Data in biology
  • Uroš Petrovič
  • October 2013

Slide contents

  • Data in Biology
  • Linné
  • Current biological data: sequence, 3D structure and the like...
  • Nature
  • 22 × 2 + X + Y + mtDNA or
  • Cost
  • Genome Biology (2011) 12:125
  • Contribution of different factors
  • Functional genomics by sequencing
  • Databases / cost of storage
  • Inverse vs. forward problems
  • "...This notion of computation is, in my opinion...
  • Can we predict phenotypes?
  • If yes, based on what?
  • Example
  • Phenotypes
  • We often need more than sequence alone
  • Application of sequencing – present and future (?)
  • New generation Industrial Microorganisms
  • “If current resources had been available when we were in graduate school just 15 years ago, it would have taken us months—not years—to complete our degrees.”