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MacVector 13.0.4 is ready to install
Read more: MacVector 13.0.4 is ready to installThis is a critical bug-fix update to MacVector 13.0.3 that should be installed by all users of MacVector 13. The bugs fixed are listed in the Release Notes and you may download the installer. However, you’ll be able to update using Sparkle from inside MacVector as long as you are running MacVector 13.0.1 and later.
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Online updating with Sparkle
Read more: Online updating with SparkleHaving to update software is an annoying, but essential, part of modern computing life! All software has bugs that need fixing and good software should add new features as well. We try with MacVector to do both, But that means that from time to time you will need to download and install a new version.…
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101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #33 – Tear-off Result Window Tabs
Read more: 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #33 – Tear-off Result Window TabsMacVector 13 has a great new feature where all analysis results for an individual sequence are collected into a single tabbed result window to reduce window clutter. However, there are times when it is very convenient to have results displayed in side-by-side windows. For example, if you run a Matrix Comparison (commonly known as a…
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Using Applescript to batch convert files.
Read more: Using Applescript to batch convert files.Up until MacVector 13 Applescript support was fairly limited. However, with this release we’ve started to expand it. The first enhancement has been to improve the export of files. Now you can export files to any supported format. Over the next few releases this support will be further expanded to include some analysis tools. If…
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MacVector at the ASM in Boston
Read more: MacVector at the ASM in BostonWe’ll be at the 114th American Society for Microbiology this coming Saturday, May 17-20, 2014 in Boston. Come visit us if you are also in Boston. We’re on booth 345. We’ll have demo CDs of our latest release, MacVector 13, and there’ll be mouse pads and incubator tube floaties to pick up. Probably candy too!…
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MacVector 13.0.1 released.
Read more: MacVector 13.0.1 released.We’ve just released a minor update, MacVector 13.0.1. This release has a few minor bug fixes that have been reported in the past month. However, this release also sees the introduction of online updating via Sparkle. This allows you to update your copy of MacVector in place. Once a day MacVector will check our website…
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MacVector at the NIH Research Festival April 23 – 24
Read more: MacVector at the NIH Research Festival April 23 – 24For all of our NIH users: We will be at booth # 314 at the NIH Research Festival that is Wed. – Thurs., April 23 – 24. Please stop by for a demo of our new release, MacVector 13, and some other freebies, including discounted Easter candy!
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Accessing BAM files from an Assembly Project file
Read more: Accessing BAM files from an Assembly Project fileAll assemblies are stored using the BAM file format. This is a binary file that stores each read and where and which consensus/contig/reference it is mapped against. It is a compressed version of the pure text SAM format. For some post assembly tasks it is necessary to do further processing on the BAM file. To…
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de novo assembly with Velvet
Read more: de novo assembly with VelvetVelvet is a short read aligner that works very well on a wide variety of reads. Velvet excels at de novo assembly of sequencing reads from second and newer generation sequencers. In our latest release, MacVector 13, we’ve added Velvet to Assembler. This joins the existing tools, Phrap for Sanger sequencing reads and Bowtie for…
