The Human Genome Project has produced an unparalleled amount of data. However, it is recognized that proteomics – the study of proteins – will produce 1,000 times the data generated by the Human Genome Project.
The Biomolecular Interaction Network Database (BIND) was created to manage this information. It contains information describing interactions between proteins, nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), fats, carbohydrates and other small molecules.
This project aims to enhance and manage BIND with a view to creating the world’s most comprehensive and publicly accessible interaction database. This database will create a resource allowing researchers world wide to explore and investigate molecular mechanisms of life.
This project involves researchers from the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and the University of British Columbia.