I'm not a scientist, but I sysadmined at a genetics lab for a while, and I found many of the key players only respond via email or google groups. Besides that, the following are the places I asked questions:<p><a href="http://biology.stackexchange.com/" rel="nofollow">http://biology.stackexchange.com/</a><p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/" rel="nofollow">https://www.researchgate.net/</a><p><a href="https://www.biostars.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.biostars.org/</a><p><a href="http://seqanswers.com/" rel="nofollow">http://seqanswers.com/</a>