BLAST 2.2.31+ released
A new version (2.2.31) of the stand-alone BLAST+ executables is now available. This release includes the new and improved XML and JSON. Additonally there are a number of other improvements and bug...
View ArticleBLAST XML
The BLAST+ 2.2.31 executables can produce a new version of the BLAST XML (XML2). XML2 is also also available from the NCBI BLAST website and the BLAST AMI at the AWS marketplace. XML2 is an update...
View ArticleSmartBLAST
Use SmartBLAST for faster BLASTp searches with a graphical view. Read about SmartBLAST at the NCBI Insights blog or just try it at http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/smartblast/
View ArticleBLAST+ 2.3.0 released
A new version (2.3.0) of the stand-alone BLAST+ executables is now available. This new version includes a beta release of SAM format as well as support for single-file mode for the BLAST XML2 and...
View ArticleSearching Whole Genome Shotgun sequences
It is now much easier to search WGS (Whole Genome Shotgun) with stand-alone BLAST on your own computer. New tools from the NCBI allow you to BLAST just the WGS projects you are interested in. You can...
View ArticleNew BLAST home page preview.
The new design provides improved navigation, a cleaner look, and easier access to new BLAST services. Read more about the new home page here.See the preview page here.
View ArticleBLAST+ 2.4.0 released
A new version (2.4.0) of the BLAST+ executables is now available.The new version offers improved scoring for selenocysteine residues in the query and database sequences. It also improves performance...
View ArticleBLAST and HTTPS
The BLAST URL API is moving to HTTPS. On September 30, 2016, the NCBI will move to HTTPS. Applications using the BLAST URL API without HTTPS may stop working. For more details, please read this...
View ArticleIntroducing: Magic-BLAST
Magic-BLAST is a new tool for mapping large sets of next-generation RNA or DNA sequencing runs against a whole genome or transcriptome. Magic-BLAST optimizes a composite score for each alignment,...
View ArticleBLAST+ 2.5.0 released
A new version (2.5.0) of the BLAST+ executables is now available. The new version offers support for HTTPS, accession.version as the primary sequence identifier, support for composition-based...
View ArticleOctober 11th NCBI Minute
BLAST+ 2.5.0 with Support for HTTPS,accession.version Identifiers and Much More On October 11th, the NCBI Minute will be a discussion of changes made to the BLAST standalone distribution due to the...
View ArticleHTTPS and BLAST API calls
BLAST API calls must use HTTPS by November 9, 2016. For more information, please see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/news/07-27-2016-new-guidance-https/
View ArticleMagic-BLAST 1.1.0 available
The new version offers support for HTTPS, accession.version as the primary sequence identifier, and fixes problems with SAM flag values. The release notes are at...
View ArticleBLAST+ 2.6.0 released
A new version (2.6.0) of the BLAST+ executables is now available. This new version offers improved support for use of accession.version as the primary NCBI identifier. The speed of blastdbcmd when...
View ArticleMagic-BLAST 1.2.0 released
A new version of the BLAST mapping tool is now available.The new version handles multiple SRA accessions, offers improved splice site detection and multi-threading performance, and fixes issues with...
View ArticleQuickBLASTP
Try QuickBLASTP for a fast protein search of nr.Read about QuickBLASTP at the NCBI Insights blog or just try it here.
View ArticleMagic-BLAST 1.3.0 released
A new version (1.3.0) of the BLAST RNA-seq mapping tool, Magic-BLAST, is now available. The new version provides improved sensitivity, reports unaligned reads, does not cache SRA sequences in local...
View ArticleBLAST+ 2.7.1 released
A new version (2.7.1) of the BLAST+ executables is now available.In this new version, blastdbcmd can look up taxonomic names (e.g., scientific or common name) faster. We have also made some low-level...
View ArticleIgBLAST 1.8.0 released
A new version of IgBLAST is now available. This release has the following improvements:The igblastn executable can now multi-thread much more efficiently for large sets of queries. The default number...
View ArticleQuickBLASTP webinar
The QuickBLASTP webinar is now available on YouTube. You can access the video of the webinar (from January 10, 2018) at https://youtu.be/pO_a4e7QGRkQuickBLASTP is a new way to search large sets of...
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