I perform analyses to support a wide array of investigators. Often, these folks will ask me to pull out and summarize values for a few genes of particular interest. The data that I work with cover multiple species, and it's annoying to have to keep track of the best identifiers for each species.
It would make my life a lot easier if I could suggest that users go to a website to create a collection of genes of interest. Then, if I could directly access those collections or receive them in a consistent, easy-to-read (in R / python) file format with a key identifier plus one or more preferred display synonyms, it would reduce a key pain point in my job.
I perform analyses to support a wide array of investigators. Often, these folks will ask me to pull out and summarize values for a few genes of particular interest. The data that I work with cover multiple species, and it's annoying to have to keep track of the best identifiers for each species.
It would make my life a lot easier if I could suggest that users go to a website to create a collection of genes of interest. Then, if I could directly access those collections or receive them in a consistent, easy-to-read (in R / python) file format with a key identifier plus one or more preferred display synonyms, it would reduce a key pain point in my job.