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IGV User Guide | Generating Genomic Visualizations on Linux

January 4, 2025

IGV (Integrative Genomics Viewer) is a powerful and versatile tool for visualizing genomic data, enabling researchers to explore genomic variations effectively. Its graphical interface makes it very user-friendly on Windows systems. However, when batch processing large-scale bioinformatics data, Linux often provides a more suitable environment. Unfortunately, using IGV on Linux can be less straightforward. This article documents the detailed procedures for running and utilizing IGV on Linux systems.

AnnotSV Singularity Container

November 15, 2025

AnnotSV is a robust open-source software package and web-based platform designed for the annotation and prioritization of structural variants (SVs) in the human genome. Because the native installation process can be somewhat involved, I provide a Singularity container that bundles AnnotSV for straightforward, ready-to-use deployment.

Mastering BED Set Operations | Basic Bedtools Guide

July 2, 2025

Set operations on BED files are an important part of bioinformatics analysis. Because the output of different set operations can vary widely, this article records the basic behavior of common bedtools operations.

Singularity Installation and Usage Tutorial: Containerization Guide for HPC Environments

February 14, 2025

Singularity is a container technology especially suitable for high-performance computing environments. It supports portable deployment and analysis pipelines with relatively low runtime overhead.

Crontab Scheduled Task Guide | Linux System Automation

January 20, 2025

Scheduled tasks, or Crontab jobs, are managed by the cron service on Linux. They allow users to run commands or scripts automatically at specified times or intervals.

Samtools Containerization Tutorial: Building a Cross-System Bioinformatics Environment with Singularity

January 5, 2025

Samtools is a toolkit for processing high-throughput sequencing data and is widely used in bioinformatics. This article introduces how to build a Samtools container with Singularity.