ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the new places and spaces of interaction found in post-genomic work and demonstrate the ways in which scientists working in proteomics and bioinformatics instigate collaboration. Technological developments within the new life sciences have not just been restricted to specialized methodological developments such as new types of mass spectrometers. One dystopian fear is that an increase in the privileging and use of technological communication might be to the detriment of face-to-face encounters. Advances in the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) have also altered how scientific information and data are exchanged and created. The chapter also demonstrates how matchmaking mechanisms can be used to overcome some of the divisions, ambiguities, uncertainties and hidden complexities that are involved in the day-to-day practices of the modern life sciences. It describes that the interdisciplinary settings of proteomics and bioinformatics are both physical and virtual spaces as well as being local and dispersed territories.
