How to "Cell" a Genomic or Proteomic Screen

Michael B. Yaffe^1,2*

¹ Chief Scientific Editor of Science Signaling, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, USA.
² Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Departments of Biology and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Abstract: As proteomic and genomic screens multiply, researchers are bombarded with data. Yaffe provides his views on how researchers can improve the cellular application of the results and ideas for how journals can influence data presentation and interoperability.

* Corresponding author. E-mail: myaffe{at}aaas.org

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