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  • MacVector and Applescript

    Up to MacVector 13 MacVector has had limited Applescript support. The current release (12.7.5) is able to open sequences, print them and that’s about it! We’ve had frequent requests for MacVector to batch process files. So with the new release (coming very soon) you can batch process files. No analysis can be undertaken just yet…

    Read more: MacVector and Applescript
    Jan 2, 2014

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    in Development, Releases, Tips

  • Quicktest Primer and restriction sites

    With the introduction of the Quicktest Primer tool in MacVector 12.6 primer design became even easier. Being able to slide your primer along a template sequence to see undesirable secondary structure and other attributes in realtime really does make it quicker and straightforward to design good primers. All user feedback we have had say it…

    Read more: Quicktest Primer and restriction sites
    Dec 11, 2013

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    Chris
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  • MacVector and Mavericks

    OS X Mavericks was released last week. As usual we’d been testing MacVector on the prerelease developer previews. We did come across a few issues, however, these all seem to be working fine now it’s officially released. So far we’ve done plenty of informal testing with MacVector 12.7.5 and we’ve not come across any major…

    Read more: MacVector and Mavericks
    Oct 30, 2013

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    Chris
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  • MacVector 12.7 Training Workshop, LMB, Cambridge

    When: Thursday 19th September, 2013, 2:00 – 4:00, Where: Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, LMB Chris Lindley of MacVector, Inc. will be giving a workshop for both novice and advanced users of MacVector, reviewing both basic and advanced functions in MacVector. In particular, he will highlight the new functionality introduced over the past two years to MacVector.…

    Read more: MacVector 12.7 Training Workshop, LMB, Cambridge
    Sep 17, 2013

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    Chris
    in Meetings, Techniques, Tips

  • The oldest entries in Genbank? Some fun for Labor day.

    Inspired by some tweets from @ewanbirney, because I’m waiting for lunch and because it’s Labor Day I used the Entrez tool to find the oldest entries (using the publication date field) in Genbank. For proteins there’s a single hit in 1979 For NA there’s 12 hits from 1982: Nothing useful here and it’s probably not…

    Read more: The oldest entries in Genbank? Some fun for Labor day.
    Sep 2, 2013

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    Chris
    in General

  • 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #32 – Understanding The Sequence Find Function

    We get quite a lot of support requests from users unsure of how to use the Find functionality in MacVector. It has changed somewhat over the years to try to simplify the interface, but there are still a few things to be aware of. You can invoke the Find function by bringing a sequence window…

    Read more: 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #32 – Understanding The Sequence Find Function
    Jul 12, 2013

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    Kevin
    in 101 Tips

  • 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #31 – Exporting Subsequences To Excel

    Many MacVector users like to keep track of primers used in the lab by maintaining them in a MacVector Nucleic Acid Subsequence file. I discussed this in a previous post and later described how to create a primer “database” from a Microsoft Excel file. We recently had a support request asking how to do the…

    Read more: 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #31 – Exporting Subsequences To Excel
    Jun 5, 2013

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    Kevin
    in 101 Tips

  • 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #30 – Submitting Sequences To GenBank using Sequin

    Note: while preparing this blog post we discovered a bug in MacVector 12.7.4 that prevents submission using the exact steps shown here. Be sure you are using MacVector 12.7.5 or later which has the bug fixed. If you are using an earlier version, send an e-mail to support@macvector.com and we’ll send you the details of…

    Read more: 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #30 – Submitting Sequences To GenBank using Sequin
    May 24, 2013

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    Kevin
    in 101 Tips

  • 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #29 – Option-Click to Close All Windows

    If you are like me, you often find yourself with many, many windows open while using MacVector. Sometimes you just want to get rid of everything and start all over again with a different project. You can always just quit MacVector and start again, but there is an easier way: Hold down the option key…

    Read more: 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #29 – Option-Click to Close All Windows
    May 9, 2013

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    Kevin
    in 101 Tips

  • 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #28 – Identifying Methylation Blocked Restriction Sites

    A big thanks to Jeffrey Dvorin at Boston Children’s Hospital for this great suggestion. Most common laboratory strains of E. coli contain a number of methylase enzymes that modify DNA residues, preventing certain restriction enzymes from cutting DNA isolated from those strains. The two most relevant enzymes are the Dam methylase that methylates the A…

    Read more: 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #28 – Identifying Methylation Blocked Restriction Sites
    Apr 26, 2013

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    Kevin
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