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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2023

Accelerated nanopore basecalling with SLOW5 data format.

Hiruna Samarakoon, James M Ferguson, Hasindu Gamaarachchi, Ira W Deveson

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Article in Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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Hiruna SamarakoonGenomics Pillar, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5812-1046
James M FergusonGenomics Pillar, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6192-6937
Hasindu GamaarachchiGenomics Pillar, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9034-9905
Ira W DevesonGenomics Pillar, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3861-0472

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Abstract

motivationNanopore sequencing is emerging as a key pillar in the genomic technology landscape but computational constraints limiting its scalability remain to be overcome. The translation of raw current signal data into DNA or RNA sequence reads, known as 'basecalling', is a major friction in any nanopore sequencing workflow. Here, we exploit the advantages of the recently developed signal data format 'SLOW5' to streamline and accelerate nanopore basecalling on high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud environments.

resultsSLOW5 permits highly efficient sequential data access, eliminating a potential analysis bottleneck. To take advantage of this, we introduce Buttery-eel, an open-source wrapper for Oxford Nanopore's Guppy basecaller that enables SLOW5 data access, resulting in performance improvements that are essential for scalable, affordable basecalling. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: Buttery-eel is available at https://github.com/Psy-Fer/buttery-eel.

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NanoporesSoftwareGenomeGenomicsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingSequence Analysis, DNA

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PMID37252813
PMCPMC10261880

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