tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post7171106247618763961..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: Open Metagenomics: Selenium in the OceansJonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-1296138657790957412008-07-07T03:29:00.000-07:002008-07-07T03:29:00.000-07:00It is true, one of the most important steps in int...It is true, one of the most important steps in interpreting massive amounts of sequence reads is the ability to interpret the data in it's environmental context: map it! But the benefit of mapping is only as great as the environmental parameters describing the x,y coordinates.<BR/><BR/>A note on the mapping, this is indeed work in progress by the megx.net team at MPI for Marine Microbiology <A>http://www.megx.net/mm/genomes_mapserver/mapserver/</A>., the strength of which comes from additional environmental data layers provided by the World Ocean Atlas Extractor (temp, salinity, dissolved oxygen, Apparent Oxygen Utilization, % oxygen saturation, phosphate, silicate, and nitrate at standard depth s, for annual, seasonal, and monthly points).<BR/><BR/>And, drum roll...the next megx.net update this fall (also watch the NAR database issue 2009) will include mapping the GOS sites on the Mapserver with these additional parameters.mellabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731043897690051375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-32008149268680984852008-06-15T20:19:00.000-07:002008-06-15T20:19:00.000-07:00I am surprised this has not been done yet (well, m...I am surprised this has not been done yet (well, maybe it has --- anyone?). I am going to teach a metagenomics course, probably in the Winter next year. Maybe I will try and get someone to do this.Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-23443132192597795322008-06-15T16:47:00.000-07:002008-06-15T16:47:00.000-07:00I like the mapping too. What's more, since the GO...I like the mapping too. What's more, since the GOS data in GenBank are all tagged with latitude/longitude/depth coordinates, someone could create a cool mashup using something like the Google Maps API. Might be a nice student project.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14642902803329530119noreply@blogger.com