Tag: ontology

Video Tip of the Week: eGIFT, extracting gene information from text

29 February, 2012 (09:17) | Tip of the Week | By: Trey

eGIFT, as the tag line says, is a tool to extract gene information from text. It’s a tool that allows you to search for and explore terms  and documents related to a gene or set of genes. There are many ways to search and explore eGIFT, find genes given a specific term, find terms related [...]

WhatsYourProblem to WhatsTheAnswer

13 January, 2011 (09:01) | General Science | By: Trey

Our “What’s Your Problem” post will be transitioning to a “What’s the Answer” post this week and going forward. BioStar is a site for asking, answering and discussing bioinformatics questions. We are members of the community and find it very useful. Often questions and answers arise at BioStar that are germane to our readers (end [...]

Tip of the Week: Word Add-In for Ontology Recognition

17 March, 2010 (08:07) | Tip of the Week | By: Jennifer

In today’s tip I want to make you aware of a tool that I think will help researchers to present their own data and publications in an accurate and universally searchable way. I learned of the resource (UCSDBioLit) through an article in one of my recent BioMed Central article alert emails. This resource allows authors [...]

Tip of the Week: The National Center for Biomedical Ontology

16 September, 2009 (08:34) | General Science, Tip of the Week | By: Jennifer

Anyone who has either used or helped to create a database of biological information has probably come across ontological terms. In today’s tip I feature a great resource devoted to promoting the creation and proper use of ontologies. The resource is the The National Center for Biomedical Ontology, and allows users to learn about ontologies, find [...]