BIRCH - Bioinformatics Resources

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~psgendb

BIRCH is a resource for bioinformatics, running on the Unix system. BIRCH consists of programs and databases for molecular biology that are useable either through a graphic interface or the Unix command line. Only freely-available programs have been incorporated into BIRCH.

Fristensky Lab Web site

BIRCH: A user-oriented, locally-customizable, bioinformatics system
Brian Fristensky
BMC Bioinformatics 2007, 8:54 (9 February 2007)
[Abstract] [ PDF]

Learn to use BIRCH at Genome Canada Applied Computational Genomics Course Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada, July 24 - 30, 2008
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FOR NEW USERS	DOCUMENTATION
BIRCH QUICK INTRO Key concepts Your Unix Desktop Sun Java Desktop First time setup, User's Guide CDE Desktop First time setup, User's Guide Using Unix from Anywhere	Finding information Tutorials File formats Citing the programs that make your work possible Using Unix FAQ - Frequently-asked Questions Release Notes BIRCH Publications and Presentations BIRCH Administrator's Guide
SOFTWARE	DATABASES
Highlights of selected software applications Programs by Category Programs by Package Program Index Applications Software Lists Downloadable Software	GenBank (DNA/RNA) Directory: $BIRCH/GenBank ($gb) Release notes: $doc/GenBank/gbrel.txt PIR (protein) Directory: $BIRCH/PIR ($pir) File specifications: ($doc/PIR/0protein_doc.codata) Release notes: ($doc/PIR/0protein_doc.codata) GenPept - translation of GenBank CDS (protein) features : Directory: $BIRCH/GenPept ($gp) ACeDB - Laboratory Database Management

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BIRCH has been made possible in part through hardware provided by the Sun Academic Equipment Grants program . Support was also provided through the Genome Canada Bioinformatics Platform, funded through Genome Prairie.