Preliminary Release of KBase Plant Services

The major goal for the KBase plants area is to model genotype-to-phenotype relationships through analysis and integration of diverse 'omics data sets. These include genomic, transcriptomic, methylomic sequencing, metabolite and phenotype measurements, and the reconstruction of metabolic and functional networks based on expression profiles, protein-DNA, and protein-protein interactions. The KBase Plants team will provide a suite of services to achieve this goal in the long term. Currently released preliminary services include a jnomics based genotyping workflow service, a data exploration and visualization service for results of genome wide association studies, and co-expression network analysis tools and metabolic reconstruction tools.

This computer demonstration will highlight our initial data exploration tools that allow the integration of data from multiple omics studies, genetic variation, network and pathways models as well as phenotypic association to genetic markers. Completion of this demonstration will show how users can apply data exploration tools in an attempt to link results of genome wide association studies and derive inferences about candidate genes and pathways responsible for the phenotype of interest.