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SAMTOOLS Resource Report Resource Website 10000+ mentions |
SAMTOOLS (RRID:SCR_002105) | SAMtools | sequence analysis software, data processing software, data analysis software, software toolkit, software application, software resource | Original SAMTOOLS package has been split into three separate repositories including Samtools, BCFtools and HTSlib. Samtools for manipulating next generation sequencing data used for reading, writing, editing, indexing,viewing nucleotide alignments in SAM,BAM,CRAM format. BCFtools used for reading, writing BCF2,VCF, gVCF files and calling, filtering, summarising SNP and short indel sequence variants. HTSlib used for reading, writing high throughput sequencing data. | Samtools, BCFtools, HTSlib, next generation sequencing, nucleotide alignments, sequence variant, genomic, c, perl, read, alignment, nucleotide, sequence, data, process, sam, bam, cram, vcf, bcf, bio.tools |
is used by: deFuse is used by: Short Read Sequence Typing for Bacterial Pathogens is used by: ROSE is used by: Fcirc is listed by: OMICtools is listed by: Genetic Analysis Software is listed by: SNVer is listed by: Debian is listed by: bio.tools is listed by: SoftCite is related to: Platypus is related to: shovill is related to: pysam has parent organization: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Hinxton; United Kingdom is parent organization of: SAMtools/BCFtools is required by: RelocaTE is required by: Wessim is required by: SL-quant is required by: smMIPfil |
Wellcome Trust ; NHGRI U54 HG002750 |
PMID:19505943 PMID:21903627 DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/btp352 |
Free, Available for download, Freely available | SCR_018682, biotools:samtools, OMICS_01074, nlx_154607, OMICS_00090 | https://github.com/samtools/samtools https://github.com/samtools/htslib https://bio.tools/samtools https://sources.debian.org/src/samtools/ |
http://samtools.sourceforge.net/ | SCR_002105 | samtools, Samtools, Sequence Alignment Map TOOLS, SAMtools, SAM tools | 2026-02-14 02:00:18 | 30156 | |||
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BLASTN Resource Report Resource Website 10000+ mentions |
BLASTN (RRID:SCR_001598) | BLASTn | data analysis service, analysis service resource, data or information resource, production service resource, service resource, database | Web application to search nucleotide databases using a nucleotide query. Algorithms: blastn, megablast, discontiguous megablast. | nucleotide, alignment, compare, sequence, genome, blast, transcript, dna sequence |
is listed by: OMICtools is listed by: SoftCite has parent organization: NCBI works with: Seek and Blastn works with: RMBlast |
PMID:17666756 PMID:18567917 |
Free, Freely available | nlx_153932, OMICS_00990 | http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?PROGRAM=blastn&PAGE_TYPE=BlastSearch&LINK_LOC=blasthome | SCR_001598 | NCBI BLASTN, Nucleotide Blast, Standard Nucleotide BLAST | 2026-02-14 02:00:04 | 19679 | |||||
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Sequencher Resource Report Resource Website 1000+ mentions |
Sequencher (RRID:SCR_001528) | Sequencher sequence analysis software | sequence analysis software, data processing software, data analysis software, software application, software resource | Software for Next-Generation DNA sequencing, Sanger DNA analysis, and RNA sequencing. It contains sequence analysis tools which include reference-guided alignments, de novo assembly, variant calling, and SNP analyses. It has integrated the Cufflinks suite for in-depth transcript analysis and differential gene expression of RNA-Seq data. | dna, sequencing, sequence analysis software, NGS, sanger, data visualization |
is listed by: OMICtools is listed by: SoftCite |
Available for download | OMICS_01817 | http://genecodes.com/sequencher-features | SCR_001528 | Sequencher sequence analysis software | 2026-02-14 02:00:05 | 4965 | ||||||
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PLINK Resource Report Resource Website 10000+ mentions Issue |
PLINK (RRID:SCR_001757) | data processing software, data analysis software, software toolkit, software application, software resource | Open source whole genome association analysis toolset, designed to perform range of basic, large scale analyses in computationally efficient manner. Used for analysis of genotype/phenotype data. Through integration with gPLINK and Haploview, there is some support for subsequent visualization, annotation and storage of results. PLINK 1.9 is improved and second generation of the software. | gene, genetic, genomic, genotype, phenotype, copy number variant, whole-genome association, population, linkage analysis, whole-genome association study, data management, summary statistics, population stratification, association analysis, identity-by-descent estimation |
is listed by: OMICtools is listed by: Genetic Analysis Software is listed by: NeuroImaging Tools and Resources Collaboratory (NITRC) is listed by: Debian is listed by: SoftCite is related to: Whap is related to: PLINK/SEQ is related to: Haploview is related to: MendelIHT.jl |
PMID:17701901 DOI:10.1086/519795 |
Free, Available for download, Freely Available | nlx_154200, OMICS_00206, SCR_021271 | https://zzz.bwh.harvard.edu/plink/ https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/general_usage#cite https://sources.debian.org/src/plink/ |
http://pngu.mgh.harvard.edu/~purcell/plink/ | SCR_001757 | PLINK 1.9, PLINK/SEQ, plink - Whole genome association analysis toolset | 2026-02-14 02:00:10 | 15344 | |||||
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GenABEL Resource Report Resource Website 500+ mentions |
GenABEL (RRID:SCR_001842) | software resource, software library, software toolkit | THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on February 28,2023. R software library for genome-wide association analysis for quantitative, binary and time-till-event traits. | r, genome-wide association, single nucleotide polymorphism |
is listed by: OMICtools is listed by: Genetic Analysis Software is listed by: Debian is listed by: SoftCite |
Centre for Medical Systems Biology; Netherlands ; Netherlands Genomics Initiative ; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research ; Russian Foundation for Basic Research |
PMID:17384015 DOI:10.1186/1471-2105-11-134 DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/btm108 |
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE | nlx_154328, OMICS_00234 | http://mga.bionet.nsc.ru/~yurii/ABEL/GenABEL/ https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/GenABEL/index.html https://sources.debian.org/src/probabel/ |
SCR_001842 | GenABEL package, R/GENABEL | 2026-02-14 02:00:12 | 506 | |||||
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FreeSurfer Resource Report Resource Website 10000+ mentions |
FreeSurfer (RRID:SCR_001847) | FreeSurfer | data visualization software, data processing software, software application, software resource, image analysis software | Open source software suite for processing and analyzing human brain MRI images. Used for reconstruction of brain cortical surface from structural MRI data, and overlay of functional MRI data onto reconstructed surface. Contains automatic structural imaging stream for processing cross sectional and longitudinal data. Provides anatomical analysis tools, including: representation of cortical surface between white and gray matter, representation of the pial surface, segmentation of white matter from rest of brain, skull stripping, B1 bias field correction, nonlinear registration of cortical surface of individual with stereotaxic atlas, labeling of regions of cortical surface, statistical analysis of group morphometry differences, and labeling of subcortical brain structures.Operating System: Linux, macOS. | processing, analysis, human, brain, MRI, image, reconstruction, cortical, surface, fMRI, data |
is used by: Wisconsin Cortical Thickness Analysis (CTA) Toolbox is used by: freesurfR is used by: Automatic Analysis is used by: NHP Freesurfer is listed by: NeuroImaging Tools and Resources Collaboratory (NITRC) is listed by: Biositemaps is listed by: Debian is listed by: SoftCite is related to: PySurfer is related to: RFT FDR is related to: FMRLAB is related to: TRACULA is related to: BASH4RfMRI has parent organization: Harvard University; Cambridge; United States has plug in: JOSA works with: NIAG Addiction Data |
NCRR U24 RR021382; NINDS R01 NS052585; NCRR RR014075 |
PMID:22248573 | Free, Available for download, Freely available | nif-0000-00304 | https://sources.debian.org/src/freesurfer/ http://www.nitrc.org/projects/freesurfer http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/DownloadAndInstall |
SCR_001847 | 2026-02-14 02:00:12 | 11817 | |||||
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AStalavista Resource Report Resource Website 50+ mentions |
AStalavista (RRID:SCR_001815) | AStalavista | data analysis service, analysis service resource, production service resource, service resource, software resource | Tool that extracts and displays alternative splicing (AS) events from a given genomic annotation of exon-intron gene coordinates. By comparing all given transcripts, it detects the variations in their splicing structure and identifies all AS events (like exon skipping, alternate donor, etc) by assigning to each of them an AS code. It provides a visual summary of the AS landscape in the analyzed dataset, the possibility to browse the results on the UCSC website or to download them in GTF or ASTA format. You can use AStalavista for any genome by providing your own annotation set, the identifier of your gene(s) of interest, or analyze the AS landscape of reference annotation datasets like Gencode, RefSeq, Ensembl, FlyBase, etc. | alternative splicing event, alternative splicing, visualization, genome, transcript |
is listed by: OMICtools is listed by: SoftCite has parent organization: Center for Genomic Regulation; Barcelona; Spain |
PMID:17485470 | THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE | OMICS_01943 | http://genome.imim.es/astalavista http://genome.crg.es/astalavista/ |
SCR_001815 | Alternative Splicing transcriptional landscape visualization tool | 2026-02-14 02:00:19 | 83 | |||||
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NIS-Elements Resource Report Resource Website 1000+ mentions Rating or validation data |
NIS-Elements (RRID:SCR_014329) | data processing software, data analysis software, software toolkit, software application, software resource | Microscope imaging software suite used with Nikon products. NIS-Elements includes software applications for advanced and standard research, documentation, confocal microscopy, and high-content analysis., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025. | element, microscope imaging software, software suite, nikon |
is listed by: SoftCite works with: Nikon ECLIPSE Ti2 inverted microscope |
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE | SCR_014329 | Nikon Instruments Software Elements, NIS Elements, Nikon Instruments Software | 2026-02-14 02:02:39 | 3462 | |||||||||
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IMAGIC Resource Report Resource Website 100+ mentions |
IMAGIC (RRID:SCR_014447) | data processing software, software application, image processing software, software resource, image analysis software | An image analysis software that can process spectra and other multi-dimensional data-sets. The software package is aimed at processing large data sets from (cryo-) electron microscopy, especially in the field of single particle analyses. This software can be used with light and raster-tunneling microscopes, computer tomographs, FT-IR spectrometers and other signal collecting devices. This resource provides three-dimensional data processing and angular reconstitution modules that allow the three-dimensional reconstruction with point-group symmetry from the two dimensional electron microscopy projections. These models aid in the analysis of the macromolecules. | image analysis, spectra, multi-dimensional data, macromolecule, 3d processing, tomograph, spectrometer, software environment | is listed by: SoftCite | PMID:8742718 | Commercial, Account needed for download | SCR_014447 | 2026-02-14 02:02:39 | 217 | |||||||||
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LSM Image Examiner Resource Report Resource Website 1000+ mentions Rating or validation data |
LSM Image Examiner (RRID:SCR_014344) | data management software, software resource, software application | Software used to compile images obtained from the Zeiss LSM 510 confocal microscope. The browser can be used for general image archiving and handling and interactive measurement in labs and workgroups. Features include orthogonal sectioning, 3D cut function, 3D view with calculation of single projections, and interactive measurement functions in the overlay dialog, such as scale bar, distance, and area. | data management software, image archive, image management, interactive measurement | is listed by: SoftCite | Available for download | http://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en_us/website/downloads/lsm-image-browser.html http://lsm-image-examiner.software.informer.com | SCR_014344 | LSM Image Browser | 2026-02-14 02:02:37 | 1508 | ||||||||
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Definiens Developer XD Resource Report Resource Website 10+ mentions |
Definiens Developer XD (RRID:SCR_014283) | software resource | A development environment designed to create automated image analysis solutions for segmentation and classification tasks. It delivers quantitative and consistent data for any type of image (e.g., IHC, ISH, IF images in different formats). Developer XD also contains a large library of image analysis algorithms, which users can add to, for whole slide images and tissue microarrays (TMAs). It can be integrated with an existing Tissue Studio installation. | development environment, image analysis solution, segmentation, classification, image analysis algorithm library, tissue microarray, whole slide image, tissue studio | is listed by: SoftCite | SCR_014283 | 2026-02-14 02:02:58 | 10 | |||||||||||
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I-TASSER Resource Report Resource Website 1000+ mentions |
I-TASSER (RRID:SCR_014627) | data analysis software, software resource, data processing software, software application | Web server as integrated platform for automated protein structure and function prediction. Used for protein 3D structure prediction. Resource for automated protein structure prediction and structure-based function annotation. | Automated prediction, protein structure prediction, protein function prediction, protein 3D structure, amino acid sequence, alignment, simulation, 3D atomic model, protein, bio.tools |
is listed by: bio.tools is listed by: Debian is listed by: SoftCite has parent organization: University of Michigan; Ann Arbor; USA has parent organization: University of Kansas; Kansas; USA |
NIGMS GM083107; NIGMS GM084222 |
DOI:10.1186/1471-2105-9-40 DOI:10.1093/nar/gkv342 PMID:20360767 PMID:18215316 |
Free, Available for download, Freely available | biotools:i-tasser, SCR_018803 | https://bio.tools/i-tasser | SCR_014627 | Iterative Threading Assembly Refinement, Iterative Threading ASSEmbly Refinement | 2026-02-14 02:02:57 | 3702 | |||||
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Cufflinks Resource Report Resource Website 5000+ mentions |
Cufflinks (RRID:SCR_014597) | sequence analysis software, data processing software, data analysis software, software application, software resource | Software tool for transcriptome assembly and differential expression analysis for RNA-Seq. Includes script called cuffmerge that can be used to merge together several Cufflinks assemblies. It also handles running Cuffcompare as well as automatically filtering a number of transfrags that are likely to be artifacts. If the researcher has a reference GTF file, the researcher can provide it to the script to more effectively merge novel isoforms and maximize overall assembly quality. | transcriptome, rna-seq, rna seq, cuffmerge, cufflink, cuffcompare, transfrags, artifacts, gtf file, transcriptome assembly, expression analysis, bio.tools, bio.tools |
is listed by: Debian is listed by: bio.tools is listed by: OMICtools is listed by: SoftCite works with: GeneScissors is hosted by: GitHub |
DOI:10.1038/nbt.1621 | Acknowledgement requested, Source code available on GitHub | biotools:cufflinks, OMICS_01304, SCR_013307 | https://github.com/cole-trapnell-lab/cufflinks https://bio.tools/cufflinks https://sources.debian.org/src/cufflinks/ |
SCR_014597 | 2026-02-14 02:02:57 | 8838 | |||||||
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Minitab Resource Report Resource Website 5000+ mentions |
Minitab (RRID:SCR_014483) | data analysis software, software resource, data processing software, software application | A statistical software package that allows the user to import data, create graphs, and perform statistical analysis. It can perform basic statistical tests like descriptive statistics, hypothesis tests, confidence intervals, and normality tests as well as regression and ANOVA and quality assessment. | data analysis, statistical analysis, hypothesis, confidence, descriptive | is listed by: SoftCite | SCR_014483 | 2026-02-14 02:02:41 | 5778 | |||||||||||
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COMSOL Multiphysics Resource Report Resource Website 10+ mentions |
COMSOL Multiphysics (RRID:SCR_014767) | software resource, simulation software, software application | General-purpose software platform for modeling and simulating physics-based problems which accounts for coupled or multiphysics phenomena. The platform includes a set of core physics interfaces for common physics application areas such as structural analysis, laminar flow, pressure acoustics, transport of diluted species, electrostatics, electric currents, heat transfer, and Joule heating. | simulation software, software platform, physics, problem solver | is listed by: SoftCite | Commercially available | SCR_014767 | 2026-02-14 02:02:59 | 37 | ||||||||||
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CVODE Resource Report Resource Website 50+ mentions |
CVODE (RRID:SCR_014696) | data analysis software, software resource, data processing software, software application | Solver for stiff and nonstiff ordinary differential equation (ODE) systems (initial value problem), given in explicit form y' = f(t,y), based on Adams and BDF methods. It is one of the programs that makes up the Suite of Nonlinear and Differential/Algebraic Equation Solvers (SUNDIALS)., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025. | data analysis software, solver, equation solver, ordinary differential equation, differential equation, stiff, nonstiff | is listed by: SoftCite | THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE | SCR_014696 | SUNDIALS CVODE | 2026-02-14 02:03:01 | 56 | |||||||||
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MedCalc Resource Report Resource Website 10000+ mentions |
MedCalc (RRID:SCR_015044) | data analysis software, software resource, data processing software, software application | Statistical software for ROC curve analysis. MedCalc performs several statistical tests such as method comparison, method evaluation, reference intervals, and meta-analysis. | statistic, statistical analysis, roc curve, reference software | is listed by: SoftCite | Commercially available, Available for purchase, Trial available | SCR_015044 | 2026-02-14 02:03:04 | 18070 | ||||||||||
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KaleidaGraph Resource Report Resource Website 1000+ mentions |
KaleidaGraph (RRID:SCR_014980) | data visualization software, data processing software, data analysis software, software application, software resource | Data analysis, graphing, and management application that allows users to import, manipulate, analyze data, and create customized plots. Plots include x-y probability, histogram, box, percentile, horizontal bar, stack bar, column, stack column, polar, and pie. Binned data can be exported to a histogram, step plot, or spike plot. KaleidaGraph works with Windows and Macintosh systems., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025. | custom graph, custom plot, publishable graph, publishable plot, data manipulation, curve fitting | is listed by: SoftCite | THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE | SCR_014980 | 2026-02-14 02:03:00 | 2788 | ||||||||||
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SEDFIT Resource Report Resource Website 10+ mentions |
SEDFIT (RRID:SCR_018365) | data analysis software, software resource, data processing software, software application | Software tool for analytical ultracentrifugation developed by Dynamics of Macromolecular Assembly group of Laboratory of Cellular Imaging and Macromolecular Biophysics, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH. Used for biophysical analysis of macromolecular assembly. | Analytical ultracentrifugation, biophysical analysis, macromolecular assembly, data, analysis, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering | is listed by: SoftCite | NIH | Free, Available for download, Freely available | SCR_018365 | SEDFIT version 14.7g | 2026-02-14 02:03:34 | 25 | ||||||||
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Phyutility Resource Report Resource Website 10+ mentions |
Phyutility (RRID:SCR_018545) | data analysis software, software resource, data processing software, software application | Command line program that performs analyses or modifications on both trees and data matrices. Software phyloinformatics tool for trees, alignments and molecular data. Used for summarizing and manipulating phylogenetic trees, manipulating molecular data and retrieving data from NCBI. | Data matrice analysis, data matrice modification, phyloinformatics, phylogenetic tree, alignment, molecular data manipulation, data analysis |
is listed by: Debian is listed by: OMICtools is listed by: SoftCite is related to: NCBI |
NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Phylogenetic Research EF 0331654 | PMID:18227120 | Free, Freely available | OMICS_21687 | https://sources.debian.org/src/phyutility/ | SCR_018545 | 2026-02-14 02:03:39 | 42 |
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