System and method for determining social connections based on experimental life sciences data
View Patent ↗Technologies are provided for data dependent socialization for life scientists and organizations. Data dependent socialization may be based on statistical correlations between experimental life science data. A service may provide individuals with an interface for providing experimental data, and the service may generate a visual connection report representing potential connections for collaboration.
1. A computer-implemented method for providing one or more collaboration recommendations based on correlations between experimental biological datasets, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving at least one experimental biological dataset;
normalizing the at least one received experimental biological dataset;
statistically analyzing the at least one received experimental biological dataset to produce a statistical analysis output comprising one or more of a molecule set, a ranked list, a molecular network, or a differentially expressed or differentially modified biological molecule;
performing correlation analysis of the statistical analysis output in order to determine one or more correlations between the at least one received experimental biological dataset and one or more other experimental biological datasets, wherein a significance level for each of the one or more correlations is adjusted for multiple hypothesis testing by normalizing for a false-discovery rate in order to produce a metric that estimates strength of association, and wherein a significance threshold is applied to a top and a bottom of one or more ranked lists in order to identify differentially expressed sets of molecules that are significantly up-regulated and down-regulated;
using the one or more correlations and said metric that estimates strength of association to quantify a degree of correlation between the at least one received experimental biological dataset and at least one of the one or more other experimental biological datasets;
identifying one or more owners of the at least one received experimental biological dataset, wherein the one or more owners of the at least one received experimental biological dataset include a scientist associated with the at least one received experimental biological dataset;
identifying one or more owners of the at least one identified other experimental biological dataset; and
when the degree of correlation between the at least one received experimental biological dataset and the at least one of the one or more other experimental biological datasets exceeds a statistical threshold, presenting one or more collaboration recommendations to the one or more identified owners of the at least one received experimental biological dataset or the one or more identified owners of the at least one identified other experimental biological dataset.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the one or more collaboration recommendations identify an individual.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the one or more collaboration recommendations identify an organization.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the one or more collaboration recommendations identify a plurality of individuals.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the one or more collaboration recommendations identify a plurality of organizations.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein metadata associated with the at least one received experimental biological dataset is used to identify the one or more owners of the at least one received experimental biological dataset.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising presenting one or more funding opportunities with the one or more collaboration recommendations.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising presenting one or more product recommendations with the one or more collaboration recommendations.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising presenting one or more additional experiment recommendations with the one or more collaboration recommendations.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein one or more collaboration recommendations are presented in a collaboration graph.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein one or more collaboration recommendations are presented in a collaboration report.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising weighting one or more collaboration recommendations against one or more criteria prior to presenting the one or more collaboration recommendations.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the at least one received experimental biological dataset is provided from one or more data sources.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more correlations comprise a same regulated biological molecule in the at least one received experimental biological dataset and the at least one of the one or more other experimental biological datasets.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the ranked list represents the molecules' differential expression or modification between two biological states.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the correlation analysis comprises a gene set enrichment analysis.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the correlation analysis comprises constructing a molecular network for the at least one received experimental biological dataset.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising loading at least one probe map to convert probe identifications in the at least one received experimental biological dataset to genes.
19. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 wherein the plurality of individuals represent distinct areas of research.
20. A system comprising one or more networked computing devices, the one or more networked computing devices comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more memories; and
a life sciences social connections system stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors, wherein the life sciences social connections system is configured to:
receive at least one experimental biological dataset;
normalize the at least one received experimental biological dataset;
statistically analyze the at least one received experimental biological dataset to produce a statistical analysis output comprising one or more of a molecule set, a ranked list, a molecular network, or a differentially expressed or differentially modified biological molecule;
perform correlation analysis of the statistical analysis output in order to determine one or more correlations between the at least one received experimental biological dataset and one or more other experimental biological datasets, wherein a significance level for each of the one or more correlations is adjusted for multiple hypothesis testing by normalizing for a false-discovery rate in order to produce a metric that estimates strength of association, and wherein a significance threshold is applied to a top and a bottom of one or more ranked lists in order to identify differentially expressed sets of molecules that are significantly up-regulated and down-regulated;
use the one or more correlations and said metric that estimates strength of association to quantify a degree of correlation between the at least one received experimental biological dataset and at least one of the one or more other experimental biological datasets;
identify one or more owners/users of the at least one received experimental biological dataset, wherein the one or more owners of the at least one received experimental biological dataset include a scientist associated with the at least one received experimental biological dataset;
identify one or more owners of the at least one identified other experimental biological dataset; and
when the degree of correlation between the at least one received experimental biological dataset and the at least one of the one or more other experimental biological datasets exceeds a statistical threshold, present one or more collaboration recommendations to the one or more identified owners of the at least one received experimental biological dataset or the one or more identified owners of the at least one identified other experimental biological dataset.
21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the one or more collaboration recommendations identify an individual.
22. The system of claim 20 , wherein the one or more collaboration recommendations identify an organization.
23. The system of claim 20 , wherein the one or more collaboration recommendations identify a plurality of individuals.
24. The system of claim 20 , wherein the one or more collaboration recommendations identify a plurality of organizations.
25. The system of claim 20 , wherein metadata associated with the at least one received experimental biological dataset is used to identify the one or more owners of the at least one received experimental biological dataset.
26. The system of claim 20 , wherein the life sciences social connections system is configured to present one or more funding opportunities with the one or more collaboration recommendations.
27. The system of claim 20 , wherein the life sciences social connections system is configured to present one or more product recommendations with the one or more collaboration recommendations.
28. The system of claim 20 , wherein the life sciences social connections system is configured to present one or more additional experiment recommendations with the one or more collaboration recommendations.
29. The system of claim 20 , wherein one or more collaboration recommendations are presented in a collaboration graph.
30. The system of claim 20 , wherein one or more collaboration recommendations are presented in a collaboration report.
31. The system of claim 20 , wherein the life sciences social connections system is configured to weight one or more collaboration recommendations against one or more criteria prior to presenting the one or more collaboration recommendations.
32. The system of claim 20 , wherein the at least one received experimental biological dataset is provided from one or more data sources.
33. The system of claim 23 , wherein the plurality of individuals represent distinct areas of research.