KEGG Pathways in OmicsBox
Paula Cubilles
March 22, 2023
This article explains how to analyse your data with the help of KEGG Pathways with OmicsBox. The free KEGG pathway app can be installed via the App Manager.
Quality Assessment of DNA-Seq De Novo Assemblies using QUAST
Marta Benegas Coll
March 7, 2023
Genetic Variation studies often involve analyzing samples from a previously studied species. For instance, it is of interest to examine genomes of various cultivars, strains, or populations of the same species. In such cases, it may be necessary to perform de novo DNA-Seq assembly to obtain the genome of the sequenced organisms, even if a reference genome is available. To
LongTREC – BioBam member of a new ITN initiative
Paula Cubilles
March 6, 2023
The European Union’s ITN initiative provides funding and hosting opportunities for Ph.D. students from around the world. As previously noted in one of our earlier posts, the ITN brings together some of the most prestigious institutions in the European Union to work on innovative research projects. Today we are pleased to present you the LongTREC project. Its primary objective is
OmicsBox 3.0 Release: New Module and Features
Paula Cubilles
February 15, 2023
Once again we are pleased to announce the latest update of OmicsBox 3.0. The whole BioBam team has worked to bring the new version of the BioBam bioinformatics solution to life. We proudly present the Genetic Variation Module as the highlight of OmicsBox 3.0. This module enables variant calling, filtering, and annotation, as well as the association of genetic variations
BioBam Team at PAG30 in San Diego
Paula Cubilles
February 9, 2023
This January, the BioBam team had the pleasure of attending the Plant and Animal Genome Conference in San Diego, California. This international event is a MUST for everyone working in the Plant and Animal Genomics space. For us, coming back to PAG after the Covid break was a great opportunity to get re-connected to the community and catch up with
Predict coding regions within transcripts in OmicsBox with TransDecoder
Enrique Presa
February 4, 2023
Most transcripts assembled from eukaryotic and prokaryotic RNA-Seq data are expected to code for proteins. The most practical procedure to identify likely coding transcripts is a sequence homology search, such as by BLASTX, against sequences from well-annotated and related species. Predicting coding regions is crucial to determine the molecular role that transcripts play in the cell. Unfortunately, such well-annotated nearby
OmicsBox Sign-Up Activation Tutorial
Paula Cubilles
January 18, 2023
In this article, you will find simple and quick instructions to create your OmicsBox account. Please follow each step of the process and in case any doubt or error may arise, email our support team at support@omicsbox.com. How to Sign-Up in OmicsBox: Step 1: Start Up OmicsBox to activate the software Introduce the Subscription Key you received in your
OmicsBox won’t start on Ubuntu Linux
David Seide
January 8, 2023
Sometimes OmicsBox Won’t Start on Ubuntu Linux and other distributions, OmicsBox might not start. This can happen due to an incompatibility of JavaFX in combination with Wayland and GTK3. This blog describes a possible workaround for this problem. Step 1: Open a terminal window and check if the following command gives you “wayland”. If it gives you “x11” the OmicsBox
BioBam is part of INTERCEPT-MDS, a European ITN
Paula Cubilles
December 13, 2022
We are very proud to be part of the European Project INTERCEPT-MDS, a highly competitive international training network (ITN) that seeks to advance cancer research and have a high impact on future generations of researchers. In this article, you can learn more about ITNs in general and this initiative in particular. What is an ITN? An ITN is a training
