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Which professional categories best describe you? Select all that apply.
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Bioinformatics professional
Educator
Healthcare professional
Librarian / Information Specialist
Life Science Researcher
Student
Technician
Computer Scientist / Software Developer
Other (please specify)
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Which of the following categories best describe your organization? Select all that apply.
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College or University
Commercial / Industry
Non-profit Organization
Research Institute
Government
Hospital/health organization
Other (please specify)
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How frequently do you use each of the following BLAST services on the web
(https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Less than
monthly
Never
Nucleotide
BLAST
(blastn)
o
o
o
o
o
Protein
BLAST
(blastp)
o
o
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o
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o
o
PrimerBLAST
o
o
o
o
o
COBALT
(Constrainedbased
Multiple
Alignment
tool)
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Translated
BLAST
(blastx,
tblastn,
tblastx)
SmartBLAST
Global Align
(align two or
more
sequence)
IgBLAST
MOLEBLAST
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Why do you use BLAST? Select all that apply.
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Searching unknown mRNA transcripts for functional identification
Searching unknown mRNA transcripts for taxonomic identification
Searching unknown proteins for functional identification
Searching unknown proteins for taxonomic identification
Annotating genes on genomic sequence
Search with known sequences to find homologs in other organisms
Identify organisms (taxa) in environmental/metagenomic samples
Screening sequences for contamination
Designing/Screening Primers
Assembling genome fragments
Education/Instruction
Other (please specify)
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How frequently do you search with multiple of sequences? Select all that apply.
o Daily
o Weekly
o Monthly
o Less than monthly
o Never
Which BLAST services do you use? Select all that apply.
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Use the BLAST+ applications on the command line remotely to submit BLAST
searches to NCBI
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Use the BLAST+ applications on the command line with my own/custom
databases
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Use the BLAST+ applications on the command line with BLAST
databases/FASTA provided by NCBI
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Submit BLAST searches using scripts that access the BLAST URL API
Use NCBI BLAST+ docker image from docker hub
Use BLAST on the cloud with a vendor (e.g AWS, GCP, etc).
Use BLAST through third-party software (please specify software used)
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N/A (I do not use any of these services)
Other (please specify)
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How frequently do you use the standalone BLAST+ (command line) applications? Select all that
apply.
o Daily
o Weekly
o Monthly
o Less than monthly
o Never
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Why do you use the BLAST+ instead the BLAST web application?
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Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements about using
BLAST+.
Strongly
Disagree
I am satisfied
with the
performance
of BLAST+.
I frequently
look at the
databases
available to
see if there is
a better one
for me to use.
Available
formatting
options work
well for me.
I have an
automated
task that
downloads
the latest
databases.
Somewhat
disagree
Neither
agree nor
disagree
Somewhat
agree
Strongly
agree
o
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What is one thing you would like to change in BLAST+?
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Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements about the
BLAST web application.
Strongly
Disagree
Knowing which
BLAST
databases to
choose is easy.
Somewhat
disagree
Neither
agree nor
disagree
Somewhat
agree
Strongly
agree
o
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Finding BLAST
databases for a
specific
organism is
easy.
o
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Finding BLAST
databases for a
specific
genome is
easy.
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BLAST results
are returned
quickly.
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BLAST results
are easy to
read and
understand.
o
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o
Downloading
my results is
easy and
provides what I
need.
o
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The
Descriptions
table has a
clear and
understandable
layout.
o
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The
Descriptions
table has all
the fields I
need.
o
o
o
o
o
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What is one thing you would like to change about the BLAST web application?
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What is the biggest challenge for you when you use BLAST?
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Please enter your email below if you would like us to contact you for a BLAST user interview.
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If you would like to provide more feedback, please contact us at blast-help@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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How likely are you to recommend BLAST to a friend or colleague?
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| File Title | BLAST 2023 Survey (NDB-406) |
| Author | Qualtrics |
| File Modified | 2023-05-08 |
| File Created | 2023-05-08 |