OMICtools: an informative directory for multi-omic data analysis

OMICtools: an informative directory for multi-omic data analysis

1. Vincent J. Henry¹, 
2. Anita E. Bandrowski², 
3. Anne-Sophie Pepin³, 
4. Bruno J. Gonzalez¹ and
5. Arnaud Desfeux³,*

+Author Affiliations

1. ¹Haute-Normandie-INSERM ERI-28, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine of Rouen University, 76183 Rouen, France, ²Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA 92093, USA and ³STATSARRAY, 76300 Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France

1. ↵*Corresponding author: Tel: +33 (0)675493544; Fax: +33 (0)222449147; Email:arnaud.desfeux@omictools.com

• Received April 3, 2014.
• Revision received June 4, 2014.
• Accepted June 13, 2014.

 

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Abstract

Recent advances in ‘omic’ technologies have created unprecedented opportunities for biological research, but current software and database resources are extremely fragmented. OMICtools is a manually curated metadatabase that provides an overview of more than 4400 web-accessible tools related to genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. All tools have been classified by omic technologies (next-generation sequencing, microarray, mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance) associated with published evaluations of tool performance. Information about each tool is derived either from a diverse set of developers, the scientific literature or from spontaneous submissions. OMICtools is expected to serve as a useful didactic resource not only for bioinformaticians but also for experimental researchers and clinicians.

Database URL: http://omictools.com/