Small RNA sequencing has been widely adopted to study the diversity of extracellular RNAs (exRNAs) in biofluids; however, the analysis of exRNA samples...
Read More »IRIS-EDA – An integrated RNA-Seq interpretation system for gene expression data analysis
Next-Generation Sequencing has made available substantial amounts of large-scale Omics data, providing unprecedented opportunities to understand complex biological systems. Specifically, the value of RNA-Sequencing (RNA-Seq) data has...
Read More »Methods for annotation and validation of circular RNAs from RNA-Seq data
Circular RNAs are an emerging class of transcript isoforms created by unique back splicing of exons to form a closed covalent circular structure. While...
Read More »BioTuring Browser – integrate end-to-end analyses for single-cell RNA-seq data in an interactive dashboard
BioTuring Inc. has officially launched BioTuring Browser, the software that integrates state-of-the-art analyses for single-cell RNA-seq data, from transcript quantification, batch effect removal to downstream analyses, all delivered in an interactive visualization dashboard. Latest advances in single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) technologies ...
Read More »An improved method for analyzing differentially expressed genes in RNA-seq data
RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) has become a widely used technology for analyzing global gene-expression changes during certain biological processes. It is generally acknowledged that RNA-seq data displays equidispersion and overdispersion characteristics; therefore, most RNA-seq analysis methods were developed based on a ...
Read More »FiRE (Finder of Rare Entities) – A fast and efficient method to find rare cell types in scRNA-seq expression profiles
The advent of single-cell transcriptomics has made rare cell discovery a mainstream component in the downstream analysis pipeline. When the number of profiled cells are in the hundreds, even an outlier cell (singleton) deserves attention. But, the focus shifts to ...
Read More »Machine learning meets genome assembly
With the recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies, the study of the genetic composition of living organisms has become more accessible for researchers. Several advances have been achieved because of it, especially in the health sciences. However, many challenges which ...
Read More »HGT-ID: an efficient and sensitive workflow to detect human-viral insertion sites using next-generation sequencing data
Transfer of genetic material from microbes or viruses into the host genome is known as horizontal gene transfer (HGT). The integration of viruses into the human genome is associated with multiple...
Read More »CRISPR Visualizer – rapid identification and visualization of CRISPR loci
A CRISPR locus, defined by an array of repeat and spacer elements, constitutes a genetic record of the ceaseless battle between bacteria and viruses, showcasing the genomic integration of spacers acquired from invasive DNA. In particular, iterative...
Read More »TIGER – bioinformatic analysis of endogenous and exogenous small RNAs
To comprehensively study extracellular small RNAs (sRNA) by sequencing (sRNA-seq), researchers at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center developed a novel pipeline to overcome current limitations in analysis entitled, "Tools for Integrative Genome analysis...
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