I know that 23andMe uses a python-based platform and I was curious if Navigenics uses Java? I seem to recall hearing that Navigenics uses Affymetrix SNP arrays, do you know if there's a Java-based library to make accessing that data easier. I suppose, if worse-came-to-worse, you could always use JNI/JNA to interface with their native library.
Does Navigenics make use of any open source tools like R/Bioconductor for array analysis? Given that a lot of bioinformatics-related tasks are done through scripting (traditionally Perl or Python), I was wondering if you had noticed any uptake in Java-based scripting languages like Groovy either at work or in the Bay Area bioinformatics community? --Mark PS. Saw this interesting animation that shows how microarray-based SNP testing works. http://bioisolutions.blogspot.com/2008/06/microarray-method-for-genetic-testing.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
