GeWorkbench
geWorkbench is an open-source software platform for integrated genomic data analysis. It is a desktop application written in the programming language Java. geWorkbench uses a component architecture., there are more than 70 plug-ins available, providing for the visualization and analysis of gene expression, sequence, and structure data.
geWorkbench is the Bioinformatics platform of MAGNet, the National Center for the Multi-scale Analysis of Genomic and Cellular Networks, one of the 8 National Centers for Biomedical Computing funded through the NIH Roadmap. Many systems and structure biology tools developed by MAGNet investigators are available as geWorkbench plugins.
Features
- Computational analysis tools such as t-test, hierarchical clustering, self-organizing maps, regulatory network reconstruction, BLAST searches, pattern-motif discovery, protein structure prediction, structure-based protein annotation, etc.
- Visualization of gene expression, molecular interaction networks, protein sequence and protein structure data.
- Integration of gene and pathway annotation information from curated sources as well as through Gene Ontology enrichment analysis.
- Component integration through platform management of inputs and outputs. Among data that can be shared between components are expression datasets, interaction networks, sample and marker sets and sequences.
- Dataset history tracking - complete record of data sets used and input settings.
- Integration with 3rd party tools such as GenePattern, Cytoscape, and Genomespace.
Versions
- geWorkbench is open-source software that can be downloaded and installed locally. A zip file of the released version Java source is also available.
- Prepackaged installer versions also exist for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux.