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  "id": 412726,
  "title": "How much to learn about Protein Functions?",
  "url": "/competitions/cafa-5-protein-function-prediction/discussion/412726",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-05-25T02:12:27.410527600Z",
  "votes": 3,
  "comment_count": 4,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I never had much exposure in Biology, shall i learn about Protein functions or ignore this?<br>\nIf yes, how much is sufficient &amp; from where to learn?</p>\n<p>Your feedbacks are most welcome, Thanks!</p>",
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    {
      "id": "2273077",
      "postDate": "05/25/2023 02:12:27",
      "content": "<p>I never had much exposure in Biology, shall i learn about Protein functions or ignore this?<br>\nIf yes, how much is sufficient &amp; from where to learn?</p>\n<p>Your feedbacks are most welcome, Thanks!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I never had much exposure in Biology, shall i learn about Protein functions or ignore this?\nIf yes, how much is sufficient & from where to learn?\n\nYour feedbacks are most welcome, Thanks!",
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      "id": "2273093",
      "postDate": "05/25/2023 02:27:16",
      "content": "<p>Hello 👋 <br>\nDomain knowledge is definitely helpful. However, reading the papers and the suggestions that other Kagglers provided might help you getting started. Overall, in depth knowledge is not a strict requirement but diving deep in the problem will help you for sure! My suggestions are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>read papers on this matter and gene ontology predictions </li>\n<li>read kernels from other Kagglers and their discussions</li>\n<li>start exploring the data and understanding the underlying problems</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Hope this is helpful!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello 👋 \nDomain knowledge is definitely helpful. However, reading the papers and the suggestions that other Kagglers provided might help you getting started. Overall, in depth knowledge is not a strict requirement but diving deep in the problem will help you for sure! My suggestions are:\n- read papers on this matter and gene ontology predictions \n- read kernels from other Kagglers and their discussions\n- start exploring the data and understanding the underlying problems\n\nHope this is helpful!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2273387",
      "postDate": "05/25/2023 06:20:01",
      "content": "<p>as a largely wet-lab based biologist my personal perspective has been that domain knowledge of proteins has been of only very limited utility.. the problem here feels heavily data science oriented :p</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "as a largely wet-lab based biologist my personal perspective has been that domain knowledge of proteins has been of only very limited utility.. the problem here feels heavily data science oriented :p",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2291313",
      "postDate": "06/07/2023 13:18:50",
      "content": "<p>The Rosalind project is an excellent introduction to Bioinformatics - it may help you translate a little of the necessary domain knowledge. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The Rosalind project is an excellent introduction to Bioinformatics - it may help you translate a little of the necessary domain knowledge.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2291498",
      "postDate": "06/07/2023 15:35:57",
      "content": "<p>Yes, you must have an understanding of genetic concepts such as DNA, RNA, protein, then gene expression data and statistical analysis of that data.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes, you must have an understanding of genetic concepts such as DNA, RNA, protein, then gene expression data and statistical analysis of that data.",
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      "id": 2273093,
      "author_name": "wadgek",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/25/2023 02:27:16",
      "content": "<p>Hello 👋 <br>\nDomain knowledge is definitely helpful. However, reading the papers and the suggestions that other Kagglers provided might help you getting started. Overall, in depth knowledge is not a strict requirement but diving deep in the problem will help you for sure! My suggestions are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>read papers on this matter and gene ontology predictions </li>\n<li>read kernels from other Kagglers and their discussions</li>\n<li>start exploring the data and understanding the underlying problems</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Hope this is helpful!</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 2273387,
      "author_name": "zmcxjt",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/25/2023 06:20:01",
      "content": "<p>as a largely wet-lab based biologist my personal perspective has been that domain knowledge of proteins has been of only very limited utility.. the problem here feels heavily data science oriented :p</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2291313,
      "author_name": "helenadolan",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/07/2023 13:18:50",
      "content": "<p>The Rosalind project is an excellent introduction to Bioinformatics - it may help you translate a little of the necessary domain knowledge. </p>",
      "votes": null,
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    {
      "id": 2291498,
      "author_name": "faarhaam",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/07/2023 15:35:57",
      "content": "<p>Yes, you must have an understanding of genetic concepts such as DNA, RNA, protein, then gene expression data and statistical analysis of that data.</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    "2273077": "I never had much exposure in Biology, shall i learn about Protein functions or ignore this?\nIf yes, how much is sufficient & from where to learn?\n\nYour feedbacks are most welcome, Thanks!",
    "2273093": "Hello 👋 \nDomain knowledge is definitely helpful. However, reading the papers and the suggestions that other Kagglers provided might help you getting started. Overall, in depth knowledge is not a strict requirement but diving deep in the problem will help you for sure! My suggestions are:\n- read papers on this matter and gene ontology predictions \n- read kernels from other Kagglers and their discussions\n- start exploring the data and understanding the underlying problems\n\nHope this is helpful!",
    "2273387": "as a largely wet-lab based biologist my personal perspective has been that domain knowledge of proteins has been of only very limited utility.. the problem here feels heavily data science oriented :p",
    "2291313": "The Rosalind project is an excellent introduction to Bioinformatics - it may help you translate a little of the necessary domain knowledge.",
    "2291498": "Yes, you must have an understanding of genetic concepts such as DNA, RNA, protein, then gene expression data and statistical analysis of that data."
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