Technology

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Technology Methods Seminar

• Give the Pipette a Rest Automated Services
  Provided by Molecular Biology
• Karen Staehling-Hampton
• Dan Bradford
• Thursday, November 30th, 100 p.m.
• Classroom
• (1st floor, Administration Building)
• Schedule with abstracts and previous presentation
  slides can be found on
• K\Weekly Seminar Schedule\Thursday -- Technology
  Methods
• Information regarding previous seminars can be
  found at
• http//research.stowers-institute.org/wiw/external
  /Seminars

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Introduction to the Stowers Research Wiki

• A Documentation Collaboration tool
• Gaye Hattem
• Technology Methods Seminar 10-26-2006

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What are Wikis Used For?
Wikipedia - encyclopedia

• Knowledgebase
• Collaboration tool
• Documentation tool
• Project management
• Tutorials help documents

OpenWetWare sharing of lab protocols
AAA Wiki Assembly, Alignment and Annotation of
Drosophila genomes
R Wiki R software for statistical computing
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What is a wiki?
A wiki is a web site where pages can be edited
directly within a browser
wiki text is converted to HTML and displayed as
a web page
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Should you use a wiki page?

• Advantages
• Everyone can create and edit pages
• Creating and editing pages is simple and quick
• A simple way for groups to shares notes and ideas
• Easy to maintain

• Disadvantages
• Everyone can create and edit pages
• Formatting options are more limited than HTML
• Wikis are best suited to simple web pages
• Wikis lack structure

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Stowers Web Sites
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Which type of web site do I need?
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Which type of web site do I need?
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Stowers Web Sites
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Stowers Research Wiki

• Purpose to be used by labs and support
  facilities as an internal communication tool
• Other Stowers wikis
• http//wiki/general
• (links to other wikis)
• http//wiki/it
• (IT FAQs and user guides)
• Private wikis (IT)

http//wiki/research
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Group Wiki Page Bioinformatics

• Description contact information
• Announcements meeting schedule
• Links to wiki pages for individuals
• Documentation of available resources
• Software
• Databases
• Application servers
• FAQs
• Technical notes
• Online discussions

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Documentation Scientific Software

• Documentation of available software
• Tutorials, manuals and other sources of help
  documents
• Links to additional information

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Technical Notes IT

• Documentation of available software
• Technical notes and tips

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Methods Molecular Biology

• Documentation of available resources
• Detailed description of methods
• Links to additional information

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Project PagesMicroarray

• Share project notes within lab or with other
  labs/groups
• Pages can be open access or restricted by user
  login
• Document methods and tips for other lab members
• Common area to post and summarize results
• Individuals can post comments and discuss project
• Make sure you have the approval of your PI or
  managing director to post information to the wiki

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Individual Home Pages

• Contact information
• Presentations
• Project links
• Technical notes

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Creating a Wiki Page
1. Type new page name into address bar
2. Select an empty page or a page template
3. Edit your new page in text mode
or in GUI mode
4. Save your new page
We suggest you login when you create or edit
pages although this is not currently required
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Editing Wiki Text
A Simple Wiki Example
This is an example of a simple wiki
page. '''bold text''', ''italic text''
TableOfContents Links to wiki pages
MolecularBiology "Microarray"
Bioinformatics/ScientificSoftware Scientific
Software
Links to web pages http//biosphere
Biosphere http//www.stowers-institute.org/
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Using the GUI Editor
GUI Toolbar Key
Heading Formats
Macros
Bulleted List
Links
Select Macro
Create a list
Create a link
Horizontal Rule
Image
Attach File
Table
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Make Your Pages Easy to Navigate

• Use headings and table of contents on longer
  pages
• If your pages get too long consider making
  subpages to break up your topic
• Create navigation bars on subpages to make it
  easy to return to the previous page
• Create manual or automated lists of related pages
  to group pages by topic
• Wiki pages are always searchable by title or text

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Organizing Wiki Pages
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Wiki Tips

• Determine what type of information you want to
  convey and to whom
• Decide how organized you want your pages to be
• If you want an organized site create an outline
  or 'storyboard' of your main pages
• Keep it simple
• Encourage group editing of pages (wikis are for
  collaborating)

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Need More Help?

• Basic Introduction http//wiki/research/WikiCours
  e/BasicIntroduction
• Read the help pages http//wiki/research/HelpCont
  ents
• Email HelpBioinfo for individual help
• Tutorial on creating and editing wiki pages
  coming in November

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Computational Tools Techniques Seminar Series

• Monthly seminar with tutorials on software,
  analysis techniques statistical methods
• Need feedback about topic suggestions
• List of current suggestions http//wiki/research/
  Bioinformatics/CompToolsSeminar
• Please leave your requests for the topics you
  would most like to see us cover
• Feel free to edit the wiki page and add your own
  topics