From: Brett Paatsch (bpaatsch@bigpond.net.au)
Date: Sun Sep 07 2003 - 03:16:20 MDT
As someone who sees the management of the data we are
generating with genomics, proteomics and developmental
biology as important to the rate at which good stuff will happen
(like growing replacement organs etc) I liked the look of this
as an interface.
From The Scientist.
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2003/sep/upfront7_030908.html
I haven't gone deeply into it (so I'm seeing what is there and
projecting what I'd like to see), but I reckon if the user could pull
up any human cell of the various types (over 250 in the adult) and
have that cell linked to a cellular history (and cell function and
cell prognosis - does it divide, does it die through apoptosis) as
well as cell components, then the user will have power indeed.
Currently too many bods (scientists and researchers) are swimming
in info that is harder to sort and play with than necessary. Its like
computing when everyone is messing about with, if not assembly
language than something close to it. It would be great to abstract
away some of the lower levels of unnecessary abstraction and give
us the engineering level understanding. If we can get good graphical
interfaces in place (hooked to the databases at the back) then the
rate of understanding cellular and molecular biology (and the power
to alter these) should really take off. Some good work to be done
here for bioinformaticists and bioinformatics entrepreneurs, imho.
Regards,
Brett
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