New track dragging feature in UCSC Genome Browser

submitted by: OpenHelix

Just a quick sample (without audio) of how to move the tracks around to customize your UCSC Genome Browser interface.

Tip of the Week: Brenda database of enzyme information

submitted by: OpenHelix

More information here: http://blog.openhelix.eu/?p=5103 This is today's tip of the week introducing Brenda and how to get enzyme data from IDs and more.

A Brief Introduction to Genetics

submitted by: dmetzky
A Brief Introduction to Genetics is a short documentary film created using motion graphics as the main visual component. It is a film that explores the history of genetics & genomics and the underlying concepts that provide the foundational knowledge that today's research is built upon. The film describes the history of genetics, from Gregor Mendel, to concepts such as DNA and the genetic code. Having introduced the fundamental ideas of genetics, the film moves on to describe the current...

Installing and using the Drupal Bioinformatics Software Bench

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submitted by: alpapan
The Bioinformatic Software Bench (BSB) for Drupal allows for a rapid and secure deployment of bioinformatic software. The BLAST, InterProScan, SSAHA2 and annot8r software are provided by default and plugins for new software can be readily written. An innovative graphical user interface guides both end-user and administration of the software, including the secure provision of pre-publication datasets. It is available from http://drupal.org/project/biosoftware_bench or...

Installing the GMOD Drupal Bioinformatics Server Framework

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submitted by: alpapan
The Drupal Bioinformatics Server Framework (DBSF) is a set of routines for building bioinformatic tools for the Drupal Content Management System ( http://drupal.org ). This project is tightly integrated with GMOD ( http://www.gmod.org ) and utilized the Chado database schema. It is freely available as GPLv3. This screencast shows you how to install Drupal and GMOD-DBSF.

RGenetics at Galaxy

submitted by: OpenHelix

Visit our blog for more info on this tip: http://blog.openhelix.eu/?p=4899 A tip introducing Rgenetics at Galaxy

Tip of the Week: 1000 Genomes Browser

submitted by: OpenHelix

This 1000 Genomes Project tip can be found http://blog.openhelix.eu/?p=4830 , with additional information about the project and some references associated with the project.

Nikos Krypides on "Analysis of metagenomic sequences: from megabases to terabases"

submitted by: JGI

Nikos Krypides of the DOE Joint Genome Institute discusses metagenomics and the challenge of dealing with terabases of data on June 4, 2010 at the "Sequencing, Finishing, Analysis in the Future" meeting in Santa Fe, NM.

Bob Fulton on "The Genome Center at Washington University"

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Bob Fulton of Washington University discusses the sequencing platforms in use at this large scale genome center on June 2, 2010 at the "Sequencing, Finishing, Analysis in the Future" meeting in Santa Fe, NM.

Tip of the Week: MINT, Molecular INTeractions Database

submitted by: OpenHelix

Learn more about MINT from our blog http://blog.openhelix.eu/?p=4778 . In this tip of the week we explore the basic search and visualization features of the MINT resource for protein-protein interactions.