Seattle, WA (PRWEB) December 8, 2008
OpenHelix today announced the availability of an updated suite on the Gene Ontology (GO) database and a new tutorial on Textpresso. Gene Ontology is a consortium project developed to create a list of biologically relevent and carefully structured terms that can be shared among all sorts of bioinformatics resources. Textpresso is a customizable open source web tool, using GO ontologies, that allows you to text-mine the biological literature. In addition to the OpenHelix Controlled Vocabularies tutorial and others, these two tutorials give the researcher an excellent start to understanding and using gene ontologies.
The tutorial suites, available for single purchase or through a low-priced yearly subscription to all OpenHelix tutorials, contain a narrated, self-run, online tutorial, slides with full script, handouts and exercises. With the tutorials, researchers can quickly learn to effectively and efficiently use these resources. These tutorials will teach users:
Gene Ontology
how to understand the organization of the Gene Ontology hierarchies
how to search the AmiGO browser for terms, definitions, and annotated genes and gene products
how to begin with sequence data and find useful terms and definitions that may help to characterize your sequence of interest
Textpresso
how Textpresso works
the layout for all Textpresso sites
how to perform both basic and advanced searches
how to use Textpresso as an information retrieval and extraction tool
To find out more about these and other tutorial suites visit the OpenHelix Tutorial Catalog and OpenHelix or visit the OpenHelix Blog for up-to-date information on genomics.
About OpenHelix
OpenHelix, LLC, provides the genomics knowledge you need when you need it. OpenHelix currently provides online self-run tutorials and on-site training for institutions and companies on the most powerful and popular free, web based, publicly accessible bioinformatics resources. In addition, OpenHelix is contracted by resource providers to provide comprehensive, long-term training and outreach programs.
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