DESKTOP GENETICS ltd AND GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY

Desktop Genetics is a company of molecular biologists and software developers creating software tools for synthetic biology and life science research. The goal of the project was to develop efficient and attractive visualisations of biological features found in large DNA datasets, and develop a plan to filter and display relevant features at different levels of DNA zoom/compilation.

Fusion Collaborative Awards Projects

DESKTOP GENETICS ltd AND GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY

ROUND 5

SME Partner: Desktop Genetics Ltd (Edward Perello)

Academic Partner: Goldsmiths, University of London

Project Title: Developing a context-dependent way to visualise and display biological features found in DNA

Project Description

Desktop Genetics is a company of molecular biologists and software developers creating software tools for synthetic biology and life science research. The goal of the project was to develop efficient and attractive visualisations of biological features found in large DNA datasets, and develop a plan to filter and display relevant features at different levels of DNA zoom/compilation.

Queen Mary - University of London
Arts & Humanities Research Council
European Union
London Fusion

Creativeworks London is one of four Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to develop strategic partnerships with creative businesses and cultural organisations, to strengthen and diversify their collaborative research activities and increase the number of arts and humanities researchers actively engaged in research-based knowledge exchange.