Data Storage
Save Data to Gene
19/11/10 04:10 Filed in: GenomeWeb Daily Scan
Georg Fritz at the University of Cologne and his colleagues say that a network of genes can act in a circuit as a "conditional memory" that stores or ignores information when told to do so, somewhat similar to a 'data latch' in an electronic circuit. S. Pelech comments that Dr. Fritz's work is entirely theoretical, no evidence is available for whether conditional memory circuits as proposed actually exist in real genetic networks, and that proteins would have to be equally important components in memory circuits. Read More...
Containing the Deluge
19/03/12 14:59 Filed in: GenomeWeb Daily Scan
Blogger Derek Lowe in the Pipeline called for more standardization in how data is stored, integrated and retrieved. While proprietary software is often developed for such purposes, sometimes MS-Excel spreadsheets are adequate for simplier projects. S. Pelech comments that Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation originally had custom algorithms produced from a local software company to manage the data that was being generated with their multi-immunoblotting analyses, but the company subsequently went out of business and it has not been possible to update or modify their proprietary software. Kinexus now uses off the shelf programming software to create web-based interfaces that permit users to access its data. Read More...