It might look simple - to change straight connecting lines to curvy splines - but using standard graphics libraries to draw thousands of Bezier curves will not provide adequate rendering speeds. We had to delve deeply into the GPU shader...
As you probably noticed, when the Persephone's stage is empty, we show a graphical representation of the selected genome. We made the overview of the maps more informative by adding the sequence histograms. They are based on the GC content...
We have loaded 23 genomes of the genus Solanum from the project described at Solgenomics.net. The set includes species such as bitter tomato, African eggplant, melon-pear, and others. They can be opened in Persephone by following these direct links: Solanum abutiloides...
Plant GARDEN is one of the world's largest genome portal sites, hosting plant genome information for approximately 600 species. From 2025 onward, Plant GARDEN will be hosted and operated by The University of Tokyo. Along with this transition, a structural...
An Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) cultivar Rabiosa genome has been loaded to the system. The other ryegrass genomes can be linked by orthologous gene pairs. Use the Multimap tool to align individual maps. Open the list of Italian ryegrass maps by...
We are pleased to announce that BIOS, the supercomputer biotechnology center in Colombia, has licensed Persephone. The center specializes in advanced biotechnology research and bioinformatics. It focuses on innovative projects to improve health, agriculture, and environmental sustainability. By engaging Cloud...
It was a pleasure collaborating with scientists from KAUST, INRAE, and other institutions on our recent publication in Nature, titled "Genome assembly of a diversity panel of Chenopodium quinoa." As part of this collaboration, we uploaded nine quinoa genomes to...
A small addition to the coffee pangenome data set: Coffea arabica var. Geisha. Chromosomes of C.arabica Geisha and Cara_1.0 are aligned using minimap2 Here is the direct link to this screen in Persephone: https://web.persephonesoft.com/?bookmark=B71E475989EAFC13B9D9E68A8FE6ACC9 The genome of Geisha variety was downloaded from Phytozome....
Attending the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) meeting in San Diego is always a highlight for us. The audience and the functionality of our tool match very well. Our previous experience working with plant genomes has allowed us to establish...
Happy New Year, All! We are going to the Plant and Animal Genome conference in San Diego. There, we will present our latest version of Persephone. It includes new features that make navigating pangenomes easier.We are introducing the redesigned Synteny matrix,...