Proposal Summary
To expand on existing web infrastructure by building highly intuitive and responsive data visualization tools for mining ‘shotgun’ metagenomic data.
MicrobiomeDB.org
High-throughput sequencing has transformed microbiology, allowing researchers to complement targeted detection of microbes and traditional culture-based approaches with culture-independent profiling of complex microbial communities directly in their native ecosystem. Metagenomic data has become relatively simple to generate, however, the visualization of metagenomic data remains a major bottleneck for researchers. This project will take a multi-pronged approach to enhance the web-based resource MicrobiomeDB.org, to empower users with limited bioinformatics training to visually explore and analyze the full breadth and depth of their own metagenomic studies.
Project Team
Daniel Beiting Github
University of Pennsylvania