Biology in Silico : Online Tools for “Omics”

ANSUMAN CHATTOPADHYAY, PHDHEAD, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INFORMATION SERVICEHEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY SYSTEMUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

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HSLS Molecular Biology Information

Service

Library Licensed Bioinformatics Tools

Search Engine, InfoBoosters

& ReadingAssist

http://hsls.libguides.com/MBIS

Information Overload

285K • Breast Cancer

110K • Schizophrenia

11K • BRCA1

73 K • p53

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Molecular Biology Information Service

•1990-1996University of Nebraska-LincolnPhD. in BiochemistryProtein synthesis initiation in eukaryotic system

•1997-2001Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, NashvilleResearch FellowEpidermal Growth Factor (EGF) mediated signal transduction

•2001-2002Cellomics Inc., PittsburghKnowledge Engineer

•2002- 2006Information Specialist in Molecular Biology and GeneticsHSLS, University of Pittsburgh

Ansuman Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.ansuman@pitt.edu

•2006- PresentHead, Molecular Biology Information ServiceHSLS, University of Pittsburgh

Bioinformatics Service @ Health Sciences Libraries

1994 : University of Washington 2002: University of Pittsburgh

2006 …

University of Florida, Gainesville

Washington University, St. Louis

Northwestern University, Chicago

University of Southern California, LA

University of California, San Francisco

Harvard UniversityUniversity of Rochester……………………

Workshops

Web Dev

Software Licensing

Bioinformatics

Consultations

Molecular Biology Information Service

http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/molbio

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In silico Support

LiteratureSearch

Sequence Analysis

Omics Data Analysis

Molecular Biology Information ServiceHSLS Licensed Bioinformatics

Software

Software Access

http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/molbio

ePath3D

ePath3D

ePath3D

Bioinformatics Workshops

CLCBio – RNA Seq .. October 7th, 2014CLCBio – Exome, Whole Genome Seq, October 8th,2014

UCSC Genome Browser Road Show .. December 4th ,5th , 2014

Life Sciences Search Engine

InfoBoosters

ReadingAssist

Web Development

Search Engine for Life Scientists

http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/molbio

Database Issue Web Server Issue Software and Database articles

Search Engine for Life Scientists

Databases/Tools : CRISPR

how is it calculate

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workflow: copy, paste, and Google

what is its

function ?

what is its

structure?

Challenges for Biomedical Scientists

InfoBoosters

www.hsls.pitt.edu/infoboosters

InfoBoosters

InfoBoosters

Infoboosters

Infoboosters

InfoBoosters

How is it calculated ?

What is its

function ?

What is its

structure?

Data Integration

InfoBoosters

Create Your Own InfoBoosterWWW.hsls.pitt.edu/infoboosters

InfoBooster Generator

Clinical Trials.gov

InfoBooster GeneratorGo to the Clinical Trials.gov Website and do a search with a one-word search term, such as asthma

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InfoBooster GeneratorCOPY the URL from the search result page

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InfoBooster Generator

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WWW.hsls.pitt.edu/molbio/infoboosters

InfoBooster Generator

InfoBooster Generator

ReadingAssist

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