From owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Fri Oct 1 21:43:11 2004 Return-Path: X-Original-To: dros-outgoing Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 82B7A7D0C8 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:43:11 +0100 (BST) X-Original-To: dros-list@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id F20F37D0EB for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:43:10 +0100 (BST) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6020) id 441AD7D0C8; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:43:02 +0100 (BST) X-Original-To: bionet-drosophila@net.bio.net Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458DF7D111 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:53:57 +0100 (BST) Received: from horus.isnic.is (horus.isnic.is [193.4.58.12]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EEE97D0CB for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:53:53 +0100 (BST) Received: from proxy.google.com (proxy.google.com [216.239.37.5]) by horus.isnic.is (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/isnic) with ESMTP id i91GQNuC082153 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:26:31 GMT (envelope-from news@google.com) Received: from G000080 by proxy.google.com with ESMTP id i91GOfN5014971 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:24:41 -0700 Received: (from news@localhost) by Google Production with id i91GOfrR012209 for bionet-drosophila@moderators.isc.org; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:24:41 -0700 To: bionet-drosophila@moderators.isc.org From: jamie@cuticchia.com (A. Jamie Cuticchia) Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: New Bioinformatics Resource in Beta Testing Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <8f48051e.0410010824.62a4766c@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1096647881 12208 127.0.0.1 (1 Oct 2004 16:24:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:24:41 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:43:02 +0100 (BST) Sender: owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk For over a decade the GDB Human Genome Database has been a peer-reviewed resource for human genetic mapping. In the spirit of GDB, we are beta-testing a new set of genomic resources. One project, APR, was created to promote the sharing of information focused on records stored in publicly accessible databases. The idea for this came from the longstanding discussion in the scientific community regarding inaccuracies or inconsistencies in public data. This component of our system allows researchers to connect additional information (including documents and citation links) to records in GenBank. These annotations are stored in a separate database and are linked to GenBank based on the accession number of the selected record. Through the APR, software users directly access GenBank and when records are retrieved, those records with annotations are indicated in the APR viewer. While this release focuses on GenBank as a proof-of-principal we envision extending its scope to allow for the sharing of community information related to records in other databases. This is a beta period is our first step toward our public release which we hope will continue to spur the creation of human annotated biological information. We are especially interested in reaching out to new investigators for feedback, and ask you to forward this message on to those whom you feel might be interested in this resource. In the same manner as GDB, access to APR is free and this research is currently being supported by the internal research and development funds of the not-for-profit RTI International (a trade name of the Research Triangle Institute). Requests for more information and requests for accounts can be addressed directly to me at Jamie#gdb.org. (Replace # with @ sign) Cheers, A. Jamie Cuticchia, Ph.D. GDB Human Genome Database Hosted at RTI International 3040 Cornwallis Road Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 919-316-3511 (voice) .