Sequence Bundles: Prototyping a Novel Data Visualisation Tool for Bioinformatics

今天的生物科学依赖于高通量的DNA测序和收集大量数据。科学家需要定制的方法和工具来整理、可视化、探索和解释这些丰富的信息。我们的研究将通过构建一种名为Sequence Bundles的新生物信息学数据可视化工具的原型来解决这一紧急需求。我们在2013年创建了Sequence Bundles，在一张图像中可视化数百个蛋白质和DNA序列。序列束有助于在生物数据中找到有趣的特征，否则这些特征将保持隐藏状态。我们的目标是将我们的Sequence Bundles原型作为Web应用程序运行，这项研究旨在表明这在技术上是否可行。我们将为原型设计一个用户友好的界面，并测试它的工作情况。通过开发Sequence Bundles作为软件工具，我们将使科学家能够更好地理解他们的生物数据，可能有助于生物学、药物开发和其他领域的新发现。

Biological sciences depend today on high throughput DNA sequencing and collecting large amounts of data. Scientists require bespoke methods and tools to collate, visualise, explore and interpret this wealth of information. Our study will address this emergent need by prototyping a new bioinformatics data visualisation tool called Sequence Bundles. We created Sequence Bundles in 2013 to visualise hundreds of protein and DNA sequences in one image. Sequence Bundles are useful for finding interesting features in biological data that would otherwise remain hidden. We aim to run our Sequence Bundles prototype as a web-application and this study is designed to show if it is technically possible. We will design a user-friendly interface for the prototype and test how well it works. By developing Sequence Bundles as a software tool, we will enable scientists to make better sense of their biological data, potentially aiding new discoveries in biology, drug development and beyond.