Posted on April 7, 2009 by peanutbutter
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HUPO PSI-PAR: standard format for protein affinity reagents is now available for Public Comment on the PSI Web site for the next 30 days. The public comment period enables the wider community to provide feedback on a proposed standard before it is formally accepted, and thus is an important step in the standardisation [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2008 by peanutbutter
In a recent Nature editorial entitled Standardizing data, several projects were highlighted that are forfeiting there chances of winning a Nobel prize (according to Quackenbush) and championing the blue collar science of data standardization.in the life-sciences.
I wanted to take the article a step further highlight three significant properties of scientific data that I believe to [...]
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Posted on August 18, 2008 by peanutbutter
The MIAPE: Gel Informatics module formalised by the Proteomics Standards Initiative (PSI) now available for Public Comment on the PSI Web site. Typically alot of this information will be contained in the image analysis software, so we would especially encourage software vendors to review the document. The public
comment period enables the wider community to provide [...]
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Posted on August 7, 2008 by peanutbutter
OK, So that is a relatively inflammatory and controversial headline, edging on the side of tabloid sensationalism. What is refers to is probably a situation that I may never find myself in again, which is in this months edition of Nature Biotechnology I am an author on two, biological standards related publications.
The first is a [...]
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