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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27110/easyfig</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2016 05:49:39 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27110/easyfig</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Easyfig]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Easyfig has moved to github, for newer releases of Easyfig please visit our new webpage - https://mjsull.github.io/Easyfig.&nbsp; Easyfig is a Python application for creating linear comparison figures of multiple genomic loci with an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI).</p>
<p>More at http://easyfig.sourceforge.net/</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://easyfig.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://easyfig.sourceforge.net/</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Poonam Mahapatra</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27092/medea-comparative-genomic-visualization-with-adobe-flash</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:15:16 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27092/medea-comparative-genomic-visualization-with-adobe-flash</link>
	<title><![CDATA[MEDEA: Comparative Genomic Visualization with Adobe Flash]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><span>As the number of sequence and annotated genomes grows larger, the need to understand, compare, and contrast the data becomes increasingly important. Using the power of the human visual system to detect trends and spot outliers is necessary in such large and complex data sets.</span></p>
<p><span>More at&nbsp;http://www.broadinstitute.org/annotation/medea/</span></p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/annotation/medea/" rel="nofollow">http://www.broadinstitute.org/annotation/medea/</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27099/rasttk-algorithm-for-building-custom-annotation-pipelines-and-annotating-batches-of-genomes</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:07:59 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27099/rasttk-algorithm-for-building-custom-annotation-pipelines-and-annotating-batches-of-genomes</link>
	<title><![CDATA[RASTtk : algorithm for building custom annotation pipelines and annotating batches of genomes]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>The RAST (Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology) annotation engine was built in 2008 to annotate bacterial and archaeal genomes. It works by offering a standard software pipeline for identifying genomic features (i.e., protein-encoding genes and RNA) and annotating their functions. Recently, in order to make RAST a more useful research tool and to keep pace with advancements in bioinformatics, it has become desirable to build a version of RAST that is both customizable and extensible. In this paper, we describe the RAST tool kit (RASTtk), a modular version of RAST that enables researchers to build custom annotation pipelines. RASTtk offers a choice of software for identifying and annotating genomic features as well as the ability to add custom features to an annotation job. RASTtk also accommodates the batch submission of genomes and the ability to customize annotation protocols for batch submissions. This is the first major software restructuring of RAST since its inception.</p>
<p>More at http://www.nature.com/articles/srep08365</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://rast.nmpdr.org/" rel="nofollow">http://rast.nmpdr.org/</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Abhi</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27328/platanus</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 05:12:40 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27328/platanus</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Platanus]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Platanus is a novel <em>de novo</em> sequence assembler that can reconstruct genomic sequences of<br> highly heterozygous diploids from massively parallel shotgun sequencing data.</p>
<p>The latest version is <a href="http://platanus.bio.titech.ac.jp/platanus/?page_id=14">1.2.4</a>.</p>
<p>To cite Platanus, please use the following:</p>
<p>Kajitani R, Toshimoto K, Noguchi H, Toyoda A, Ogura Y, Okuno M, Yabana M, Harada M, Nagayasu E, Maruyama H, Kohara Y, Fujiyama A, Hayashi T, Itoh T, &ldquo;Efficient de novo assembly of highly heterozygous genomes from whole-genome shotgun short reads&rdquo;.&nbsp;Genome Res. 2014 Aug;24(8):1384-95. doi: 10.1101/gr.170720.113. [<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24755901">abstract</a> |<a href="http://genome.cshlp.org/content/24/8/1384.long"> full text</a>]</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://platanus.bio.titech.ac.jp/" rel="nofollow">http://platanus.bio.titech.ac.jp/</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27818/gaemr</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:18:37 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27818/gaemr</link>
	<title><![CDATA[GAEMR]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>The&nbsp;<span>G</span>enome&nbsp;<span>A</span>ssembly&nbsp;<span>E</span>valuation&nbsp;<span>M</span>etrics and&nbsp;<span>R</span>eporting (GAEMR) package is an assembly analysis framework composed a number of integrated modules. These modules can be executed as a single program to generate a complete analysis report, or executed individually to generate specific charts and tables. GAEMR standardizes input by converting a variety of read types to Binary Alignment Map (BAM) format, allowing a single input format to be entered into GAEMR&rsquo;s analysis pipeline, hence enabling the generation of standard reports.</p>
<p>GAEMR&rsquo;s analysis philosophy is centered on contiguity, correctness, and completeness -- how many pieces in an assembly composed of, how well those pieces accurately represent the genome sequenced, and how much of that genome is represented by those pieces. By performing over twenty different analyses based on these principles, GAEMR gives a clear picture of the condition of a genome assembly.&nbsp;</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="https://www.broadinstitute.org/software/gaemr/" rel="nofollow">https://www.broadinstitute.org/software/gaemr/</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27841/covcal-coverage-read-count-calculator</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2016 18:08:13 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27841/covcal-coverage-read-count-calculator</link>
	<title><![CDATA[CovCal: Coverage / Read Count Calculator]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<h2>Coverage / Read Count Calculator</h2>
<h4>Calculate how much sequencing you need to hit a target depth of coverage (or vice versa).</h4>
<p><span>Instructions:</span> set the read length/configuration and genome size, then select what you want to calculate.</p>
<p>Written by <a href="http://stephenturner.us/" target="blank">Stephen Turner</a>, based on the <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3294162" target="_blank">Lander-Waterman formula</a>, inspired by <a href="http://core-genomics.blogspot.com/2016/05/how-many-reads-to-sequence-genome.html" target="_blank">a similar calculator</a> written by James Hadfield. Coverage is calculated as <em>C=LN/G</em> and reads as <em>N=CG/L</em> where <em>C</em> = Coverage (X),<em>L</em> = Read length (bp), <em>G</em> = Haploid genome size (bp), and <em>N</em> = Number of reads. Source code <a href="https://github.com/stephenturner/covcalc" target="_blank">on GitHub</a>.</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://apps.bioconnector.virginia.edu/covcalc/" rel="nofollow">http://apps.bioconnector.virginia.edu/covcalc/</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27967/linux-command-line-exercises-for-ngs-data-processing</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2016 07:59:39 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/27967/linux-command-line-exercises-for-ngs-data-processing</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Linux command line exercises for NGS data processing]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce students to the frequently used tools for NGS analysis as well as giving experience in writing one-liners. Copy the required files to your current directory, change directory (<code>cd</code>) to the <code>linuxTutorial</code> folder, and do all the processing inside:</p>
<pre><span>[uzi@quince-srv2 ~/]$</span> cp -r /home/opt/MScBioinformatics/linuxTutorial .
<span>[uzi@quince-srv2 ~/]$</span> cd linuxTutorial
<span>[uzi@quince-srv2 ~/linuxTutorial]$</span>
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<p>I have deliberately chosen <code>Awk</code> in the exercises as it is a language in itself and is used more often to manipulate NGS data as compared to the other command line tools such as <code>grep</code>, <code>sed</code>, <code>perl</code> etc. Furthermore, having a command on <code>awk</code> will make it easier to understand advanced tutorials such as <a href="http://userweb.eng.gla.ac.uk/umer.ijaz/bioinformatics/Illumina_workflow.html">Illumina Amplicons Processing Workflow</a>. <br><br> In <code>Linux</code>, we use a shell that is a program that takes your commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system. Most Linux systems utilize Bourne Again SHell (<code>bash</code>), but there are several additional shell programs on a typical Linux system such as <code>ksh</code>, <code>tcsh</code>, and <code>zsh</code>. To see which shell you are using, type</p>
<pre><span>[uzi@quince-srv2 ~/linuxTutorial]$</span> echo $SHELL

<span>/bin/bash
</span></pre><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://userweb.eng.gla.ac.uk/umer.ijaz/bioinformatics/linux.html" rel="nofollow">http://userweb.eng.gla.ac.uk/umer.ijaz/bioinformatics/linux.html</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/28168/sam-flags</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:38:15 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/28168/sam-flags</link>
	<title><![CDATA[SAM flags]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Decoding SAM flags</p>
<p>This utility makes it easy to identify what are the properties of a read based on its SAM flag value, or conversely, to find what the SAM Flag value would be for a given combination of properties.</p>
<p>To decode a given SAM flag value, just enter the number in the field below. The encoded properties will be listed under Summary below, to the right.</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="https://broadinstitute.github.io/picard/explain-flags.html" rel="nofollow">https://broadinstitute.github.io/picard/explain-flags.html</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Poonam Mahapatra</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/28121/kaiju</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:23:04 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/28121/kaiju</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Kaiju]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>Kaiju is a program for the taxonomic classification of metagenomic high-throughput sequencing reads. Each read is directly assigned to a taxon within the NCBI taxonomy by comparing it to a reference database containing microbial and viral protein sequences.</p>
<p>By default, Kaiju uses either the available complete genomes from NCBI RefSeq or the microbial subset of the non-redundant protein database <em>nr</em> used by NCBI BLAST, optionally also including fungi and microbial eukaryotes.</p>
<p>Kaiju translates reads into amino acid sequences, which are then searched in the database using a modified backward search on a memory-efficient implementation of the Burrows-Wheeler transform, which finds maximum exact matches (MEMs), optionally allowing mismatches in the protein alignment. The search can process up to millions of reads per minute using, for example, only 10 GB RAM with a protein database comprising 4821 microbial genomes. Kaiju can also be used for querying any other protein database without taxonomic classification, using either protein or nucleotide queries.</p>
<p>Kaiju is described in <a href="http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160413/ncomms11257/full/ncomms11257.html">Menzel, P. et al. (2016) Fast and sensitive taxonomic classification for metagenomics with Kaiju. <em>Nat. Commun.</em> 7:11257</a> (open access).</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://kaiju.binf.ku.dk/" rel="nofollow">http://kaiju.binf.ku.dk/</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Jit</dc:creator>
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	<guid isPermaLink="true">https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/28415/scarpa</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 07:59:25 -0500</pubDate>
	<link>https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/28415/scarpa</link>
	<title><![CDATA[Scarpa]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Scarpa</strong>&nbsp;is a stand-alone scaffolding tool for NGS data. It can be used together with virtually any genome assembler and any NGS read mapper that supports SAM format. Other features include support for multiple libraries and an option to estimate insert size distributions from data. Scarpa is available free of charge for academic and commercial use under the GNU General Public License (GPL).</p>
<p>See the&nbsp;<a href="http://compbio.cs.toronto.edu/hapsembler/hapsembler-2.21_manual.pdf">user manual</a>&nbsp;or the&nbsp;<a href="http://compbio.cs.toronto.edu/hapsembler/scarpa_paper.pdf">paper</a>&nbsp;for more information about Scarpa. Click&nbsp;<a href="http://compbio.cs.toronto.edu/hapsembler/ScarpaSupplementary.pdf">here</a>&nbsp;for the supplementary material.</p><p>Address of the bookmark: <a href="http://compbio.cs.toronto.edu/hapsembler/scarpa.html" rel="nofollow">http://compbio.cs.toronto.edu/hapsembler/scarpa.html</a></p>]]></description>
	<dc:creator>Poonam Mahapatra</dc:creator>
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