tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14688252.post6829508596940283997..comments2024-02-16T10:17:12.310+01:00Comments on YOKOFAKUN: An idea: Twitter as a tool to build a protein-protein interactions databasePierre Lindenbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13765837643388003852noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14688252.post-64621350057712632512008-12-20T03:35:00.000+01:002008-12-20T03:35:00.000+01:00Pierre, I was in bioinformatics, although not deal...Pierre,<BR/> I was in bioinformatics, although not dealing with protein-protein interactions. I suppose if the idea is to connect pairs of objects with a note and data references, then this applies to anything with a graph structure. You could do this for biological pathways, gene transcription products, etc. <BR/><BR/>I certainly see the "fun" part, and I think that leveraging off existing Alex Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01556422553154817988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14688252.post-80642048972159784772008-12-19T23:49:00.000+01:002008-12-19T23:49:00.000+01:00Alex,Most databases about protein-protein interact...Alex,<BR/><BR/>Most databases about protein-protein interactions contain false positives because they are built with a text-mining algorithm scanning the abstracts of pubmed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18834490 ) or because the information comes from a high-throughput experiment ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16267556 ). But here scientists working at the bench on a simple pair of Pierre Lindenbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13765837643388003852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14688252.post-61382602420397400502008-12-19T23:23:00.000+01:002008-12-19T23:23:00.000+01:00I don't understand what your suggestion buys you e...I don't understand what your suggestion buys you exactly. Apart from a repository and the tools, Twitter would just either constantly send you updates on your protein or you would still need to search for them in the standard way.<BR/><BR/>A possibly simpler approach is to use Google Base and build a few simple tools on top of that to build the repository with search capability.<BR/><BR/>Or is Alex Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01556422553154817988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14688252.post-34685986113885845942008-12-15T23:38:00.000+01:002008-12-15T23:38:00.000+01:00A-w-e-s-o-m-e ! (and you've coded it super-ultra ...A-w-e-s-o-m-e ! (and you've coded it super-ultra fast) :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14688252.post-81696556115843586022008-12-15T22:30:00.000+01:002008-12-15T22:30:00.000+01:00Yes, I agree Michael. I also unsubscribed to @omne...Yes, I agree Michael. I also unsubscribed to @omnee because I didn't want to receive all its updates.Pierre Lindenbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13765837643388003852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14688252.post-16243976056642053032008-12-15T22:27:00.000+01:002008-12-15T22:27:00.000+01:00I can only repeat what I said on FriendFeed, use a...I can only repeat what I said on FriendFeed, use a dedicated account so that you don't add noise for everyone following you and biotecher. (@interactome ?)<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the use cases for this wouldn't correspond to those for <A HREF="http://cbioc.eas.asu.edu/functionality.php" REL="nofollow">CBioC</A>.Michael Kuhnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09749958508399196691noreply@blogger.com