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Galaxy HiCExplorer: a web server for reproducible Hi-C data analysis, quality control and visualization

HiCExplorer - a tool suite for reproducible Hi-C data analysis, quality control and visualization was published a few days ago.

Thanks to this amazing team!

Graphical abstract for Galaxy HiC Explorer

We even made it on the Cover of the latest Nucleic Acids Research Webserver issue.

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Abstract

Galaxy HiCExplorer is a web server that facilitates the study of the 3D conformation of chromatin by allowing Hi-C data processing, analysis and visualization. With the Galaxy HiCExplorer web server, users with little bioinformatic background can perform every step of the analysis in one workflow: mapping of the raw sequence data, creation of Hi-C contact matrices, quality assessment, correction of contact matrices and identification of topological associated domains (TADs) and A/B compartments. Users can create publication ready plots of the contact matrix, A/B compartments, and TADs on a selected genomic locus, along with additional information like gene tracks or ChIP-seq signals. Galaxy HiCExplorer is freely usable at: https://hicexplorer.usegalaxy.eu and is available as a Docker container: https://github.com/deeptools/docker-galaxy-hicexplorer.