This project will result in a powerful, user friendly, software workbench for scientists trying to determine gene function or behavior though microarrays or Affymetrix chips. The workbench will help scientists deal with the millions or billions of numbers generated in these experiments, which cannot be analyzed by hand. An important part of this project is automatically identifying features of interest to the scientist in large data sets. This will save enormous amounts of time, and allow analyses that would never otherwise be done. The technologies developed here will be instrumental in allowing genomic expression experiments to scale up and provide useful information on the function and behavior of every identified gene.

Proposed Commercial Applications

Production of software to aid in gene function identification through expression studies Production of software to aid in biochemical function identification through expression studies

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Type
Small Business Innovation Research Grants (SBIR) - Phase II (R44)
Project #
2R44HG001894-02
Application #
6074319
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-SSS-Y (01))
Program Officer
Feingold, Elise A
Project Start
1999-01-01
Project End
2001-01-31
Budget Start
2000-02-10
Budget End
2001-01-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
$364,531
Indirect Cost
Name
Silicon Genetics
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Redwood City
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94063