CMG-SCA

We have partnered with the IU School of Medicine Center for Medical Genomics (CMG) to provide seamless access to pipeline processed sequencing data to research groups without the usual barriers of complicated cyberinfrastructure.

The Center for Medical Genomics (CMG) at Indiana University School of Medicine is a state-of-the-art technology center providing medical scientists with affordable access to high-quality high-throughput genomics services. Founded in 2000 by Dr. Howard Edenberg with initial support from the Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund and additional funding from the Indiana Genomics Initiative (INGEN), CMG has been led by director Dr. Yunlong Liu since 2016. Under Dr. Liu’s leadership and with significant investment from the IU School of Medicine Precision Medicine program, the center significantly expanded its sequencing capacity to meet rapidly growing demand. On average, CMG supports 120 researchers every year spanning a wide spectrum of research areas including genetic disorders, oncology, neurodegenerative disorders, cellular and molecular metabolism, and diabetes and metabolic diseases.

The CMG-SCA automatically archives raw sequencing data coming off the sequencers at CMG onto the Scholarly Data Archive (SDA) tape library. Information about a run is immediately registered on the web portal so a CMG administrator can monitor data archival. An integrated pipeline setup allows for conversion of the raw BCL files to FASTQ formatted data products; an uploader function also allows the CMG Lead Bioinformatician to upload data products produced outside of the SCA system (for e.g. on Big Red 3). Access to data products are grouped by projects that are accessible to one or more users/groups.