by Andrew Su | Oct 21, 2008 | BioGPS
Travel and real life have kept this blog pretty silent for a few weeks, but it will resume on BioGPS-related themes soon. In the mean time, we’re all set up to lead a session on “Community intelligence applied to gene annotation” at the...
by Andrew Su | Sep 23, 2008 | BioGPS, Gene Wiki, symatlas
As we develop BioGPS, many people have asked, why develop another gene portal? With all the already-existing websites that display gene annotation, where does BioGPS fit into this crowded landscape?I think this question begs a closer look at why there are so many gene...
by Andrew Su | Sep 11, 2008 | BioGPS, jobs, recruiting
Are you a computer programmer who’s looking for your next challenging project in a great work environment? Know of anyone who might fit the bill? If so, please check out this new position we’re currently recruiting for in the BioGPS team:...
by Andrew Su | Sep 5, 2008 | BioGPS, symatlas
In my last post about the Law of Inevitable Stagnation, I proposed that many (most?) web-based scientific applications eventually go stale. I mentioned this to a colleague and SymAtlas user recently, and he had an interesting suggestion. He wondered if SymAtlas...
by Andrew Su | Aug 29, 2008 | BioGPS, community intelligence, symatlas
GNF has maintained the very popular SymAtlas gene portal for many years now. Given the success of that site, what motivated us to start anew and create BioGPS? The answer is simple and can be described by what I’ll call the Law of Inevitable Stagnation. Let me...
by Andrew Su | Aug 21, 2008 | BioGPS, layouts, symatlas, usage stats
We know that we have a pretty loyal base of SymAtlas users. And it’s because of that knowledge that we don’t tread lightly on making changes to this well-used resource. But SymAtlas is getting a bit long in the tooth, and at some point in the foreseeable...
