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BIOINFORMATICS IN THE LAB
Unifying the research program
Dr. Brian Fristensky
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Fristensky Lab research summary
The 21st century research and teaching environment
The network is the computer
The problem: standalone PCs
The solution: server-based network computing
Research in a networked environment
BIRCH - a networked bioinformatics resource
Example: Simulated cloning
Example: Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences
Example: Phylogenetic analysis of molecular markers
An object-oriented database encodes the combined knowledge of researchers into a "knowledge base".
Example: model of a gene family
Example: ESTs and gene arrays
Object-oriented laboratory devices
PC-based devices
Networked devices
The Virtual Robot
