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Month: January 2026

  • MacVectorTip: Working with Oxford Nanopore Long Read Data

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    Here’s a few tips regarding analyzing long read data from the Oxford Nanopore Technology MinION and GridION machines. First, you should always first create a File | New | Assembly Project and then (typically) click on the Add Reads toolbar button and select the appropriate fastq formatted data files. These are often supplied in compressed…

  • Batch BLAST

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    MacVector 18.8 is out and it’s packed with new tools! MacVector 18.8 has tools to help you identify and annotate unknown, unannotated or partially annotated sequences. Ideal for identifying contigs from a de novo assembly. One of these new tools is AutoAnnotate (via BLAST) Batch BLAST is a game-changing feature that revolutionises the way you identify unknown sequences. With…