August 2020 Newsletter
Our August newsletter includes six new and updated software titles. This includes the latest release of R, version 4.0.2, with an additional 567 BioGrids installed packages.
Upgrade Your BioGrids Install Client
BioGrids Installer version 1.0.694 and earlier will display a message: "Missing Internet connection". This is due to an expired certificate.
All users must upgrade the install client to continue using it.
The issue has been corrected in the latest version (695), available here:
https://biogrids.org/wiki/client_install
Activated users can download the new version and use it without additional activation or registration steps.
As always, please let us know if you have any questions or problems upgrading - help@biogrids.org
Remote Working Help
The BioGrids Wiki provides step by step instructions for installing BioGrids software on a local laptop or desktop machine. If you prefer a live demonstration, or run into trouble, please contact help@biogrids.org. We can set up a Zoom meeting to assist you.
MacOS 10.15 Catalina
While we recommend not upgrading to 10.15 on any Mac with BioGrids already installed, we have implemented a workaround to install BioGrids and SBGrid on new machines. Two approaches are available.
Cite BioGrids
If your use of BioGrids supplied software was an important element in your publication, please include the following statement in your work:
"Software used in the project was installed and configured by BioGrids
(cite: eLife 2013;2:e01456, Collaboration gets the most out of software.)"
See our Grant Support page for additional details.
Register here to try out our software installer, which allows users to choose from over 290 bioinfomatics and life sciences tools that can be installed as ready-to-run applications on Mac or Linux machines with the click of a button or a short command from the CLI. No need to worry about dependencies or compilation.
BioGrids is supported by a team of scientists and engineers at HMS. We provide direct support to BioGrids members. This includes all aspects of software installation and management. If you need assistance of any kind please send a note to: help@biogrids.org.
BioGrids Installer
The BioGrids Installer is an easy to use application that makes installing and managing life sciences software simple and quick.
A command line version is also available for Macs and Linux. Download using the link button above and register here for activation.
The BioGrids team provides support, infrastructure and testing for scientific software packages. We currently provide 314 titles in five categories and over 1,500 R, python and perl packages and modules. The collection grows weekly. Learn more here: About BioGrids 
BioGrids QuickStart
If you are new to BioGrids and would like to quickly get started with the command line version, follow the instructions below:
1: Download the BioGrids Installer command line version
Linux CLI
curl -kLO https://biogrids.org/wiki/downloads/biogrids-1.0.695-Linux.tgz
tar zxf biogrids-1.0.694-Linux.tgz
cd biogrids-1.0.694-Linux
OSX CLI
curl -kLO https://biogrids.org/wiki/downloads/biogrids-1.0.695-Darwin.tgz
tar zxf biogrids-1.0.694-Darwin.tgz
cd biogrids-1.0.694-Darwin
2: Activate biogrids
./biogrids activate biogrid-production jvinent1 70rYFTDnmCr93VUklfbf1s3M4jdyC9bFVYHew==
Replace the site name, user name and activation key with your own credentials.
3: Install software with BioGrids
./biogrids install fastqc trimmomatic samtools star subread igv
When finished, verify applications are installed:
./biogrids installed
Software Updates
bioawk is an extension to Brian Kernighan's awk, with added support for several common biological data formats, including optionally gzip'ed BED, GFF, SAM, VCF, FASTA/Q, and TAB-delimited formats with column names along with new built-in functions and a command line option to use TAB as the input/output delimiter. When the new functionality is not used, bioawk should behave exactly like the original BWK awk.
Version: 1.0
MAFFT is a multiple sequence alignment program for unix-like operating systems. It offers a range of multiple alignment methods, L-INS-i (accurate; for alignment of <200 sequences), FFT-NS-2 (fast; for alignment of <30,000 sequences).
Version: 7.471
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. This BioGrids version includes an additional 567 packages.
Version: 4.0.2
scMatch is a single-cell gene expression profile annotation tool using reference datasets.
Version: 20200722
TractSeg is a tool for fast and accurate white matter bundle segmentation from Diffusion MRI. It can create bundle segmentations, segmentations of the endregions of bundles and Tract Orientation Maps (TOMs). Moreover, it can do tracking on the TOMs creating bundle-specific tractogram and do Tractometry analysis on those.
Version: 2.1.1
VEP determines the effect of your variants (SNPs, insertions, deletions, CNVs or structural variants) on genes, transcripts, and protein sequence, as well as regulatory regions.
Version: 100.2
Software Training
Training sessions available to HMS trainees:
HMS Research Computing
As part of Harvard Medical School's response to COVID-19, HMS Research Computing is now working remotely.
All training classes will be held online until further notice, via Zoom meetings.
See the HMS Research Computing Training Portal for the most current updates and registration.
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| Big Data: Scale Up to the Cloud with MATLAB |
September 1st |
| Machine Learning with MATLAB |
September 8th |
| Automated Image Labeling and Iterative Learning |
September 15th |
| Deep Learning for Neuroscience |
September 22nd |
The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core
See the Workshop Updates page for recent changes.
Introduction to single-cell RNA-seq data analysis (online) Advanced
August 27th, September 1st & 3rd
Three 2.5h sessions
Prerequisites Introduction to R
Bioinformatics Support
Need help getting software installed on new machines? Have you been planning to try Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing?
BioGrids can help you get started. We have expertise in bioinformatics, programming, workflow development and high performance computing.
We improve the collection with feedback from the community.
Want to see a new application in BioGrids?
Let us know: help@biogrids.org
BioGrids is supported by Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital and relies on a framework that was developed by SBGrid.
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