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Facilitating the Analysis of Immunological Data with Visual Analytic Techniques
Published on: January 2, 2011
An interactive web application for the dissemination of human systems immunology data
Cate Speake1, Scott Presnell2, Kelly Domico3
1Benaroya Research Institute, Systems Immunology Laboratory, 1201 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA, 98101, USA. cspeake@benaroyaresearch.org.
A new web application allows researchers to easily explore and visualize large human immune system datasets. This tool helps accelerate discoveries by making complex systems immunology data accessible and interpretable.
Area of Science:
- Immunology
- Bioinformatics
- Translational Research
Background:
- Systems immunology research generates large, complex datasets.
- Integrating heterogeneous data types with contextual information is challenging.
- Tools are needed to facilitate investigator interaction with large-scale datasets for knowledge discovery.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an interactive web application for browsing and visualizing large systems immunology datasets.
- To enable researchers to easily access and interpret complex immunological data.
Main Methods:
- Developed an interactive web application using state-of-the-art application programming.
- Integrated human immune transcriptome datasets with contextual sample information.
Main Results:
- A publicly available resource for interactive querying and navigation of human immunology transcriptome datasets.
- Dynamic display of study and sample information with data download options.
- Customizable, shareable interactive data visualizations.
Conclusions:
- Developed an intuitive application for navigating large, complex immunological datasets.
- Ensures datasets remain interpretable and a source of insight for future research.
- Facilitates understanding of systems immunology studies.
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