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Biology in Silico : Online Tools for “ Omics ”. Ansuman Chattopadhyay, PhD Head, Molecular Biology information service Health sciences library system University of pittsburgh. Topics. http:// hsls.libguides.com/MBIS. Information Overload. p 53. Information Overload.
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Biology in Silico: Online Tools for “Omics” Ansuman Chattopadhyay, PhD Head, Molecular Biology information service Health sciences library system University of pittsburgh
Information Overload • p53
AnsumanChattopadhyay, Ph.D. ansuman@pitt.edu • 1990-1996 • University of Nebraska-Lincoln • PhD. in Biochemistry • Protein synthesis initiation in eukaryotic system • 1997-2001 • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville • Research Fellow • Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) mediated signal transduction • 2001-2002 • Cellomics Inc., Pittsburgh • Knowledge Engineer • 2002- 2006 • Information Specialist in Molecular Biology and Genetics • HSLS, University of Pittsburgh • 2006- Present • Head, Molecular Biology Information Service • HSLS, University of Pittsburgh
Bioinformatics Service @ Health Sciences Libraries • 1994 : University of Washington • 2002: University of Pittsburgh • 2006 … • University of Florida, Gainesville • Washington University, St. Louis • Northwestern University, Chicago • University of Southern California, LA • University of California, San Francisco • Harvard University • University of Rochester • ……………………
Molecular Biology Information Service 4 http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/molbio
Molecular Biology Information Service HSLS Licensed Bioinformatics Software
Software Access http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/molbio
Bioinformatics Workshops CLCBio – RNA Seq .. October 7th, 2014 CLCBio – Exome, Whole Genome Seq, October 8th,2014 UCSC Genome Browser Road Show .. December 4th ,5th , 2014
Web Development • Life Sciences Search Engine • InfoBoosters • ReadingAssist
Search Engine for Life Scientists http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/molbio
Search Engine for Life Scientists Database Issue Web Server Issue Software and Database articles
Challenges for Biomedical Scientists what is its function ? how is it calculated ? what is its structure? workflow: copy, paste, and Google
InfoBoosters www.hsls.pitt.edu/infoboosters
InfoBoosters What is its function ? How is it calculated ? What is its structure?
Data Integration InfoBoosters
Create Your Own InfoBooster WWW.hsls.pitt.edu/infoboosters
InfoBooster Generator Clinical Trials.gov
InfoBooster Generator 1 Go to the Clinical Trials.gov Website and do a search with a one-word search term, such as asthma
InfoBooster Generator 2 COPY the URL from the search result page
InfoBooster Generator WWW.hsls.pitt.edu/molbio/infoboosters 3 4 5