web-based gene network analysis in five minutes. alex williams
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Web-based Gene Network Analysis
in five minutes.
Alex Williams
Motivation
•Quantity of gene interaction data
•Difficulty of analysis
•Different types of data with uncertain relationships to each other
•Difficulty of providing data on the web
Goals•Network analysis of multiple data sets
on one graph
•Make the available information more comprehensible
•Simplify the task of making data available
•Ease of setup
•Free!
Materials (software)
•Server: SQL Database (postgres)
•Server: Java server (Tomcat)
•User: Java-enabled web browser
Software Cost
$0
Methods
•1. Set up Java / SQL server
•II. Store gene interaction / relationship data in one unified format
•III. Provide customizable graph output to the user
Results
•Web interface
•Standalone Java applet
Web Interface
Applet Interface(newer)
What does the future hold?
A.K.A. “Future Work”
• Support for multiple data types!
• Packaged analysis software
• Better documentation
• Easy installation