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Explore rearrangements and copy-number amplifications in a cancer genome

SplitThreader

SplitThreader is an interactive web application for analysis of rearrangements in a cancer genome.

SplitThreader is available online at http://splitthreader.com.

Screenshots:

SplitThreader screenshot

SplitThreader screenshot

Local deployment

If you need to deploy SplitThreader locally, here are the steps:

  1. Install XAMPP on your computer (includes Apache and PHP)

  2. Using the Terminal, go to the htdocs folder created during the install. On a Mac, the folder is located at /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/

    cd /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/
    
  3. Clone this repository into the htdocs folder

    git clone https://github.com/marianattestad/splitthreader
    
  4. Open up permissions for user_data and user_uploads so new files can be created in those directories

    chmod 777 user_uploads
    chmod 777 user_data
    
  5. Then go to a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Safari (Not tested on IE) and type into the url box:

    localhost/splitthreader
    
  6. You may have to change the Python path for apache in order to be able to run SplitThreader