Release notes for Omixon Target version 1.4.0 - Omixon

We are very happy to present you the brand new Omixon Target with some new features and updates.

New standalone ‘Sandbox’ Genome Browser

The free Genome Browser has been moved to a new, standalone function, which we call the Sandbox Genome Browser
- This is for quick data visualization and simple analysis tasks
- Simple management of multiple browsing sessions
- Open multiple bam/sam/fasta/bed/gff/vcf files in one step, for browsing
- Uses HG19 as the default reference, support for other references (just open the fasta file
The Genome Browser has some new usability features:
- Profiles for tweaking the defaults
- Improved position based jump feature: single positions, intervals and contig switches are now supported
- Search annotation feature: name based search plus “jump to” function
- Search sequence: specify sequence fragment and cycle through the occurrences
- Copy & paste sequences to the clipboard
- Annotation editor: insert/edit/delete/move/resize annotations
- Full screen track space
- Keyboard shortcuts for most genome browser actions, and improved controls

HLA Typing module

Warning/error flags for candidates where manual inspection of the results may be necessary
8 digit typing now done as default
Bug fixes, including fix to ‘abort’ function
Usability improvements for the HLA Genome Browser (see above)

Data Analysis module