Google map developers set out to create the largest plant database in the world

ByCarmen Jost

Mayonnaise without eggsJust MayoDevelopedHampton CreekAttracted attention as an innovative company that changes the manner of food. While focusing on food development, Hampton Creek is trying to make the largest plant database in the world, but this plan is realistic as it employs Dan Jigmond, a data scientist who led the development of Google Maps It is taking over.

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Hampton Creek was founded in San Francisco in 2011 and gained much attention as a result of developing mayonnaise that does not use egg called "Just Mayo". Currently Just Mayo is handled in major supermarket chains such as Costco and Wal-Mart, while cheap cookies made without eggs are beginning to be sold.

ByJoana Petrova

It is the beginning of this Hampton Creek's attempt to make the world's largest database cataloging plant characteristics and types for cooking applications.

Mr. Dan Jigmund who was hired newly was a person who led the data team of YouTube and Google Maps, "Hampton Creek's mission involves human health, environmental sustainability, animal welfare, I was intrigued by those who are not connected at all, I think that there is not so, I am strongly connected, understanding the structure of the plants and systematizing it is technically big challenge "I talked about building a new database.

Attempts to create a database of databases before Zigmond's contract with Hampton Creek have been started, and 4000 types of samples are being organized. In order to test basic biochemical characteristics related to vegetable diet, Lee Chee, a specialist in bioinformatics, was also hired.

"The world's largest plant library"To create a database that can also be said, Hampton Creek conducts extensive research from" ability to compose with plant structure and compounds "to" how it responds to water ", and some plants May also help to make foods such as mayonnaise and cookies.

ByAmanda tipton

"To know that one of the things we do first is" what data are already in the market. "Understand the characteristics of plant chemical substances and molecules that make up plants from existing data and make them useful for eating etc. I think about that, "Mr. Jig Mondo is currently reanalyzing the data of 4000 kinds of plants. New analysis has also begun, and it is believed that these analyzes will be the key to building databases in the future.

Mr. Zigmond thinks that it should carry out the project on a larger scale and analyze to some extent automation, but on the other hand, there are more than 400,000 plants even if it is known on the earth, all plants It is impossible to test sexual chemicals. The survey needs to combine actual analysis with predictive modeling and it takes one hour to one day to analyze one sample depending on the purpose.

Although the data of the analyzed plant is not disclosed to the outside at the present, it is planned to be applied in a very convenient form for farmers, such as "which plant has the best harvest rate".