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Over the past several years, the use of computers has increased dramatically at Bock Laboratories. The personal computer's capacity as an image data analysis and manipulation tool has made huge contributions to research. The Molecular Biology computing group has been active in bringing emerging computer graphics and video technologies into the labs. As computer consultants, we assist researchers in choosing hardware and software that will best fill their needs, we maintain systems, instruct users on the use of hardware and software, and promote an integrated and compatible environment so that data can easily be exchanged. These services fall under the normal duties of computer support, but we also provide additional services and it is these services that this page describes.
Short History of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology multimedia services
Multimedia services we provide are not precisely defined; they are limited by software and hardware resources, time constraints, and personnel capabilities. What we recommend, is to discuss with us what you would like done and, together, we can determine the best means of implementing the idea. The most important constraint on the work we have done in the past is time. The more time we have to work on a project, the better the results will be. I recommend coming in to see us as soon as you begin thinking about a project. We are very willing to help you with any animation and or video work you have, but video projects are very time consuming and we have many things to do besides video work. We need to be able to work your project into our schedule.
These pages are meant to be a resource, specifically for in-house video work, but also for anyone who happens upon this page and can benefit from its information. It is also meant as a showcase for our services, so that those in the building can get a feel for what services we can provide for them, and those out of the building can see what we are about, what we have done, and hopefully benefit from our experience. I plan to describe in detail what we have done and provide examples so that it can be repeated.
In order to fully appreciate these pages, you will need to be able to view quicktime movies.