Submissions tagged with bioinformatics
(39 documents)
Check Your Data Freedom: A Taxonomy to Assess Life Science Database Openness
Molecular biology data are subject to terms of use that vary widely between databases and curating institutions. This research presents a taxonomy of contractual and technical restrictions applicab…
Received 17 July 2008 15:28 UTC; Posted 18 July 2008
Posted to: Molecular Cell Biology, Bioinformatics
Ecoinformatics: where are we, where do we want to go, and how to reach there.
Compared to other natural sciences ecological sciences has always been about seeing the bigger picture. The realization that local actions can have global impact has been the hallmark of ecological…
Received 26 June 2008 08:11 UTC; Posted 26 June 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Bioinformatics, Earth & Environment
Function, Role, and Disposition in Basic Formal Ontology
Numerous research groups are now utilizing Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) as an upper-level framework to assist in the organization and integration of biomedical information. This paper provides eluci…
Received 02 June 2008 15:27 UTC; Posted 03 June 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics
A review of journal policies for sharing research data
Background: Sharing data is a tenet of science, yet commonplace in only a few subdisciplines. Recognizing that a data sharing culture is unlikely to be achieved without policy guidance, some fu…
Received 20 March 2008 16:12 UTC; Posted 20 March 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics
Prevalence and Patterns of Microarray Data Sharing
Sharing research data is a cornerstone of science. Although many tools and policies exist to encourage data sharing, the prevalence with which datasets are shared is not well understood. We report …
Received 20 March 2008 16:32 UTC; Posted 20 March 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics
DNALinux Virtual Desktop Edition
The new version of DNALinux (VDE) is presented. DNALinux VDE is a departure from traditional distributions since it uses a virtual machine to bundle together the operating system and bioinformatics…
Received 09 August 2007 22:11 UTC; Posted 13 August 2007
Posted to: Biotechnology, Bioinformatics
XML in Motion from Genome to Drug
Information technology (IT) has emerged as a central to the solution of contemporary genomics and drug discovery problems. Researchers involved in genomics, proteomics, transcriptional profiling, h…
Received 28 June 2007 13:33 UTC; Posted 28 June 2007
Posted to: Chemistry, Bioinformatics
Genes2Networks: Connecting Lists of Proteins by Using Background Literature-based Mammalian Networks
In recent years, in-silico literature-based mammalian protein-protein interaction network datasets have been developed. These datasets contain binary interactions extracted manually from legacy exp…
Received 07 June 2007 15:27 UTC; Posted 08 June 2007
Posted to: Biotechnology, Molecular Cell Biology, Bioinformatics
PharmGKB: Capturing knowledge to catalyze pharmacogenomics research
This is a powerpoint presentation made initially at the Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Pharmacogenomics, November 2006. It discusses the PharmGKB (http://www.pharmgkb.org/) and how we are building …
Received 30 November 2006 07:29 UTC; Posted 30 November 2006
Posted to: Biotechnology, Genetics & Genomics, Pharmacology