FAQ on Mtb Immunotation
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[edit] Frequently ask questions on Mtb Immunotation
[edit] What is Connect to Decode Project
It is one of the major initiatives of OSDD to understand Mtb organism in order to develop better drugs/vaccines against tuberculosis See C2D site for detail.
[edit] What is Mtb Immunotation project
Aim of this project is to identify epitopes on Mtb proteins which may serve as vaccine against tuberculosis.
[edit] Who are participating in this project
Mostly students are participating (around 40). few faculty members and coordinators.
[edit] What we wants to achieve
Under this project we wish to annotate whole Mtb genome from immunological point of view. At end of the day we should have predicted and experimentally determined epitopes in all Mtb proteins from single point.
[edit] How to contribute to Mtb Station project
Participants will create and maintain pages on DrugPedia for each ORF of all proteins. A page on a ORF will provide comprehensive information related to structure.
[edit] Why DrugPedia selected for storing output of project
It is easy and allow anybody to participate and contribute in project.
[edit] Whether participants will work in group or as individual
Its up to participants whether they wants to work in group or as individual. a group should not contain more than 4 participants.
[edit] What about credit system
Fortunately, drugpedia maintain history of edit of a page so its not difficult to jude contribution.
[edit] Who will monitor content of pages
Group or person responsible to maintain a page for a ORF annotation will be responsible to monitor whether changes are acceptable. In addition faculty and coordinators will also monitor contents of pages.
[edit] Who will provide model annotation
Mainly faculty and coordinators will provide model for a ORF. Participants are also welcome to contribute.
[edit] How participants will learn from this programmee
Guidelines on Mtb station will provide information on how to contribute and how to learn various tools to achieve the goal.
[edit] Is it a one-way traffic for learning
This model is not one way traffic of learning, I mean teacher to student. Instaed it is two way trafic where student will share their knowledge with everyone. In simple world everyone will contribute .
[edit] Will it lead to a research paper
This will be one of the goal to publish a paper based on knowledge generate during this project.
[edit] Is it a perfect model for this project
This is not perfect system, but at present we feel this is possible best system for this project.
[edit] Request for more questions
We need more and more question from our participants in order to understand problem of users.