OVERVIEW


Bioinformatics in Kansas -- As computational capabilities and resources continue to develop, the use of informational technology by the biomedical community is increasing. The fusion of biology and informatics offers substantial benefits to all Kansas institutes and centers, in support of their general mission of improving the quality of the state's health by increasing biological knowledge.

K-INBRE -- The Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) is funded through the National Institutes of Health Center for Research Resources, for the purpose of strengthening biomedical research and training researchers in the state of Kansas.

K-INBRE Bioinformatics Cores -- Recognizing the potential benefits to human health that can be realized from applying and advancing the field of biomedical computing, K-INBRE bioinformatics cores were established to make optimal use of information technology to address problems in biology and medicine.

K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core at WSU -- This core was established and maintained not only as a comprehensive bioinformatics resource for the faculty and students at WSU, but also as an active research site to develop outreach to all of the K-INBRE participants through educational programs and workshops.

 K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core Policies on Attribution and Cost Recovery

The K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core (KBC) serves an important role in providing bioinformatics support to IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) investigators across the state of Kansas. These services are subsidized by the K-INBRE core grant. However, in order for this core to be successful, it is critical that investigators provide attribution and cost-recovery where appropriate. Accordingly, the following policies have been implemented.
  • All publications or presentations describing studies in which services or software provided by the KBC were used should contain the following statement of attribution:
    Supported by the K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core, NIH grant number P20 RR016475.
     
  • In cases where KBC Core Staff contributed to the intellectual development of the project, provided analysis of the data beyond that which would have been otherwise possible for the investigator’s team, or authored any component of the text, additional attribution should be provided in the form of authorship on the resulting manuscript or abstract.
     
  • In developing applications for funding in which an investigator knows that KBC services will play an important role and in which these are described in the application, it is expected that the principal investigator will request support for the KBC in one of two forms. Preferably, the investigator will include salary support for KBC staff at an appropriate percentage of effort (typically 3-5% FTE depending upon the extent of services), to become active at the time that the grant is funded. Alternatively, investigators will include in the application funds for access to core resources and/or fees for services on an hourly basis. The actual charge for access and services will be established by the core and is intended to provide full cost recovery for the time KBC staff devote to the project and for the proportion of core resources devoted to the project.