Tranche to share mouse proteomic data

May 5, 2008 – 4:20 pm

The National Cancer Institute will soon be using Tranche to store and share mouse proteomic data from its Mouse Proteomic Technologies Initiative (MPTI). The Tranche Project is a free and open source file sharing tool that enables collections of computers to easily share and cite scientific data sets.

From GenomeWeb News:

The MPTI collects tissue and serum measurements from mouse models of different types of cancers using analytical techniques such as mass spectrometry. Tranche researchers, along with University of Michigan researcher Philip Andrews, deposited nearly 1 terabyte of MPTI raw data into the Tranche network, where it can be shared between participating researchers.

The dataset is now being released in publicly accessible formats as well and is available to others in the research community. Because of the encryption used on the site, data on Tranche can be privately used by labs with access to the information until it is ready to be released to the public

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Faculty of 1000: A time-saving tool for busy researchers

April 15, 2008 – 3:09 pm

Faculty of 1000 is an online post-publication literature evaluation service for the biomedical sciences. It offers a rapid systematic review and rating of the most noteworthy primary research papers as judged by a panel of over 2, 000 of the world’s leading researchers in the life sciences (called Faculty Members). Each Faculty Member is asked to recommend two to four published research papers a month from any source and in areas both within and outside their areas of expertise. For each paper they recommend, Faculty Members write a brief evaluative commentary and assign a rating (‘recommended’, ‘must read’ or ‘exceptional’).

They also categorize selected papers to at least one of the following sections:

• Novel finding
• Technical advance
• Important confirmation
• Interesting hypothesis
• Controversial findings

Each selected paper is and assigned an F1000 Factor which is derived from all the ratings the paper has received. Both the selected titles and the comments by Faculty Members are stored, archived, and available by subscription as a searchable database. Faculty of 1000 is produced by Biology Report Limited and published by BioMed Central, an open access publisher. Both companies are part of The Current Science Group.

Faculty of 1000 consists of two sites:

• Faculty of 1000 Biology (launched in 2002)
• Faculty of 1000 Medicine (launched in 2006)

A new feature of Faculty of 1000 Medicine is the Clinical Impact label highlighting research findings that Faculty Members think will have an immediate effect on clinical practice. Access to Faculty of 1000 is via the libraries’ Databases portal .

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Feature title at Mercer Library: Clinical Bioinformatics

March 19, 2008 – 1:01 pm

In “Clinical Bioinformatics”, leading experts in the field provide a series of articles focusing on software applications used to translate information into outcomes of clinical relevance. Covering such topics as gene discovery, gene function (microarrays), DNA mutation analysis, proteomics, online approaches and resources, and informatics in clinical practice, this volume concisely yet thoroughly explores its cutting edge subject.

Clinical bioinformatics / edited by Ronald J.A. Trent.
Totowa, N.J. : Humana ; [London : Springer distributor], c2008.

 

 

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The resources database continues to grow

March 19, 2008 – 12:43 pm

At latest count (03/19/08) we now have 354 resources described and linked. You can search these resources from the portal’s home page (”Search Portal Resources”) or by clicking the “Resources” tab and then either using the “Keyword” or “Advanced” search. You can also browse resources by topic by clicking on “Show Entire Classification.”

 

 

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