New Array Analysis and Display Tool
Finch Suite of Sequence Analysis and Storage Applications Available
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Sequence Analysis with your Web Browser

The ABCC recently added or upgraded several pieces of software that should be of use to the local scientific community.

We have also been working with Dr. Peter Lemkin of the Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology, DBS, NCI-Frederick. Dr. Lemkin has also made an array analysis and display tool that is very robust, can be run either as an applet or an application and has many features being added almost daily. We have been trying to get the many sources of microarray data (e.g., Affymetrix, Incyte and NCI) to all work seamlessly with Dr. Lemkin's program and have currently added the capability to work with the Incyte Gem data.

The Microarray Explorer can be seen at http://maexplorer.sourceforge.net/. We hope to eventually be able to use this tool to compare data from experiments performed with these different technologies directly.

The ABCC recently acquired the finch suite of sequence analysis and storage applications. These tools allow for the storage and retrieval of raw and processed sequence information. The platform can also be used to submit sequencing requests to the Molecular Technology Laboratory in either 96well or individual analysis. The request information as well as any of the derived sequence information can then be viewed or retrieved via the web.