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Coding a Bridge Across the Data Divide
Computer scientists work to help researchers tap the wealth in online databases and services
Email: Jane Salodof MacNeil - jmacneil@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2004, 18(24):25
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If you want to know how biology will be practiced in the coming decades, check out a recent National Academy of Sciences colloquium on frontiers in bioinformatics.[1]
Assembling data is no longer the biggest challenge, says meeting cochair Russ B. Altman, citing sophisticated presentations on pseudogenes, RNA splicing, and molecular evolution. Instead, the major hurdle these days is one of data integration.
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