Geneious R9: A Bioinformatics Platform for Biologists

Biomatters' Geneious R9 is a bioinformatics software platform that allows researchers the use of industry-leading algorithms for their genomic and protein sequence analyses. R9 offers a comprehensive suite of functions, including peer-reviewed tools, that enable researchers to be more efficient with their bioinformatic workflows. Geneious is comprised of an extensive tool suite for next-generation sequence analysis, sequence alignment, molecular cloning, chromatogram assembly, and phylogenetics. This major version release includes tools for RNA-Seq expression analysis, support for scaffolding using paired data in de novo assemblies, a function to identify CRISPR sites and support for Golden Gate assembly. Additional features for this software release include the 16S Biodiversity tool and Sequence Classifier plugin. The 16S Biodiversity tool identifies high-throughput 16S rRNA amplicons from environmental samples using the RDP database, and visualizes biodiversity as an interactive chart using a secure web viewer. The Sequence Classifier plugin taxonomically classifies an organic sample by how similar its DNA is to your own database of known sequences using a BLAST-like algorithm with multiple loci and trees to assist with identification. New plugins include Blast2GO (Gene Ontology enrichment), FreeBayes (haplotype-based variant calling), Augustus (gene prediction), and FLASH (read merging). R9 enables real-time dynamic interaction with sequence data and empowers biologists to produce stunning publication quality images to increase the visibility of their research. By utilizing Geneious R9, biologists can easily streamline their sequence analysis workflows. This poster aims to demonstrate the new features and benefits of the highly integrated Geneious R9 tool-suite.