The National Center for Biotechnology Information has released GenBank 159.0 here. The release contains 75,742,041,056 base pairs and 71,802,595 entries. Uncompressed, the 159.0 flat files require about 275 GB for the sequence files only. The ASN.1 version requires around 232 GB.
IDBS has launched ActivityBase XE v7.0, which includes support for complex assay types, such as multiplexing and high-content screening, the company said.
ActivityBase XE includes new multiple curve fitting functionality and visualization tools and provides a “single environment for data capture, visualization, verification, quality control, and storage,” the company said.