BioPython 1.2.0 released

Available now at http://biopython.org/download/

Changes include: added Andrew Dalke’s EUtils library added Michiel de Hoon’s gene expression analysis package updates to setup code, now smarter about dependencies updates to test suite, now smarter about code that is imported Michael Hoffman’s fixes to DocSQL syntax fixes in triemodule.c to compile on SGI, Python 2.1 compatible updates in NCBIStandalone, short query error Sebastian Bassi submitted code to calculate LCC complexity Greg Kettler’s NCBIStandalone fix for long query lengths slew of miscellaneous fixes from George Paci miscellaneous cleanups and updates from Andreas Kuntzagk Peter Bienstman’s fixes to Genbank code – now parses whole database Kayte Lindner’s LocusLink package miscellaneous speedups and code cleanup in ParserSupport by Brad Chapman miscellaneous BLAST fixes and updates Iddo added new code to parse BLAST table output format Karl Diedrich’s patch to read T_Coffee files Larry Heisler’s fix for primer3 output Bio.Medline now uses proper iterator objects copen now handles SIGTERM correctly small bugfixes and updates in Thomas Hamelryck’s PDB package bugfixes and updates to SeqIO.FASTA reader updates to Registry system, conforms to 2003 hackathon OBDA spec Yu Huang patch to support tblastn in wublast expression

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new restriction analysis classes

Rob Edwards and Heikki Lehvaslaiho have been writing new restriction analysis classes. These will eventually replace the long serving Bio::Tools::RestrictionEnzyme by Steve Chervitz. The first working versions are in CVS.

A UML graph shows the class relationships. A more verbose overview is below.

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Bioperl 1.2.2 released

This is a bug fix release from the stable branch.

The Bioperl release 1.2.2 is available at http://www.bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-1.2.2.tar.gz and is propagating around CPAN now.

Bioperl-run is a collection of modules that wrap bioinformatics applications to allow running them from bioperl. The release cycle of bioperl-run follows the core. The latest bioperl-run release is therefore at: http://www.bioperl.org/DIST/bioperl-run-1.2.2.tar.gz

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BOSC'2003 Pictures are online

Our “Bioinformatics Open Source Conference” was held in Brisbane, Australia in conjunction with the larger ISMB'2003 meeting. It was quite successful — 96 attendees, wireless internet, BOF rooms and 30+ presentations over 2 days.

Pictures are online here: http://gallery.open-bio.org/

BOSC finishes and I weep as I miss it already

BOSC always comes and goes so fast. I am a melancholy kind of guy so whenever things finish up I get a little misty eyed with regrets at the things I could have done and the people I could have met. But it was all so great it makes me smile with the understanding of the entire world. Plus weeping really gets you the women – makes you look quite sensitive. And I am all about sensitivity. But before I got into this mindset, I tried to write down what happened. Read and feel my joy. [Read More]

They let me into Australia, and this is what I saw

If you are not lucky enough to be here in wonderfully beautiful Brisbane with beaches next to the river and where every man and woman is a perfect physical specimen, then you can read all about BOSC colored through my mind. Enjoy. [Read More]

Montreal BioJava Bootcamp Announced

BioneQ, the Quebec Bioinformatics Network, is organizing the first North American BioJava Bootcamp from August 18th to 22nd. We have invited Matthew Pocock to come to Montreal to present the material that has been presented to the European Bootcamps for quite some time now. On the agenda (preliminary):

-Sequence I/O and manipulations; -BLAST and FASTA parsing; -Using databases with BioJava; -Intro to Sequence GUI.

The bootcamp will be at the Universite de Montreal and the registration fee is $250US. If you are interested, use the following link to register:

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