Monthly Archives: February 2016

Watch out gene symbols within Excel

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Metascape

[This is an old blog written on Wednesday, February 10, 2016] We do not recommend use gene symbols (or synonyms) as primary identifier within a gene list, especially within Excel. Excel irreversibly converts certain symbols into dates and it becomes … Continue reading →

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Why DAVID should no longer be used?

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Metascape

[This is an old blog written on Tuesday, February 9, 2016] National Cancer Institute’s DAVID provides a set of popular bioinformatics tools that help biologists make sense of a list of gene.  However, evidences show that DAVID has not bee updated since … Continue reading →

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