BioMate

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The Group

* Rebecca Taft
* Sumaiya Nazeen
* Michael Maddox
* Avanti Shrikumar

The Problem

Biologists lack technology that suits their needs and skill sets. We  identified two main shortcomings: the first is difficulty in using code  written by computational biologists. The second is a lack of a good  system for tracking different variations of experimental proceduresLab-bench biologists find it difficult to use many existing tools for their data analysis. These tools are generally command-line computer programs written by computational biologists. Computational biologists do not have time to create user-friendly interfaces for their programs, and often find themselves spending a lot of time helping leb-bench biologists run their programs. This creates a burden for all involved: lab-bench biologists cannot move forward with their data analysis, and computational biologists cannot move forward with their research.