Re: Using Postgres to store genetic data

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Steve Crawford
<scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com> wrote:
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> Peter Hunsberger wrote:
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>> We're looking at potentially using Postgres to store a variety of molecular and genetic data.  At this point I have a bunch of general questions...
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> I don't know enough about your area of expertise to know if this is useful, but I'd look at the Unison project to see what they are doing. There are also videos/slides up from a recent San Francisco PUG meeting at UCSF that might be of interest:
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> http://www.vimeo.com/3732938
> http://www.slideshare.net/linuxpoet/unison-ucsf-sfpug
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Looks like it may be somewhat applicable to my first question. Thanks.

Area of expertise is application architecture and design, focusing on
clinical systems for medical research these last 7 years or so and
medical in general for the last 15. Adding the genomic and molecular
world to the mix is a new initiative. At the moment I've got enough
domain knowledge to be dangerous...

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Peter Hunsberger