JBR Genome Browser – general purpose genome browser

Last Updated on July 14, 2023

JBR Genome Browser is a general purpose genome browser with integrated semi-supervised peak calling support using SPAN.

The browser is optimized to work with large session containing BigWig and BigBed tracks.

A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is bundled with the JBR Genome Browser distribution.

Features include:

  • Frontend-agnostic, can be used as desktop application and web-service.
  • Integrated peaks annotating.
  • On-the-fly peak calling using SPAN models. Supports semi-supervised peak calling with SPAN Peak Analyzer.
  • Support for observing multiple genome locations simultaneously.
  • Classical genome browser features to view various genome data formats.
  • Supported data file formats: BED (including MACS2, SICER peaks), WIG, TDF, BigBed, bigWig.
  • Supported sessions formats: JBR *.yaml, IGV *.xml session files.
  • Remote URL bigWig/BigBed/BED files support.
  • BED track peaks statistics.
  • BigWig signal statistics track for multiple locations.
  • Optimized for working with large sessions.
  • Support for combining tracks, i.e. arithmetic operations.
  • Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, Mac OS, Windows, and other operating systems that support JRE.

Website: github.com/JetBrains-Research/jbr
Support: Visual Peak Calling How-To
Developer: JetBrains Research BioLabs
License: Proprietary

JBR Genome Browser

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