Integrating BioMart queries into BioConductor with the biomaRt package

I've just realized the considerable power and convenience of a web-based bioinformatic resource I have overlooked in the past: biomart.org.

What gets my attention now is the ability to integrate BioMart queries right into your BioConductor pipeline, with a package called biomaRt

The Seattle 2009 BioConductor workshop looks like it was great -- sadly, I missed it. But you can still access some presentation materials on biomaRt.

Installation of biomaRt is accomplished like any other BioConductor pacakge:

    source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
  biocLite("biomaRt")

I am looking forward to learning more about these resources.