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The Lair

General information

URL: http://pachterlab.github.io/lair
Full name: The Lair
Description: A resource for exploratory analysis of published RNA-Seq data. The Sequence Read Archive (SRA) is a public repository for sequencing data that has become an important archival resource for reads associated with published papers.
Year founded: 2016
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Accessible
Country/Region: United States

Classification & Tag

Data type:
RNA
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Contact information

University/Institution: University of California Berkeley
Address: Department of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, 387 Soda Hall, Berkeley, 94720 USA
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Country/Region: United States
Contact name (PI/Team): Harold Pimentel
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): haroldpimentel@gmail.com

Publications

27905880
The Lair: a resource for exploratory analysis of published RNA-Seq data. [PMID: 27905880]
Pimentel H, Sturmfels P, Bray N, Melsted P, Pachter L.

Increased emphasis on reproducibility of published research in the last few years has led to the large-scale archiving of sequencing data. While this data can, in theory, be used to reproduce results in papers, it is difficult to use in practice. We introduce a series of tools for processing and analyzing RNA-Seq data in the Sequence Read Archive, that together have allowed us to build an easily extendable resource for analysis of data underlying published papers. Our system makes the exploration of data easily accessible and usable without technical expertise. Our database and associated tools can be accessed at The Lair: http://pachterlab.github.io/lair .

BMC Bioinformatics. 2016:17(1) | 9 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)

Ranking

All databases:
5162/6895 (25.149%)
Raw bio-data:
405/582 (30.584%)
Metadata:
519/719 (27.955%)
5162
Total Rank
9
Citations
1
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Created on: 2018-01-28
Curated by:
Nashaiman Pervaiz [2018-12-28]
Hizran Khatoon [2018-04-16]