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Elements of Bioinformatics table – now with Search!
March 19th, 2013 by Richard Holland
We released a new version of our Elements of Bioinformatics table this morning – otherwise known as the Periodic Table of Bioinformatics. There's been a few changes which we hope you'll like: Search tools by name – they will highlight in yellow. Filter tools by year – maybe we should call this the Bioinformatics Time…
DNA data storage
February 5th, 2013 by Richard Holland
Back in December I wrote a post arguing that the best place to store DNA data was in the individual from whence it came, rather than try to make electronic copies. My reasoning was that it would soon become cheaper (and more effective as technology evolved) to re-sequence each time the data was required than…
An embargo on short read alignment tools
January 23rd, 2013 by Richard Holland
Mick Watson wrote this excellent post on his own blog just before Christmas. I couldn't resist asking if I could repost it here as I agree with so much of it, and luckily he said yes. – RH Two things happened recently that inspired this blog post. The first was an excellent review that revealed…
Eagle in the journals
October 23rd, 2012 by Richard Holland
Two recent publications by Eagle staff are worthy of note: Automated Large-Scale Culture and Medium-Throughput Chemical Screen for Modulators of Proliferation and Viability of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Neuroepithelial-like Stem Cells Donna McLaren et. al. (including Eagle's David Flanders) http://jbx.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/10/03/1087057112461446 The aim of this study was to demonstrate proof-of-concept feasibility for the use of…
Periodic Table version 2 released
September 24th, 2012 by Richard Holland
We have just released a useful update to our periodic table of bioinformatics tools – the Elements of Bioinformatics. New tools have been added, old ones have been updated and all the tools can now be viewed in an expanded view with extra details. We've made it easier for you to make suggestions for updating…
ENCODE: A beachcomber’s guide to the genome
September 11th, 2012 by Will Spooner
ENCODE press coverage focused on their ‘de-junking’ of the genome. But semantic wrangling apart, what will the ENCODE legacy be?
The power of open science
August 21st, 2012 by Richard Holland
This is a really short post – the video on the BBC website in this link gives the full story. A 15-year old teenager from the US has developed a pancreatic cancer test which greatly undercuts the cost of the existing standard test, and runs several orders of magnitude faster. Aside from this remarkable achievement…
Annual Bioinformatics Survey Results
June 6th, 2012 by Richard Holland
Eagle recently completed its second annual bioinformatics survey, intended to monitor trends in the industry and predict its future direction. Congratulations to Oliver Deusch who was randomly selected from all the responses to win the Amazon voucher prize draw. Responses were good this year, 108 in total, from a good range of bioinformaticians working in…
Who owns Big Data?
May 23rd, 2012 by Richard Holland
The NY Times ran a May 21 article entitled "Troves of Personal Data, Forbidden to Researchers" in which its correspondent discussed the twin thorny issues of size and ownership/privacy of data. Both factors can play a role in making the source data behind published research accessible to third parties wishing to analyse it or replicate…
2012 Best of Show Winners
April 27th, 2012 by Ivan Karabaliev
On 26th April Bio-IT World announced the winners of the Best of Show competition at the 2012 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo in Boston. The Best of Show competition recognizes new products available at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. Of the 34 new products, twelve finalists were named in four categories, and the judges viewed…