Month: May 2015
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Smart Folders and MacVector
OS X’s Finder has many features for quickly finding and working with your files. Spotlight Search is one such tool that most Mac users are familiar with. However, Smart Folders is a tool that is very useful but often overlooked. Smart Folders allow you to create a dynamic folder whose contents are derived from a…
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101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #44 – Opening matching sequences from an Align To Folder search
The Database | Align To Folder function is an extremely useful tool to help you find matching sequences on your own local file system. It is essentially a BLAST search of your own private sequence collection – a little slower, but more sensitive. You can use it to easily open all of the sequences you…
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MacVector at ASM2015
We’ll be at the 115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology from the 30th of May to the 2nd of June in New Orleans. We’re on booth 366. Please do drop by and say hello. We’ll be able to show you the upcoming release of MacVector 14 and other cool stuff. We’d also…
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101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #43 – Compatible Restriction Enzyme sites have special highlighting
Have you ever wondered how you are going to clone a particular fragment into a specific vector? What destination restriction sites are compatible with the enzymes you’ve chosen? MacVector has a unique color-coding approach to make it easy to identify compatible sites. Here’s how it works; First, select the source fragment you wish to clone.…