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,...
We have published a new video overview of Persephone's main functionality. While the 26-minute video doesn't delve into every detail, it offers a comprehensive high-level review designed to help new users get acquainted with the application. We hope this overview...
Attending a human genome conference (American Society of Human Genetics) for the first time was an exciting milestone for us. Persephone is genome-agnostic and suitable for a variety of species, so we believed that researchers in human genomics could greatly...
We keep adding new features to Persephone. In the Summer Update, we introduced DNA motif search and the tools for analysis of variation in a given genomic region. DNA motif search This feature has been designed to help answer challenging questions...
We have added a new set of SNPs for the wheat genome (IWGSC v2.1). The VCF file with the variants (ExomeCapture) was downloaded from https://zenodo.org/records/7852690. According to the description of the dataset at Variations - WHEAT URGI (inra.fr), "VCF file of 2,799,166...
A simple trick will help you opening the web version of Persephone as an application in its own browser window. This will add some extra space for the application as the address and the bookmark bars will be hidden: Saving Persephone...