High-throughput sequencing often provides a foundation for experimental analyses in the life sciences. For many such methods, an intermediate layer of bioinformatics data analysis is the genomic signal track constructed by short read mapping...
Read More »The Plant Genome Integrative Explorer Resource – PlantGenIE.org
Accessing and exploring large-scale genomics data sets remains a significant challenge to researchers without specialist bioinformatics training. A team led by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden have developed the integrated PlantGenIE.org platform for exploration of Populus, conifer and Arabidopsis genomics data, ...
Read More »RNASeqBrowser – A genome browser for simultaneous visualization of raw strand specific RNA-Seq reads and UCSC genome browser custom tracks
Strand specific RNAseq data is now more common in RNAseq projects. Visualizing RNAseq data has become an important matter in Analysis of sequencing data. The most widely used visualization tool is the UCSC genome browser that introduced the custom track ...
Read More »PD_NGSAtlas – a reference database combining next-generation sequencing epigenomic and transcriptomic data for psychiatric disorders
Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP) are projected to lead the global disease burden within the next decade. Several lines of evidence suggest that epigenetic- or genetic-mediated dysfunction is frequently present in these disorders. To date, ...
Read More »Empowered by Maverix, Biologist Uses RNA-seq to Understand Autism
In Nathaniel Heintz’s molecular biology lab at Rockefeller University, scientists study brain function and dysfunction under a wide array of conditions, from drug abuse to depression. Marian Mellén, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab, is using RNA-seq and other data ...
Read More »APADB: a database for alternative polyadenylation and microRNA regulation events
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is a widespread mechanism that contributes to the sophisticated dynamics of gene regulation. Approximately 50% of all protein-coding human genes harbor multiple polyadenylation (PA) sites; their selective and combinatorial use gives rise to transcript variants with differing ...
Read More »TraV: A Genome Context Sensitive Transcriptome Browser
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies like Illumina and ABI Solid enable the investigation of transcriptional activities of genomes. While read mapping tools have been continually improved to enable the processing of the increasing number of reads generated by NGS technologies, analysis ...
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