New Bioinformatics Tool Speeds Analysis of Transcriptomic Data
Researchers at the South Carolina INBRE Bioinformatics Core have
developed a new web-based program, GeneMesh, for analysis of high throughput
gene expression data (see article in BMC Bioinformatics at
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/166/abstract). GeneMesh, can
accelerate discovery by identifying significant inter-relationships that exist
between differentially expressed genes and information in the Medical Subject
Headings (MeSH) hierarchical index. Through the use of a robust set of action
link features users can quickly see how genes associated with MeSH categories
relate to biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and
signaling pathways. Through heatmap displays users can readily see how the genes
in any given MeSH category or any related ontological category behave in
response to the experimental stimuli used to generate the original
differentially expressed gene data set. GeneMesh operates on data derived from
the major commercial microarray platforms, including Affymetrix, Agilent and
Illumina and is freely available online at
http://proteogenomics.musc.edu/genemesh/.
The South Carolina Project
The South Carolina Project introduces its new
wiki.
This will broaden the communication of project accomplishments and bolster
collaboration among the greater biofabrication community. Also, you can
keep up-to-date with news and information by following the
South Carolina Project
on Twitter.

The South Carolina Project in the News
April 4, 2010
Forefront of Organ Research, The Post and Courier by Diane Knich
2010
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international collaboration, as well as to explore new directions in research on
Biofabrication.
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