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W. James Kent

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:batch correction / integration· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Benedict PateniD· 2 shared David Haussler· 2 shared Adam Novak· 1 shared Alden D. Deran· 1 shared Angie S. HinrichsiD· 1 shared Ann S. Zweig· 1 shared Anthony D. JosephiD· 1 shared Arjun Rao· 1 shared

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Rapid and efficient analysis of 20,000 RNA-seq samples with Toil

John Vivian, Arjun Rao, Frank Austin Nothaft, Christopher Ketchum, Joel Armstrong, Adam Novak, Jacob Pfeil, Jake Narkizian, Alden D. Deran, Audrey Musselman-Brown, Hannes Schmidt, Peter Amstutz, Brian Craft, Mary Goldman, Kate Rosenbloom, , Benedict Paten

The paper demonstrates Toil's ability to efficiently process 20,000 RNA-seq samples to create a batch-effect-free meta-analysis across five datasets.

bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2016Bioinformatics

The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2016 update

Matthew L. Speir, Ann S. Zweig, Kate R. Rosenbloom, Brian J. Raney, Benedict Paten, Parisa Nejad, Brian T. Lee, Katrina Learned, Donna Karolchik, Angie S. Hinrichs, Steve Heitner, Rachel A. Harte, Maximilian Haeussler, Luvina Guruvadoo, Pauline A. Fujita, , W. James Kent

The paper updates the UCSC Genome Browser with new features and data sets, including improved human genome assembly hg38/GRCh38 and new tools for data integration.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2015Genomics