sydney Centre, Sydney Bioinformatics.

History

ANGIS began as a project at the University of Sydney in 1990, originally the Sydney University Sequence Analysis Interface (SUSAI) as a multi-disciplinary effort spearheaded by Trevor Cole, Alex Reisner and Peter Reeves. One year later in 1991, SUSAI became ANGIS through the formation of the Australian Genomic Information Center (AGIC), a government sanctioned research center. ANGIS is currently operated by the University of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia within the newly formed Sydney Bioinformatics.

Teaching

ANGIS is deeply involved in post-graduate training courses and workshops. General Bioinformatic application workshops, along with specialist workshops in proteomics, microarray, database searching and phylogenetics are held in Sydney and elsewhere in the country. In-house training courses in these areas can be arranged, ranging in length from 1 - 4 days.

A large number of university departments have and are using BioManager as an undergraduate training tool. Academic subscriptions also include teaching logins for students use.

References

* cite web
url = http://www.angis.org.au
title = ANGIS Home Page
accessdate = 2006-10-21
* cite web
url = http://www.angis.org.au/history.shtml
title = ANGIS History page
accessdate = 2006-10-21

Notes

(1) eBioinformatics/Encompass/Entigen closed in 2001

External links

* [http://www.angis.org.au ANGIS Home Page]
* [http://www.usyd.edu.au University of Sydney]