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| posted 10 Apr, 2017 14:32
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Hi,

It seems that the Z-scores from PECAAN differ from the Z-scores from DNAMaster for a given gene, and for the same start sites. Any idea why? Both scores for the same gene start always seem to show the same trend, so it doesn't seem like a big issue– just a curiosity for now. Which one should be in the final annotation notes? We are going with the PECAAN ones since they are all imported into DNAMaster at once.

Best,
-Nick
SCSU, New Haven CT
Posted in: PECAAN → PECAAN Z-scores differ from DNAMasters
| posted 22 Feb, 2017 17:26
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Thanks Chris – Yup, that was the issue! I'm not sure how it ended up locked, but it was indeed locked.

Cheers,
-Nick
Posted in: PECAAN → Read-only Genome for User?
| posted 22 Feb, 2017 16:29
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My students are having a problem editing the Mabel genome in PECAAN, with the error stating that it is “Read-only", and thus cannot be edited/annotated. The same students can edit other SCSU genomes that have been added, but not Mabel. As an Admin, I have no problems editing Mabel. Any idea why there is a permissions error even thought they are approved Institutional Users?

Best,
-Nick
Edited 22 Feb, 2017 16:31
Posted in: PECAAN → Read-only Genome for User?
| posted 08 Feb, 2017 18:20
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Hi Chris,

We were attempting to perform the whole phamerated phage report for Flaverint, and it crashed on gp18. It seems to happen with the 2017VM Starterator, and the Github V1.1 version that I 'git cloned'. In fact, Starterator doesn't seem to like many of the A11's.

Best,
-Nick
Posted in: Starterator → phage that crash starterator
| posted 06 Feb, 2017 22:20
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Flaverint_Draft (A11) crashes at Gene 18 (Pham 8250) with the code below using the Starterator 1.1 from github. (I can however, get the Pham report from the WUSTL website.)

Thanks,
-Nick

CLUSTAL 2.1 Multiple Sequence Alignments

Sequence format is Pearson
Sequence 1: Jabith_Draft_31      204 bp
Sequence 2: Lucivia_Draft_32     204 bp
Sequence 3: Flaverint_Draft_31   204 bp
Sequence 4: Bachome_Draft_31     204 bp
Start of Pairwise alignments
Aligning…

Sequences (1:2) Aligned. Score: 100
Sequences (1:3) Aligned. Score: 100
Sequences (1:4) Aligned. Score: 98.0392
Sequences (2:3) Aligned. Score: 100
Sequences (2:4) Aligned. Score: 98.0392
Sequences (3:4) Aligned. Score: 98.0392
Guide tree file created:   [/home/seafaculty/.starterator/Intermediate Files/Pham8250.dnd]

There are 3 groups
Start of Multiple Alignment

Aligning…
Group 1: Sequences:   2      Score:3876
Group 2: Sequences:   3      Score:3876
Group 3: Sequences:   4      Score:3838
Alignment Score 9738

CLUSTAL-Alignment file created  [/home/seafaculty/.starterator/Intermediate Files/Pham8250.aln]

exception in starterator
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 810, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/home/seafaculty/starterator/starterator/uiStarterate.py", line 296, in run
    self.starterate() #running thread starts here
  File "/home/seafaculty/starterator/starterator/uiStarterate.py", line 301, in starterate
    gui=self, event=self.stop_thread)
  File "/home/seafaculty/starterator/starterator/starterate.py", line 112, in starterate
    final_file, short_final = phage.final_report()
  File "/home/seafaculty/starterator/starterator/report.py", line 59, in final_report
    self.make_reports()
  File "/home/seafaculty/starterator/starterator/report.py", line 84, in make_reports
    pham = gene_report.make_report(whole=True)
  File "/home/seafaculty/starterator/starterator/report.py", line 283, in make_report
    self.pham.find_most_common_start()
  File "/home/seafaculty/starterator/starterator/phams.py", line 233, in find_most_common_start
    most_annot_start_index = self.total_possible_starts.index(annot_starts_count[0][0])+1
IndexError: list index out of range
Posted in: Starterator → phage that crash starterator
| posted 22 Jan, 2017 15:41
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Is the http://cobamide2.bio.pitt.edu/ server down (between Jan. 21nd-22nd, 2017)? The ftp server is not responding. I have tried CLI, several browsers and two operating systems to connect, and they all have failed. If it is not an error on my side, it would be nice if a message was posted somewhere (or an email to SEA-PHAGES faculty) that the server is down for regular maintenance, etc.
Posted in: DNA Master → Can't get DNA Master to download on a PC
| posted 15 Dec, 2016 16:22
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Awesome! Thanks Chris!
Posted in: Starterator → Starterator version 1.1 released
| posted 17 Nov, 2016 15:21
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My students are having a very tough time getting a high enough yields with this new protocol! We may not make the deadline of tomorrow (11-18-16). We are following the protocol and keeping in mind all of the potential pitfalls with the kit. We have seen a little smearing on the "best" preps, and we have one prep that also does the disappearing trick after R.E. digestion. With the caveats of a NanoDrop in mind, we are getting ~40ng/uL to ~80ng/uL following the protocol, and in several cases when we did not split the one mL HTL (i.e. added 1mL of HTL to one column), the resulting yield was double (i.e. ~160ng/uL), which might be useful to know. Our lysate titers have been low as well, thus we have been working with lysates very close to 1x10^9 pfu/mL, because it has been the best that the students have been able to achieve this year (which is a separate issue to be sure.)

Dan: With such great sequence coverage that has been seen from past years, would the contaminating host DNA really cause much of a problem with assembly? Maybe one could just add a bit of RNAse directly to the HTL's? It would be interesting to know if you have ever tried phage genomic sequencing with and without the addition of the DNAse/RNAse cocktail, and compared the assembly results.
Posted in: Phage Discovery/Isolation → Yield and degradation of DNA isolated by new protocol
| posted 15 Dec, 2015 15:14
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Hello Anthony,

This file has the instructions for the manual installation of Phamerator. We have done this before, and it worked fine.

Best,
-Nick
Posted in: SEA-PHAGES Virtual Machine → Individual software components for Ubuntu users
| posted 23 Nov, 2015 16:26
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The "pham circle" tool is broken in Phamerator, and I believe that Steve C. is aware of this. In the meanwhile, if you can do some programming, Circos is an option to draw something similar.
Posted in: Phamerator → Phams