jdubb@bucsf.bu.edu (jay dubb) (04/17/91)
I am posting this for a friend of mine who doesn't have access to USENET, so please respond directly to mlevin@jade.tufts.edu. I am a double biology/computer-science major, and was wondering if anyone in the biological community wants to see any software made. I have noticed that biologists seem to make much less use of computers than do people in other sciences. I think it is a shame. So, does anyone working in the biological sciences need a particular piece of software? Anything from genetics data handlers, to population and behavior models is game. I mainly just want to get an idea of what kind of "dream software" biologists would like to have (and don't yet have), but if anyone has a really good (and fun - I am mostly into developmental biology (cell interaction models, etc.), ethology, neural nets, etc.) idea there's a chance it will get written - I know lots of other people who would love to write software for biologists (especially if it is wanted enough so that someone somewhere would pay for it). So, let's hear it - what would you like to see created? Anything - models, database managers, data presentation and acquisition tools, visual recognition of cell types, whatever. Mike Levin (mlevin@jade.tufts.edu)