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== Contribute a BioNumber == | == Contribute a BioNumber == | ||
It is really easy. You can send log in and create an account at | It is really easy. You can send log in and create an account at BioNumbers website, or if you are too busy just choose Quick Submit and we will enter the number for you based on a reference you provide. | ||
== How did it get started? == | == How did it get started? == | ||
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and many more, all available through searches in bioNumbers that also serves as a portal to other, more specific databases. | and many more, all available through searches in bioNumbers that also serves as a portal to other, more specific databases. | ||
== Peer-reviewed article coverage of | == Peer-reviewed article coverage of BioNumbers == | ||
* Phillips R, Milo R. [http://www.pnas.org/content/106/51/21465.long A feeling for the numbers in biology] Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 22; 106(51):21465-71 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20018695?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=1 PMID 20018695] | * Phillips R, Milo R. [http://www.pnas.org/content/106/51/21465.long A feeling for the numbers in biology] Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 22; 106(51):21465-71 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20018695?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=1 PMID 20018695] | ||
* Milo R, Jorgensen P, Moran U, Weber G, Springer M. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808940/?tool=pubmed BioNumbers--the database of key numbers in molecular and cell biology] Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jan;38(Database issue):D750-3 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19854939?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=2 PMID 19854939] | * Milo R, Jorgensen P, Moran U, Weber G, Springer M. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808940/?tool=pubmed BioNumbers--the database of key numbers in molecular and cell biology] Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jan;38(Database issue):D750-3 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19854939?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=2 PMID 19854939] | ||
== Media coverage of | == Media coverage of BioNumbers == | ||
*[http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2008/06/30/one-two-skip-a-few/ radio lab] - from WNYC | *[http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2008/06/30/one-two-skip-a-few/ radio lab] - from WNYC | ||
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'''We wish to continue to improve | '''We wish to continue to improve BioNumbers.''' | ||
'''To expedite this we welcome all comments/ideas large or small.''' | '''To expedite this we welcome all comments/ideas large or small.''' | ||
'''Feel free to comment on posted ideas also (e.g. this sounds good or useless)''' | '''Feel free to comment on posted ideas also (e.g. this sounds good or useless)''' | ||
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* Wish lists of desired BioNumbers (open a request page). | * Wish lists of desired BioNumbers (open a request page). | ||
* When scrolling down the page, keep the search etc buttons visible (bottom or top) | * When scrolling down the page, keep the search etc buttons visible (bottom or top) | ||
* Add a list of recent | * Add a list of recent BioNumbers contributers | ||
* Add explanation about how to add units, usage of ^ and (), e.g. sec^(-1). | * Add explanation about how to add units, usage of ^ and (), e.g. sec^(-1). | ||
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'''New content or assignments to be done''' | '''New content or assignments to be done''' | ||
* History pages with a story about some BioNumber: how it was "discovered" and what was its significance. | * History pages with a story about some BioNumber: how it was "discovered" and what was its significance. | ||
* Add link to | * Add link to BioNumbers from department website | ||
* Publicize | * Publicize BioNumbers existence via short press releases in leading journal, announcements in conferences, large circulation web groups and list servers. | ||
* create "Journal of BioNumbers" where authors could send short reports on numbers they measured, with details on the method and how it relates to previous measurements. Will be a peer reviewed journal published in electronic format and automatically linked to BioNumbers database. | * create "Journal of BioNumbers" where authors could send short reports on numbers they measured, with details on the method and how it relates to previous measurements. Will be a peer reviewed journal published in electronic format and automatically linked to BioNumbers database. | ||
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== Handbooks of biological data == | == Handbooks of biological data == | ||
These are the predecessors of the | These are the predecessors of the BioNumbers effort. Very detailed and extensive. Mostly focused on zoological, botanical, environmental and physiological data. | ||
* Biology Data Book, Philip L. Altman, Dorothy S.Dittmer Katz, John Wiley & Sons Inc; 2nd Ed, 1978. | * Biology Data Book, Philip L. Altman, Dorothy S.Dittmer Katz, John Wiley & Sons Inc; 2nd Ed, 1978. | ||
