Computer & Information Sciences

Biocurators

Published May 24, 2018 Curated Collections

The number and scope of scientific databases has soared in recent years, creating a new profession, the biocurator. These "museum catalogers of the Internet age" face a continuous struggle of making ever growing amounts of data accessible. In perspectives for PLOS Computational Biology, accompanied by an editorial, light is shed on their work and its challenges.

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PLOS Computational Biology Biocurators: Contributors to the World of Science
October 27, 2006 Philip E Bourne, Johanna McEntyre

Perspectives

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PLOS Computational Biology The Biocurator: Connecting and Enhancing Scientific Data
October 27, 2006 Nima Salimi, Randi Vita
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PLOS Computational Biology A Biocurator Perspective: Annotation at the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank
October 27, 2006 Kyle Burkhardt, Bohdan Schneider, Jeramia Ory
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000582

PLOS Computational Biology The Rat Genome Database Curators: Who, What, Where, Why
November 26, 2009 Mary Shimoyama, G. Thomas Hayman, Stanley J. F. Laulederkind, Rajni Nigam, Timothy F. Lowry, Victoria Petri, Jennifer R. Smith, Shur-Jen Wang, Diane H. Munzenmaier, Melinda R. Dwinell, Simon N. Twigger, Howard J. Jacob, the RGD Team