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Based on our interviews, we identified the following two user classes:
Wet-Lab Biologists
- Most of their day-to-day work involves performing experiments in a wet lab
- They often need computational support for analyzing their experimental results
- Generally not comfortable with using a command-line interface
- Most of their detailed notes are kept in a lab notebook, not on the computer
Computational
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Biologists
- They are typically computer scientists by training
- Typically have a basic knowledge of biology, but often need help from biologists to interpret biological significance of results
- Their work often involves writing scripts for analyzing biological data, but they do not have the resources to take the time to create user-friendly programs
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