3rd International Biocuration Conference
April 16-19, 2009, Berlin, Germany
The 3rd International Biocuration Conference will provide a forum for curators and developers of biological databases to discuss their work, promote collaboration, and foster a sense of community in this active and growing area of research. Furthermore, we will introduce the newly formed International Society for Biocuration. Participants from academia, government, and industry interested in the methods and tools employed in biocuration are encouraged to attend.
The Relationship between the UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB) and the IntAct Molecular Interaction Databases
IntAct provides a freely available, open source database system and analysis tools for protein interaction data. All interactions are derived from literature curation or direct user submission and …
Received 03 November 2009 16:55 UTC; Posted 10 November 2009
Posted to: Bioinformatics
The Eukaryote Genome Annotation Platform at Genoscope
The Genoscope annotation workflow for eukaryote genomes relies on evidence from ab initio gene models predictions combined with homology searches, using collections of expressed sequences – full le…
Received 24 July 2009 13:05 UTC; Posted 24 July 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics
Annotation and Curation of the Protein Data Bank
The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is the worldwide repository for experimentally determined 3D structures of biological macromolecules. Established in 1971 with just seven structures, it presently includ…
Received 27 June 2009 21:41 UTC; Posted 30 June 2009
Posted to: Bioinformatics
Normalization and Matching of Chemical Compound Names
The identification of a chemical compound solely based on its name requires comprehensive chemical knowledge and often extensive searches in chemical databases. However, it is crucial for the integ…
Received 04 June 2009 16:05 UTC; Posted 05 June 2009
Posted to: Chemistry, Bioinformatics
BrainGrab: Capturing Curator Expertise as Reusable Annotation Rules
Experienced biocurators can outperform automated systems on specific genes once they determine which pieces of evidence should drive annotation, and which annotations should be spread. The annotati…
Received 03 June 2009 15:35 UTC; Posted 03 June 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Microbiology, Bioinformatics
Using Textpresso for Information Retrieval, Fact Extraction
Ten years ago WormBase1 started as a repository for sequence data for the modelorganism Caenorhabditis elegans and has since striven to include the curation of allgenetic and molecular data p…
Received 01 June 2009 17:44 UTC; Posted 02 June 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics
GUDMAP – An Online GenitoUrinary Resource
The GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project (GUDMAP) is a consortium of laboratories working to provide the scientific and medical community with gene expression data and tools to facil…
Received 29 May 2009 13:53 UTC; Posted 30 May 2009
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics
Curation at the NCBI: Genomes, Genes, & Sequence Standards
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides curation support for many genomes, and disseminates information in several resources including Entrez Gene, reference sequences (R…
Received 26 May 2009 16:13 UTC; Posted 27 May 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics
Digital BioCuration: A Question of Balance
Curation of biomedical data has come to encompass a broad range of activities and considerations, which include the building of digital archives, making decisions on the relative value and longevit…
Received 26 May 2009 15:37 UTC; Posted 26 May 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Immunology, Bioinformatics
Integrating Text Mining into the MGI Biocuration Workflow
A major challenge for the development of resources for functional and comparative genomics is the extraction of data from the biomedical literature. Although text retrieval and extraction for biol…
Received 20 May 2009 11:36 UTC; Posted 20 May 2009
Posted to: Bioinformatics
