Proteopedia - because life is not 2D
Proteopedia is a new interactive web resource that presents 3D
Biomolecular structures in an intuitive way by linking descriptive
text to 3D images (see e.g., "HIV-1 protease" <http://proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/HIV-1_protease
>). Moreover, Proteopedia, which is based on the 'open source' tools
of MediaWiki and Jmol, allows for real-time community annotation, via
'user friendly' authoring tools, and aims to foster an open atmosphere
of information sharing and informal scientific discussion. A web
browser (with JAVA installed) is all that is needed to access the site
and the 3D information; thus, there is no need to download and install
a viewer. To add information to Proteopedia, one needs only to
register from the homepage at <http://www.proteopedia.org>.
An open-access article describing Proteopedia was recently published:
Hodis, Prilusky, Martz, Silman, Moult & Sussman "Proteopedia – a
scientific ‘wiki’ bridging the rift between 3D structure and function
of biomacromolecules" Genome Biol 2008, 9(8):R121. <http://genomebiology.com/2008/9/8/R121
>
For a demonstration of the Proteopedia software, please visit the
‘Proteopedia Video Guide’ <http://www.proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/Proteopedia:Video_Guide
>, where you will find several narrated videos to guide you through
the use of Proteopedia. Proteopedia is holding a “Page of the Year”
competition with an Apple iPod Touch (32GB) as the grand prize,
donated by iDigital, the Apple representative in Israel.
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Prof. Joel L. Sussman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pickman Prof. of Structural Biology +972 (8) 934 4531 - tel
Department of Structural Biology +972 (8) 934 4159 - fax
Weizmann Institute of Science www.weizmann.ac.il/~joel
Rehovot 76100 ISRAEL www.weizmann.ac.il/ISPC
Proteopedia, www.proteopedia.org (because life has more than 2D)
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