{"id":12097,"date":"2023-09-14T10:04:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=12097"},"modified":"2023-09-15T13:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T17:20:46","slug":"introducing-pebblescout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/09\/14\/introducing-pebblescout\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Pebblescout: Index and Search Petabyte-Scale Sequence Resources Faster than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"
NCBI is excited to introduce <\/span>Pebblescout<\/span><\/a>, a pilot web service that allows you to search for sequence matches in very large nucleotide databases, such as runs in the NIH <\/span>Sequence Read Archive<\/span><\/a> (SRA) and assemblies for whole genome shotgun sequencing projects in <\/span>Genbank<\/span><\/a> \u2013 faster and more efficiently!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Pebblescout<\/span> uses<\/span> short <\/span>segments<\/span> of your <\/span>query sequences to identify database records with matches<\/span>.<\/span> Matches are based on the frequency of a segment’s occurrence in a database.<\/span> Result produced for each query is a ranked list of matching records where the ranking utilizes informativeness of matching segments.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Pebblescout can be used to make an index of sequence data and to search the index.<\/span> Check out our <\/span>preprint<\/span><\/a> for additional details including the list of available indexes and examples that show the power of Pebblescout.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Image: Screenshot of the pilot web interface<\/a> that allows for easy interaction with Pebblescout.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n For more information about\u202fPebblescout, check out our <\/span>help documentation<\/span><\/a>.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Follow us on social <\/span>@NCBI<\/span><\/a>\u202f<\/span>and<\/span>\u202f<\/span>join our mailing list<\/span><\/a>\u202f<\/span>to<\/span> keep up to date with\u202fPebblescout\u202fand other NCBI news.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Questions?<\/span><\/b>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We want to hear from you! Try it out and let us know what you think. <\/span>Please\u202f<\/span>reach out to us via email at pebblescout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov<\/a><\/span>\u202f<\/span>if you have questions or would like to provide feedback.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NCBI is excited to introduce Pebblescout, a pilot web service that allows you to search for sequence matches in very large nucleotide databases, such as runs in the NIH Sequence Read Archive (SRA) and assemblies for whole genome shotgun sequencing projects in Genbank \u2013 faster and more efficiently!\u00a0\u00a0 Pebblescout uses short segments of your query … Continue reading Introducing Pebblescout: Index and Search Petabyte-Scale Sequence Resources Faster than Ever<\/span> <\/p>\n
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