KNIME4NGS: A comprehensive toolbox for next generation sequencing analysis

Maximilian Hastreiter, Tim Jeske, Jonathan Hoser, Michael Kluge, Kaarin Ahomaa, Marie Sophie Friedl, Sebastian J. Kopetzky, Jan Dominik Quell, H. Werner Mewes, Robert Küffner

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Abstract

Summary: Analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data requires the processing of large datasets by chaining various tools with complex input and output formats. In order to automate data analysis, we propose to standardize NGS tasks into modular workflows. This simplifies reliable handling and processing of NGS data, and corresponding solutions become substantially more reproducible and easier to maintain. Here, we present a documented, linux-based, toolbox of 42 processing modules that are combined to construct workflows facilitating a variety of tasks such as DNAseq and RNAseq analysis. We also describe important technical extensions. The high throughput executor (HTE) helps to increase the reliability and to reduce manual interventions when processing complex datasets. We also provide a dedicated binary manager that assists users in obtaining the modules' executables and keeping them up to date. As basis for this actively developed toolbox we use the workflow management software KNIME. Availability and Implementation: See http://ibisngs.github.io/knime4ngs for nodes and user manual (GPLv3 license) .

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1565-1567
Number of pages3
JournalBioinformatics
Volume33
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2017
Externally publishedYes

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