Important issues in bioinformatics are the difficulties for non computer experts to use bioinformatics tools, the transparent access to large biological data sets, and the exploitation of large computing power. Moreover, often such tools and databases are developed by independent groups, so the task of enabling their composition and cooperation is even more difficult. Integrating Computational Grid and Web Services technologies can be a key solution to simplify interaction between bioinformatics tools and biological databases. This paper presents ProGenGrid (Proteomics & Genomics Grid), a distributed and ubiquitous grid environment, accessible through the web, for supporting “in silico” experiments in bioinformatics.
ProGenGrid: A Grid Framework for Bioinformatics
ALOISIO, Giovanni;CAFARO, Massimo;
2005-01-01
Abstract
Important issues in bioinformatics are the difficulties for non computer experts to use bioinformatics tools, the transparent access to large biological data sets, and the exploitation of large computing power. Moreover, often such tools and databases are developed by independent groups, so the task of enabling their composition and cooperation is even more difficult. Integrating Computational Grid and Web Services technologies can be a key solution to simplify interaction between bioinformatics tools and biological databases. This paper presents ProGenGrid (Proteomics & Genomics Grid), a distributed and ubiquitous grid environment, accessible through the web, for supporting “in silico” experiments in bioinformatics.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
