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| - | We developed new search and educational tools to assist iGEM
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| - | teams. For many teams, the majority of team members are new-comers. | + | <h2>Background</h2> |
| - | Our primary goal therefore is to aid these beginners get used to iGEM
| + | The UT-Tokyo-Software team is planning software projects aimed to <b>assist iGEM teams</b>. For many teams, the majority of members are new-comers. Therefore, many of these teams require a substantial amount of time and effort at the beginning of the year to get to know iGEM, after which they will finally be able to start thinking about what they want to do. We believe that if this learning period can be made more efficient, the productivity of teams can be greatly enhanced. Although tutorials and search systems are provided at the iGEM website, we have decided to create our own set of programs that fill in some of the important gaps that we feel are left open at the iGEM sites. Our project consist of two parts: "Tutorial" and "Search". |
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| - | to make project initiation swift. All of our tools are | + | |
| - | web-based and have user-friendly interfaces enabling users to gain
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| - | quick access to needed information. Our project consists of the following four
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| - | <b>“BioBrick Search”</b> improves convenience in searching BioBrick parts by | + | |
| - | a sophisticated interface and an ordering algorithm taking into acount the
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| - | parts' frequency of use.
| + | To make new-comers get used to the iGEM earlier, well-designed educational materials are needed. We're planning to improve on the current official web-based tutorial. As a software project, we’re aiming to make it <b>interactive</b> and <b>enjoyable</b> to help beginners understand iGEM concepts and techniques. The themes included in the planned tutorials are "Biobricks", "Notable past projects", "Genetic networks" and so on. |
| - | With <b>“Past Project Search”</b>, you can run a keyword search for all past
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| - | projects and access past teams' presentation material easily.
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| - | <b>“BioBrick Puzzle”</b> and <b>“Gene Network Game”</b> are educational games intended | + | |
| - | for beginners to acquire knowledge about BioBricks and gene networks,
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| - | which aides them to plan their projects and conduct experiments.
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| | + | <h2>Search</h2> |
| | + | When building iGEM projects, we have to investigate relevant past projects and Biobrick parts. However the current Biobrick search system implemented in the parts registry displays all the parts containing the search query, and beginners frequently cannot judge which part is usable. The present situation for searching past projects is also difficult, for example because a cross-year search does not exist. To solve these problems, we are developing a new <b>parts and past projects search systems</b>. We are planning to implement an ordering (by popularity, part workability, keyword-relevance etc.) algorithm, a tagging system and a relevance-search which will enable searching, for example, “which is the most popular GFP part?”,or “look up all bioremediation projects which have won a gold prize”,or “are there any projects similar to this?”. |
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Project
UT-Tokyo-Software
Software tools for iGEMers:
BioBrick/Project Search & Tutorials
Background
The UT-Tokyo-Software team is planning software projects aimed to assist iGEM teams. For many teams, the majority of members are new-comers. Therefore, many of these teams require a substantial amount of time and effort at the beginning of the year to get to know iGEM, after which they will finally be able to start thinking about what they want to do. We believe that if this learning period can be made more efficient, the productivity of teams can be greatly enhanced. Although tutorials and search systems are provided at the iGEM website, we have decided to create our own set of programs that fill in some of the important gaps that we feel are left open at the iGEM sites. Our project consist of two parts: "Tutorial" and "Search".
Tutorial
To make new-comers get used to the iGEM earlier, well-designed educational materials are needed. We're planning to improve on the current official web-based tutorial. As a software project, we’re aiming to make it interactive and enjoyable to help beginners understand iGEM concepts and techniques. The themes included in the planned tutorials are "Biobricks", "Notable past projects", "Genetic networks" and so on.
Search
When building iGEM projects, we have to investigate relevant past projects and Biobrick parts. However the current Biobrick search system implemented in the parts registry displays all the parts containing the search query, and beginners frequently cannot judge which part is usable. The present situation for searching past projects is also difficult, for example because a cross-year search does not exist. To solve these problems, we are developing a new parts and past projects search systems. We are planning to implement an ordering (by popularity, part workability, keyword-relevance etc.) algorithm, a tagging system and a relevance-search which will enable searching, for example, “which is the most popular GFP part?”,or “look up all bioremediation projects which have won a gold prize”,or “are there any projects similar to this?”.
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