Our lab have a bioinformatics project about developing a functional enrichment software. We have several ideas but we realize we need real feedback from wet lab researchers as well to make sure our functional enrichment web application will be reliable and useful for all of you.
Therefore, if you are a wet lab scientist who have experience using functional enrichment software (such as Metascape, DAVID, etc), what kind of questions do you want to address in the functional enrichment result? Are there any information that they are still unable to give to you?
Functional enrichment analysis is a crucial tool for wet lab researchers to identify biological processes, pathways, or functions enriched in a list of genes or proteins. It provides insights into the underlying biology of a dataset and can be interpreted using various criteria. These include identifying overrepresented biological processes and pathways, assessing statistical significance, providing visual representations, providing detailed annotations, assessing overlap analysis, allowing customization, exporting results, seamless integration with other tools, keeping reference databases up-to-date, providing interpretation guidance, having an intuitive interface, providing user support and comprehensive documentation, and ensuring scalability to handle various data sizes. A functional enrichment analysis tool should provide biologically meaningful results, be statistically robust, and offer a user-friendly experience, making it a valuable resource for wet lab scientists seeking to gain insights into the functional significance of their data.
so, what is your experience when you use a functional enrichment analysis application? do you think its result satisfy your expectation or you think it still has a room for improvement?
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