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MacVector 13 is almost out…..!
Read more: MacVector 13 is almost out…..!The next version of MacVector is almost ready to be released. MacVector 13 is more powerful and intuitive than ever. There’s not only some very useful new tools and features but MacVector 13 has had a redesign. A fresh new interface MacVector 13 looks great. The interface is now muted to suit the look and…
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MacVector and Applescript
Read more: MacVector and ApplescriptUp 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…
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Quicktest Primer and restriction sites
Read more: Quicktest Primer and restriction sitesWith 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…
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MacVector and Mavericks
Read more: MacVector and MavericksOS 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…
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MacVector 12.7 Training Workshop, LMB, Cambridge
Read more: MacVector 12.7 Training Workshop, LMB, CambridgeWhen: 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.…
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The oldest entries in Genbank? Some fun for Labor day.
Read more: 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…
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101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #32 – Understanding The Sequence Find Function
Read more: 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #32 – Understanding The Sequence Find FunctionWe 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…
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101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #31 – Exporting Subsequences To Excel
Read more: 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #31 – Exporting Subsequences To ExcelMany 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…
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101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #30 – Submitting Sequences To GenBank using Sequin
Read more: 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #30 – Submitting Sequences To GenBank using SequinNote: 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…
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101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #29 – Option-Click to Close All Windows
Read more: 101 things you (maybe) didn’t know about MacVector: #29 – Option-Click to Close All WindowsIf 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…
