Team:Michigan Software/Results
Michigan Software 2015
Project Results
Short paragraph describing what Protocat 2.0 can do.Project Achievements
New features: sorting, sophisticated search engine, rating, user page, editing protocolFurther Improvements
Look to add: Version control, Timer, Variable protocols, Experiment Modeling, In app purchasing, grow both users/membersThe Future of ProtoCat
Future development of ProtoCat focuses on expanding our library of protocols by mining methods from other digital publishing sources (e.g. protocols.io and open wet ware) and aggregating them in one central location. The user interface will also be further developed to automate calculations of protocol parameters like (reagent volumes and reactant proportions). Other improvements to the user experience include direct links to safety and storage information about the materials used in the protocol as well as access to a platform for purchasing requisite materials and equipment from partnering vendors. Finally, the next geneation of ProtoCat incorporates modeling software to enable virtual trials for the purpose of optimizing experimental design. For example, ProtoCat could simulate a PCR of a specified target sequence using a variety of primers to see which primer produces the highest yield or run virtual ligations of two specified sequences at different proportions to discern the ratio which produces the highest plasmid yield.