The purpose of the Lab for Health and Bioinformatics is to move forward the SUNY Poly Strategic Plan in advancing health sciences and bioinformatics. The Lab’s mission is to interact with internal and external biologists and other scientists and assist them in computational data processing and interpretation of their experiments. The unique advantage the in-house lab brings to the school and external actors is maintained interaction with scientists rather than offering a one-time service. They also aim to train graduate students in bioinformatics skills positioning them for success in this area.