ENIGMA researchers at Scripps Research Institute have developed tools with available data to enable microbial and environmental research.
- ENIGMA’s XCMS Online systems biology data processing and the METLIN database represent a successful model of how community oriented cloud-computing can be implemented on a global scale. This free, cloud-based platform provides users with processing tools, data streaming, statistical analysis, and pathway-based multi-omic analysis.
- Beyond ENIGMA’s microbial and environmental research, the success of cloud-based systems biology platforms will likely evolve and expand into other fields, such as molecular modeling, and education, to name only a few. It was featured in Nature http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2017/02/08/science-meets-netflix-with-data-streaming/
- Cloud-based bioinformatic platforms address the fundamental demands of creating a flexible scientific environment, facilitating data processing and general accessibility. These platforms have a multitude of advantages to support both government and scientific mandates of a more open environment.
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METLIN database can be found at https://metlin.scripps.edu