PyCogent is a software library for genomic biology. It is a fully integrated and thoroughly tested framework for: controlling third-party applications; devising workflows; querying databases; conducting novel probabilistic analyses of
Platypus Conquistador is a bioinformatics command line tool for the confirmation of the presence/absence of a specific taxon (or set of taxa) in environmental shotgun sequence reads. Platypus uses two
TopiaryExplorer supports visualization of very large trees while providing convenient interfaces for decorating the tree with taxonomic information, automatically coloring branches based on data about environments where they are observed,
BayesFold is a web application that finds, ranks, and draws the likeliest structures for a sequence alignment. Foldings are based on the predictions of the Bayesian statistical method. BayesFold provides
Primer Prospector is a pipeline of programs to design and analyze PCR primers. De novo primers can be generated from a set of aligned fasta sequences and these primers, or
Pyqi provides a suite of tools for developing and testing command line interfaces in Python. BioCore is the main repository for all of the software packages developed and maintained by the
Rob, Jess, and Sybil Bucheli of Sam Houston State University talk to NPR about their forensic work. (September 23, 2013) http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/23/219375086/could-detectives-use-microbes-to-solve-murders
Rob and Jeff Leach talk to Maanvi Singh of The Salt about gut microbes, diet, and the current status of microbiome research. (November 8, 2013) http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/08/243929866/can-we-eat-our-way-to-a-healthier-microbiome-its-complicated
Stanley Malloy interviews Rob for ASM’s MicrobeWorld series. (January 9, 2014)
Antonio, Yoshiki, Mike Sadowsky, and Alexander Khoruts from the University of Minnesota explain how fecal transplantation can radically change and restore healthy gut microbiota. (January 27, 2014)