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Research Project
As a Bioinformatics Specialist, my goal is to store the large
quantity of data retrieved from microarray experiments conducted
in the laboratory. More specifically, my role is to design and
implement a microarray subsystem. Due to an increase in microarray
research there has been an exponential expansion of microarray
data. A single microarray experiment creates several megabytes
of data, so efficient storage and recovery is important. To
handle all this information, the field of Bioinformatics has
evolved to rely heavily upon the use of computers. The goal
of the Bioinformatics group is to enable both efficient data
retrieval and analysis for all members of the lab. The Oracle
database dbZach, which I help maintain, was created to store
the lab's experimental data.
Another of my goals is to automate the preliminary processing
and analysis of the raw microarray data through the use of the
Perl programming language. The main purpose of automating this
process is to both eliminate human error and biases into the
processing of the raw data and to increase efficiency of the
analysis.
Another important aspect of my job in the laboratory is the
preparation of clones for printing onto microarrays.
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