How to Retrieve Files from NCBI'S SRA using SRA Tools

The Sequence Read Archive (SRA) is the largest database of high-throughput sequencing data. This database is maintained by the National Centre of Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Types of data stored in SRA include NGS data, metagenomics data and trace archive files. Trace files are DNA sequence chromatograms, base calls, and quality estimates for single-pass reads from various large-scale sequencing projects. In this post, I describe how to retrive and download sequencing files from NCBI using SRA Tools...

by | May 22, 2023

How to Transfer Files from your computer to KENCLUST

In the last post, I demonstrated how you can access KENCLUST remotely using PUTTY on your windows computer. In this post, I describe how to securely move files from your computer to KENCLUST and from KENCLUST to your computer using WinSCP. File transfer is a necessary operation during bioinformatics analysis. ....

by | September 13, 2022

How to Access KENCLUST Remotely

KenClust is a supercomputer that enables bioscientists to perform both basic and complex bioinformatics tasks. This post describes how to remotely access KenClust from a Windows computer using PUTTY. ...

by | August 22, 2022