Adventures with the
Jack of all TradesAttaching experiments to your
computational laboratory
Trey Ideker UC San Diego
Benefits of an experimental laboratory
•Puts you in touch with biology like no other method – CS connections are seen naturally•Puts you in control of your experimental design•Puts you in control of your validation•Way harder to get scooped
Frustrations• Needs massive investment of your time. Debugging lab work
is slow!
• Need to obtain the necessary space and money.
• Need to expand focus = more to worry about.
• Curse of the ‘Jack of all trades’ – Specialized biologist collaborators will always be better than you
• Specialized computer science collaborators will always be better than you
Other ModelsHost lab
1:1 collaborations
Many:many collaborations (consortia)