Dr. Jenny Cham...EMBL-EBI Integration Services: EBI Search Dr. Jenny Cham User Experience (UX)...
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EMBL-EBI Integration Services: EBI Search
Dr. Jenny ChamUser Experience (UX) Analyst
User Experience Design for services online & for training
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UX
Our user community
UX work at the EBI…
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I just want a up-to-date summary of what is known
about this gene…
I just want to do one search and
get useful results!
I want to print out and share what I
have found…
What is EBI Search for?
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gene information
gene expression
protein knowledge
3D protein structures literature & patents
molecular interactions
reactions & pathways
Gene Ontology
EBI Search: key component of EBI’s data integration strategy
protein families & domains
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Search box on the homepagewww.ebi.ac.uk
• Target audience – ‘end users’/ lab-based researchers (i.e. not ‘power users’, not bioinformaticians)
• Launched: 31st January 2011
• Project leaders: • Graham Cameron• Ewan Birney
• User–centered/ UX design approach
EBI Search background…
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User experience evaluation
• 1-2-1 usability testing• 17 sites across Europe• >70 scientists• Industry & academia
• Several prototypes• Information content• Visual interface
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User testing eg.Cambridge Institute of Medical Research,
Addenbrookes Hospital
Feedback to internal data
providers
Changes to the interface
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Search box on the homepagewww.ebi.ac.uk
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Number of summaries available
Summaries are top hits
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Information organised by the Central Dogma of molecular biology
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Species selector
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PDF summary report to print & persistent unique URLs to share
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Demo
• “TCF7L2”• Gene from diabetes GWAS studies
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What next for EBI Search?
• Exploring new ways to include:• Chemistry & small molecules• Pathway and processes• Disease & phenotype• Cell lines, tissues or organs• Gene families and domains
• Ongoing tube map user research activities
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Acknowledgements• Project leaders: Ewan Birney, Graham Cameron, Rodrigo Lopez
• Developers: Mickael Goujon, Andy Jenkinson
• Data providers at EMBL-EBI and users who participated in user testing
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