Snyder Institute Research Gateway

Where biology meets algorithms

About Us

Expertise

What we do

Workflow Design

We create streamlined and reproducible bioinformatics workflows tailored to your research needs.

Method Development

We build and implement advanced computational methods to tackle complex biological questions.

Data Management

We design and maintain structured databases to ensure reliable, scalable, and accessible research data.

Methods

Publications, software, and tools advancing bioinformatics research

Projects

Examples of how we apply our expertise

Sep 2025

Data Management Plan

Guidelines for managing, storing, and sharing data

Reproducibility

Open resources ensuring transparent and reproducible science

GitHub

Version-controlled code and workflows
for transparent collaboration.

Docker

Containerized environments to ensure consistent and reproducible analyses.

ShinyApps

Interactive applications to share and explore research findings.

Collaborators

Partners driving discovery together

Gut Microbiome

Braedon McDonald

Advancing best practices for microbiome xenografting in murine systems and bioinformatics to profile models against host properties.
scRNA-seq Analysis

Mark Gillrie

Human organ-on-chip models of bone marrow to study cell trafficking and communication, integrating scRNA-seq and bioinformatics.
Computational immunology

Nathan Bracey

Immune cell profiling with high-throughput sequencing to uncover immune dynamics and enable personalized medicine.
Medical Informatics

Christina Thornton

Designing and building a patient registry, accessible online beyond hospital EMRs, to enable multi-institute research in bronchiectasis.
scRNA-seq Analysis

Markus Geuking

Profiling thymic dendritic cells in germ-free, specific-pathogen-free, and microbiota-xenografted mice using single-cell technology.

Bioinformatics is Medicine's New Backbone

In modern medicine, bioinformatics is essential for turning biological data into clinical insight. It enables the discovery of disease mechanisms, supports the development of targeted therapies, and helps personalize treatment by aligning interventions with a patient's unique molecular and cellular profile—bringing precision medicine to life.