Search, Download, and Visualize Human RNA-Seq Gene Expression Data in NCBI’s Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)

Are you interested in accessing consistently computed gene expression count matrices across thousands of experimental studies for half a million samples? Now you can! We are pleased to announce the availability of gene expression count matrices generated from all the human RNA-seq studies in GEO.   Search  You can find studies with RNA-seq counts by … Continue reading Search, Download, and Visualize Human RNA-Seq Gene Expression Data in NCBI’s Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)

NCBI on YouTube: Customize MSA Viewer, SciENcv, plants and RNA-Seq data, Datasets and PubMed

Missed a few videos on YouTube? Here’s the latest from our channel. Customize the MSA Viewer to Make Your Analysis Easier We’re constantly improving the Multiple Sequence Alignment (MSA) Viewer. This video demonstrates several new and popular features, including the ability to change data columns, hide selected rows, analyze polymorphisms, and more. An Update to … Continue reading NCBI on YouTube: Customize MSA Viewer, SciENcv, plants and RNA-Seq data, Datasets and PubMed

View GEO, SRA, or dbGaP data tracks in NCBI’s Genome Data Viewer

Did you know that you can see epigenomic or other experimental data in NCBI’s Genome Data Viewer (GDV)? You can easily add aligned study results from GEO, SRA, and dbGaP as data tracks to GDV browser view. Just go to the Tracks button on the toolbar and select the menu option to Configure Tracks. Navigate … Continue reading View GEO, SRA, or dbGaP data tracks in NCBI’s Genome Data Viewer

The Sequence Read Archive slims down your data with SRA Lite

In response to your requests for compact and faster-to-deliver data, NIH’s Sequence Read Archive (SRA) now offers a new data format – SRA Lite (Figure 1).  SRA Lite supports reliable and faster data transfer, downloads, and analysis using current tools. SRA Lite replaces the submitted base quality score (BQS) with a simplified read quality score, … Continue reading The Sequence Read Archive slims down your data with SRA Lite

Aug 18 Webinar: Finding Data for your Research Organism: Plants and RNA-Seq data

Join us on August 18, 2021 at 12PM eastern time for the second webinar on finding data for your non-model research organism. In this webinar, you will learn how to use NCBI’s web resources to get data for a plant species, the black cottonwood. You will see how to find, access, and analyze gene and … Continue reading Aug 18 Webinar: Finding Data for your Research Organism: Plants and RNA-Seq data

Magic-BLAST version 1.6.0 is here!

We’ve just released  a new version (1.6.0) of Magic-BLAST, the BLAST-based next-gen alignment tool, with these improvements: Usage reporting — you can help improve Magic-BLAST by sharing limited information about your search. The BLAST User Manual has details on the information collected, how it is used, and how to opt-out. Magic BLAST can access NCBI … Continue reading Magic-BLAST version 1.6.0 is here!

View intron feature evidence in the Genome Data Viewer and Sequence Viewer

Are you a researcher who works on gene biology and are interested in alternative splice patterns in your gene or genes of interest?  If so, be sure to explore the intron feature evidence available in graphics views of genome assemblies annotated by NCBI. You can view the NCBI evidence used for calling splice variant for … Continue reading View intron feature evidence in the Genome Data Viewer and Sequence Viewer

We want to hear from you about changes to NIH’s Sequence Read Archive data format and storage

NIH’s Sequence Read Archive (SRA) is the largest, most diverse collection of next generation sequencing data from human, non-human and microbial sources. Hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), SRA data … Continue reading

May 20 webinar: Exploring SRA metadata in the cloud with BigQuery

Join us on May 20th to learn how to use Google’s BigQuery to quickly search the data from the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) in the cloud to speed up your bioinformatic research and discovery projects. BigQuery is a tool for … Continue reading

April 8 Webinar: Accelerate genomics discovery with SRA in the cloud

On Wednesday, April 8, 2019 at 12 PM, NCBI staff will show you how to leverage the cloud to speed up your research and discovery. You’ll be introduced to new and existing tools and data including BigQuery, SRA Toolkit, and … Continue reading