Biocuration involves adding value to biomedical data by the processes of standardization, quality control and information transferring (also known as data annotation).
Weimin Zhu
exaly +6 more sources
Student biocuration projects as a learning environment [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Background: Bioinformatics is becoming an essential tool for the majority of biological and biomedical researchers. Although bioinformatics data is exploited by academic and industrial researchers, limited focus is on teaching this area to undergraduates,
Ruth C. Lovering +2 more
doaj +7 more sources
Working in biocuration: contemporary experiences and perspectives [PDF]
Abstract This perspective article synthesizes current knowledge regarding what is known regarding biocuration as a career and the challenges facing the field. It draws on existing literature and ongoing qualitative research to discuss the nature of biocuration, biocurators’ career trajectories, key challenges that biocurators face, and ...
Sarah R Davies, Davies Sarah R
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Announcing the launch of Protein Data Bank China as an Associate Member of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank Partnership. [PDF]
The formal launch of Protein Data Bank China (PDBc) is announced, and the history of the wwPDB, recently established mechanisms for adding new wwPDB data centers and the processes developed to bring PDBc into the partnership are described.The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is the single global archive of atomic‐level, three‐dimensional structures of ...
Xu W +5 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Automatic identification of scientific publications describing digital reconstructions of neural morphology [PDF]
The increasing number of peer-reviewed publications constitutes a challenge for biocuration. For example, NeuroMorpho.Org, a sharing platform for digital reconstructions of neural morphology, must evaluate more than 6000 potentially relevant articles per
Patricia Maraver +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
Network Analysis to Identify MicroRNAs Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease and to Improve Drug Prioritization [PDF]
Background: Advances in the understanding of molecular mechanisms of human diseases, along with the generation of large amounts of molecular datasets, have highlighted the variability between patients and the need to tailor therapies to individual ...
Aldo Reyna, Simona Panni
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First Plant Cell Atlas symposium report
The Plant Cell Atlas (PCA) community hosted a virtual symposium on December 9 and 10, 2021 on single cell and spatial omics technologies. The conference gathered almost 500 academic, industry, and government leaders to identify the needs and directions ...
Selena L. Rice +18 more
doaj +2 more sources
IMGT® Nomenclature of Immunoglobulins (IG) or Antibodies and T Cell Receptors (TR): A Common Language for Immunoinformatics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) [PDF]
The immunoglobulins (IG) or antibodies and the T cell receptors (TR) are the antigen receptors of the adaptive immune responses (AIR) of jawed vertebrates (Gnathostomata).
Marie-Paule Lefranc, Gérard Lefranc
doaj +2 more sources
Strategies for community-sourced biocuration in bioinformatics: a case study on MIBiG 4.0 [PDF]
Kai Blin +2 more
exaly +2 more sources
Expert Panel Curation of 113 Primary Mitochondrial Disease Genes for the Leigh Syndrome Spectrum
Objective Primary mitochondrial diseases (PMDs) are heterogeneous disorders caused by inherited mitochondrial dysfunction. Classically defined neuropathologically as subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy, Leigh syndrome spectrum (LSS) is the most frequent manifestation of PMD in children, but may also present in adults.
Elizabeth M. McCormick +47 more
wiley +1 more source

