Archive for January 2008

Personal Genome Explorer 1.2

27th January 2008, 08:57 pm
I’ve updated Personal Genome Explorer to version 1.2 (install, source). If you installed the previous version, it should offer to automatically update itself to the new version the next time you run it.

Changes:

  • SNPs are grouped by the trait they affect.
  • Importing from 23andme’s official download-able data format is supported; this has replaced the “screen scraping” data path.
  • Importing from deCODEme’s official download-able data format is supported.
  • Genotypes are appropriately oriented on the reference human genome, which makes the cross-referencing between personal genome data and SNPedia more accurate and complete.
  • Some miscellaneous UI polish.
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Genome data available from 23andme and deCODEme

22nd January 2008, 02:00 am

It looks like 23andme and deCODEme have both started to allow users to download their raw genome data.

I’ll try to update Personal Genome Explorer to import the data ASAP, but I may not have the time to put together a new release until next weekend.

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Personal Genome Explorer 1.1

20th January 2008, 07:21 pm

I’ve posted version 1.1 of Personal Genome Explorer; both source and binaries are available.

Features

  • 23andme data import
  • Encrypted file format
  • Export to CSV
  • SNP database import from SNPedia
  • Comes with pre-imported data from SNPedia
  • Analysis of genome based on SNPedia metadata
  • Random genome generation based on population frequency data

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Andromeda is big

13th January 2008, 12:59 pm

From 2.5 million light years away, the Andromeda galaxy’s angular diameter is 7 times larger than the full moon’s in Earth’s sky; but only the galactic core is bright enough to be seen by the naked eye.

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SNPedia

12th January 2008, 10:29 pm

I found a great Wiki about human genetics: SNPedia

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Hello

12th January 2008, 06:58 pm

Welcome to my blog. You can read a little bit about me here.

I’ve just posted the first source release of Personal Genome Explorer. It features data import from 23andme, an encrypted file format, and a basic analysis UI framework. However, there aren’t any real analyses yet; I’m just releasing this for those who would like to download their personal genome data from 23andme, and get started hacking. Enjoy!

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