Cross-disciplinary groups

“Behavioural Sciences” focus group

Coordinators: Angélique Porciani and Olivier Roux

The “Behavioural Sciences” focus group was set up to bring together the skills of behavioural research specialists within the MIVEGEC JRU. It is mainly oriented towards students looking to find an informal forum on which to present and set up their protocols, talk about the difficulties encountered during experiments, and discuss their results. Researchers also use this forum for much the same purposes. Meetings can also take the form of a “Journal Club” or “Think Tank” on general concepts or methods related to the study of behaviours. The group sometimes invites researchers from outside MIVEGEC, and occasionally organises workshops with a wider audience.

Videoconference meetings are organised every two weeks on Thursdays at 2:30p.m.

Please contact the coordinators for more information.

Réseau Analyse de Données – RADO

Coordinators: Angélique Porciani, Jacques Dainat, Benjamin Cuer

RADO brings together scientists who use bioinformatics and statistics techniques on a daily basis. The themes of the monthly meetings revolve around data analysis, computer programming tools, and so on. The originality of these meetings lies in their focus on the bioinformatics and biostatistics methods used.

For further information, please contact the moderators or subscribe to the mailing list rado@listes.ird.fr

Bioinformatics Platform – i-Trop

The bioinformatic platform i-Trop – Plantes / Santé – provides resources for the following 4 research units and their partners in the South.

This platform meets 3 computing needs for science: – High Performance Computing for data processing (bioinformatics, modeling) with a cluster of 26 computing nodes; – Computer applications for science (databases on clinical trials and studies on HIV and Ebola, databases on coffee, rice, insect collections, for the management of biological samples from laboratories, websites, etc.); – Training in bioinformatics and thematic schools in the South. Currently, this platform is managed and animated by a system administrator (Ndomassi TANDO), 6 bioinformaticians (Aurore COMTE, Jacques DAINAT, Alexis DEREEPER, Nicolas FERNANDEZ, Julie ORJUELA et Christine TRANCHANT-DUBREUIL) and an engineer specialized in information systems for science (Bruno GRANOUILLAC).

It hosts many bioinformatics tools and scientific applications. It is used by more than 200 users. More information on the website: https://bioinfo.ird.fr Contact : bioinfo@ird.fr