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Launch of Intelligent Directory for Molecular Biology
Nearly 10,000 scientists are using a new directory of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Directory every week, 'Molecular Biology Network'
http://www.molbiol.net
(PRWEB) August 1, 2003 --Nearly 10,000 scientists are using a new directory of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Directory every week, 'Molecular Biology Network'. Nearly 1,000 scientists have already joined the Network's forum which includes an truly international mix of biological sciences and medical researchers discuss molecular biology troubleshooting, bioinformatics and job vacancies.
http://www.molbiol.net.
MolBiol.Net is a one-stop-shop for finding the tools are resources criticial to the analysis of research data, especially nucleic acid and protein sequence information. The directory is unique because the information it catalogs is free and online, including sequence analysis software. Furthermore, the information available is of a very high quality because the directory is hand-curated - and has been selected by the Institute for Scientific Information. Lastly, the directory is intelligent - it is policed by "robots" - automatic programs which remove invalid or dead links.
"We are excited by the massive growth in membership", says Dr Jonathan Rees, Director of MolBiol.Net. "I think the fact that we have created a unique resource combined with the high quality of the directory has been confirmed by sustained growth in the number of users - often referred by personal recommendation. Independently collected statistics validate our opinion that we will be the most popular portal for biological scientists looking for high-quality molecular biology and bioinformatics resources on the internet."
"The information in our databases has not just been collected by our researchers, but much of it has been submitted by post-doctoral scientist contributors on personal recommendation. Our goal is to provide a service tailored to scientists' needs. Our consultation with scientists led us to the conclusion that they do not want to pay for information, they do not want to register and log in to a web site each time they want to refer to that information, and they do not like receiving regular spam-like promotional mail from bio-portals. Our service is free, it requires no registration, and we never spam our members."
The scientific community has been persuaded to part with large quanitities of cash to buy sequence analysis, manipulation and visualization software, and scientists are still being given being the hard-sell by software re-sellers. However, there is a large and growing mountain of free bioinformatics software available online which MolBiol.Net has extensively cataloged. While taxes have provided governments with money to fund the development of free software and public gene repositories, MolBiol.Net provides the free alternative to spending more money on software.
ABOUT MOLBIOL.Net
MOLBIOL.NET provides a unique resource for biological scientists. By providing easy and free access to information which allows scientists to carry out bioinformatics analyses without the need to purchase software, MolBiol.Net reduces time spent searching for tools and money spend on commerical software. MolBiol.Net efficiently links the scientists to the appropriate free software providers, increasing the use of tools which are being constantly developed and ultimately contributing to the advancement of science.
http://www.molbiol.net
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