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A reference-guided assembler comprising of two main modular programs: MosaikBuild and MosaikAligner. MosaikBuild converts various sequence formats into Mosaik?s native read format. MosaikAligner pairwise aligns each read to a specified series of reference sequences and produces BAMs as outputs. At this time, the workflow consists of supplying sequences in FASTA, FASTQ, Illumina Bustard & Gerald, or SRF file formats and producing results in the BAM format. Unlike many current read aligners, MOSAIK produces gapped alignments using the Smith-Waterman algorithm. MOSAIK is written in highly portable C++ and currently targetted for the following platforms: Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Linux operating systems. Other platforms can easily be supported upon request. MOSAIK is multithreaded. If you have a machine with 8 processors, you can use all 8 processors to align reads faster while using the same memory footprint as when using one processor. MOSAIK supports multiple sequencing technologies. In addition to legacy technologies such as Sanger capillary sequencing, our program supports next generation technologies such as Roche 454, Illumina, AB SOLiD, and experimental support for the Helicos Heliscope.

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A set of programs that map and assemble fixed-length Solexa/SOLiD reads in a fast and accurate way.

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A set of software tools ( Reaper, Tally and Sequence Imp) designed to streamline the analysis of next-generation sequencing data. Although designed with small RNA sequence analysis in mind the tools can be used to address issues facing next-generation sequencing in general.

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Software to align single and paired end reads as short as 14 nt and of arbitrarily long length. Can detect short and long distance splicing, including interchromosomal splicing, in individual reads, using probabilistic models or database of known splice sites. Permits SNP-tolerant alignment to reference space of all possible combinations of major and minor alleles, and can align reads from bisulfite-treated DNA for study of methylation state.

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on May 3rd,2023. A software program designed to accurately map sequence data obtained from next-generation sequencing machines (specifically that of Solexa/Illumina) back to a genome of any size. By using the posterior probability of mapping a given read to a specific genomic loation, we are able to account for repetitive reads by distributing them across several regions in the genome. In addition, the output of the program is created in such a way that it can be easily viewed through other free and readily- available programs. Several benchmark data sets were created with spiked-in duplicate regions, and GNUMAP was able to more accurately account for these duplicate regions.

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Bradley Voytek''''s blog is where he tries out new ideas. He will often be wrong, but that''''s the point. He is a Neuroscientist studying human cognition, neuroplasticity, and brain computer interfacing. Into really geeky stuff. World zombie neuroscience expert. Also runs brainSCANr.com with his wife, Jessica.

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Software program (based on CUSHAW2) designed and optimized for Kepler-based GPUs, but still workable on earlier-generation Fermi-based ones.

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Software package for next-generation sequencing read alignment that is fast and parallel gapped read alignment to large genomes, such as the human genome.

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This blog belongs to me, Dave J Hayes PhD, a Neuroscientist at the University of Ottawa''s Institute of Mental Health Research. My research focuses on the neuroscience of motivation and emotion particularly regarding how brains and people respond to aversive and rewarding things in their environment. A neurosphere is a free-floating group of neural stem cells which can multiply, outside of their natural environment, and retain the ability to differentiate into functional brain cells. I don''t work on neurospheres. However, i like the metaphor of a group of people coming together, outside of their natural environment, through their interest in all things neuro which, incidentally, is everything. The sphere of human thought.

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Software pipeline to parse, map, quantify and manage large quantities of sequence data. CASHX is a set of tools that can be used together, or as independent modules on their own. The reference genome alignment tools can be used with any reference sequence in fasta format. The pipeline was designed and tested using Arabidopsis thaliana small RNA reads generated using an Illumina 1G.

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Software ultrafast memory efficient tool for aligning sequencing reads. Bowtie is short read aligner.

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Python package for analysing immune receptor sequences (antibodies and T cell receptors).

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A Web-based Tool for High-throughput Primer and Probe Design. The program has its different utilities available on its web server. A standalone version is also available. Algorithms: * SSPD - Sequence Specific Primer Design: to design primers for each of the specific sequences given by the user in the query input file against any alternate potential hybridization with any of the sequences given in the database input file. * PSPD - Probe Specific Primer Design: to design primers it selects the gene-specific fragments (probes) to design primer pairs for their PCR amplification. * FSPD Fragment Specific Primer Design: primer design algorithm used when there is a very long query sequence for which multiple primers are required for its amplification. * Check Binding Specificity * Probe Design Only: Probe design algorithm could be used to find sequence-specific probes, which doesn''t show any blast hit against database. Such probe design has been used for targeted sequencing like agilent sure-select technology with next-generation sequencing.

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A user-friendly software pipeline designed to map short reads in a MapReduce framework on a local Hadoop cluster. It is designed to be easily implemented by researchers who do not have expert knowledge of bioinformatics. As it does not have any dependencies, it provides full flexibility and control to the user. The user can use any version of a compatible mapper and any reference genome assembly. There is no need to maintain the mapper, reference or DistMap source code on each of the slaves (nodes) in the Hadoop cluster, making maintenance extremely easy.

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The Beautiful Brain explores the latest findings from the ever-growing field of neuroscience through monthly long-form essays, reviews, galleries, short-form blog posts and more, with particular attention to the dialogue between the arts and sciences. The site illuminates important new questions about creativity, the mind of the artist, and the mind of the observer that modern neuroscience is helping us to answer, or at least to provide part of an answer. Instances where art seeks to answer questions of a traditionally scientific nature are also of great interest, and for that reason you will hear from artists as well as scientists on The Beautiful Brain. The Beautiful Brain Podcast also explores the latest findings from the ever-growing field of neuroscience, with particular attention to the dialogue between the arts and sciences. In this monthly program, host Noah Hutton reports on news from the world of brain science, interviews important thinkers about their work, and reviews new literature in the field. The show illuminates important new questions about creativity, the mind of the artist, and the mind of the observer that modern neuroscience is helping us to answer, or at least to provide part of an answer. Instances where art seeks to answer questions of a traditionally scientific nature are also of great interest, and for that reason you will hear from artists as well as scientists on The Beautiful Brain. Subscribe today to receive a brand new episode each month.

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Called The Marquis de fMRI by Dr. Anon, NeuroPsyDoctor8 is about neurolaw and related moral cognition research, by someone who has a forensic psych type biz in NYC & then decided to pursue a neuropsych PhD. Now she uses fMRI and a side of bourbon to figure it all out.

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The TIGR database is a collection of plant transcript sequences. Transcript assemblies are searchable using BLAST and accession number. The construction of plant transcript assemblies (TAs) is similar to the TIGR gene indices. The sequences that are used to build the plant TAs are expressed transcripts collected from dbEST (ESTs) and the NCBI GenBank nucleotide database (full length and partial cDNAs). "Virtual" transcript sequences derived from whole genome annotation projects are not included. All plant species for which more than 1,000 ESTs or cDNA sequences are available are included in this project. TAs are clustered and assembled using the TGICL tool (Pertea et al., 2003), Megablast (Zhang et al., 2000) and the CAP3 assembler (Huang and Madan, 1999). TGICL is a wrapper script which invokes Megablast and CAP3. Sequences are initially clustered based on an all-against-all comparisons using Megablast. The initial clusters are assembled to generate consensus sequences using CAP3. Assembly criteria include a 50 bp minimum match, 95% minimum identity in the overlap region and 20 bp maximum unmatched overhangs. Any EST/cDNA sequences that are not assembled into TAs are included as singletons. All singletons retain their GenBank accession numbers as identifiers. Plant TA identifiers are of the form TAnumber_taxonID, where number is a unique numerical identifier of the transcript assembly and taxonID represents the NCBI taxon id. In order to provide annotation for the TAs, each TA/singleton was aligned to the UniProt Uniref database. For release 1 TAs, a masked version of the Uniref90 database was used. For release 2 and onwards, a masked version of the UniRef100 database is used. Alignments were required to have at least 20% identity and 20% coverage. The annotation for the protein with the best alignment to each TA or singleton was used as the annotation for that sequence. Additionally, the relative orientation of each TA/singleton to the best matching protein sequence was used to determine the orientation of each TA/singleton. Some sequences did not have alignments to the protein database that met our quality criteria, and those sequences have neither annotation nor orientation assignments. The release number for the plant TAs refers to the release version for a particular species. For the initial build, all TA sets are of version 1. Subsequent TA updates for new releases will be carried out when the percentage increase of the EST and cDNA counts exceeds 10% of the previous release and when the increase contains more than 1,000 new sequences. New releases will also include additional plant species with more than 1,000 EST or cDNA sequences that have become publicly available.

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BrainBlogger - YouTube are videos uploaded to YouTube by Brain Blogger. Brain Blogger covers topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. It reviews the latest news and stories related to neuroscience, psychiatry, and neurology. It serves as a focal point for attracting new minds beyond the science of the mind-and-brain and into the biopsychosocial model.

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The GNIF is a non-profit charity organization for the advancement of neurological and mental health patient welfare, education, and research. We aim to further brain related studies, end mental health stigmatization and discrimination, improve the well-being of afflicted individuals, promote the free and open-access distribution of brain related information, and institute universal and multidisciplinary distance educational programs. The paramount GNIF mission is the betterment of neurological and mental health patient welfare, education, and research. With the development of novel free and open-access Therapeutic Recreational Centers, health promotion campaigns, and other charitable activities throughout the world, this organization can aid diagnosed individuals and their advocates. By presenting free and open-access information and educational courses via a distance, the GNIF aims to educate clinicians, teachers, scientists, patients, and the general public on neuroscience, medicine, psychology, biotechnology, and computer science. Moreover, the GNIF supports a variety of sound research programs ranging from biomedical to spiritual studies on the nature of the mind-body connection, biopsychosocial model of health and disease, and health psychology/behavioral medicine practices. The Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation (GNIF) offers several projects and partnerships adherent to its missions. The following is an alphabetical listing of the GNIF Project Directory: * Brain Blogger * Brain Sciences & Neuropsychiatry * Distance Education Division * Ethics in Mental Health * Knowledge Center * Living with a Brain Disorder * Neuropsychiatry for Kids * Surgical Webcasts * Therapeutic Recreational Centers * Visual Brain Application

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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 22, 2016. Audio and video available from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

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