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The cost of PeakTrace, PeakTrace RP and QualTrace will increase by 20% from June 30 2023. PeakTrace and QualTrace prices have not changed since 2015, but in the current high inflation environment we have reluctantly had to increase our prices to continue to invest in improving our products and support new DNA sequencing instruments such as SeqStudio™ and SeqStudio Flex™.
Any orders placed before June 30 2023 will receive old price.
One of the new features of PeakTrace 6.96 is the ability to generate PHRED .poly files.
The .poly file has the name [filename].poly where [filename] is the name of the input .ab1 file. The first line of
the .poly file consists of a header line containing the file name, the smallest amplitude normalization factor, and the amplitude normalization factors for the A, C, G, and T channels.
On each line after the header line is the basecall, the position of the basecall (in scans), the area of the basecalled peak, the relative area of the basecalled peak, the uncalled base, the position of the uncalled base, the area of the uncalled base, the relative area of the uncalled base, and the amplitudes of the four
channel (A, C, G, T) at the position of the basecall. An example of a .poly file output is shown below.
.poly file format
The .poly file provides information on the relative height of each peak in the trace and can be useful for detecting polymorphisms or secondary peaks in traces.
To generate .poly files choose one of the two alternatives under .phd.1 file output option, poly or poly+phd.
Auto PeakTrace 6.96
We have released Auto PeakTrace 6.96 and PeakTrace 6.96 for Windows & Linux. This is a major release that improves PeakTrace and is recommended for all users of the 6.952 or earlier series of PeakTrace. This release also includes updates and bug fixes for QualTrace.
The full list of changes include.
PeakTrace:Box customers can download the latest update from the PeakTrace:Box Downloads page.
If you do not know the password to access the PeakTrace:Box Downloads page please contact us at support@nucleics.com or contact your local supplier for the update.
Auto PeakTrace RP 6.96
We have release Auto PeakTrace 6 RP 6.96 for Windows. This update incorporates a large number of changes and enhancements.
Auto PeakTrace 6 RP 6.96 can be downloaded from the PeakTrace RP Downloads page. If you do not know the password to access the PeakTrace RP Downloads page please contact us or your local supplier for the update.
PeakTrace 6 (Auto PeakTrace 6, Auto PeakTrace 6 RP and the Linux PeakTrace 6) has a number of very powerful options that may not have been explored by many users of older versions of PeakTrace. We understand that most of our customers are busy running a sequencing facility and so don’t always have the time to look into each new PeakTrace feature on release. To help we have created a series of posts looking in depth at what these new options do, how they can best be used, and how they can help our customers make the most of PeakTrace.
Auto PeakTrace 6.96 Options
The PeakTrace options covered in depth include:
What a year 2020 has been! Nucleics will be closing for our annual break over the Christmas/New Year period. We will be closed from the 21st December 2020 to the 4th January 2021.
PeakTrace 6.95 Overview
We have released Auto PeakTrace 6.95 and PeakTrace 6.95 for Windows & Linux. This is a major release that improves PeakTrace and is recommended for all users of the 6.94 or earlier series of PeakTrace. The server backend for Auto PeakTrace RP has also been updated to the latest release of PeakTrace.
The full list of changes.
PeakTrace:Box customers can download the latest update from the PeakTrace:Box Downloads page. If you do not know the password to access the PeakTrace:Box Downloads page please contact us at support@nucleics.com or contact your local supplier for the update.
Auto PeakTrace 6.94 Overview
We have released Auto PeakTrace 6.94 and PeakTrace 6.94 for Windows & Linux. This is a major release that improves PeakTrace and is recommended for all users of the 6.93 or earlier series of PeakTrace. The full list of changes.
PeakTrace:Box customers can download the latest update from the PeakTrace:Box Downloads page. If you do not know the password to access the PeakTrace:Box Downloads page please contact us @support@nucleics.com or contact your local supplier for the update.
Auto PeakTrace RP 6.94
We have release Auto PeakTrace 6.94 for Windows & MacOSX (Mojave or earlier). This update incorporates a large number of changes and enhancements.
Auto PeakTrace RP 6.94 can be downloaded from the PeakTrace RP Downloads page. If you do not know the password to access the PeakTrace RP Downloads page please contact us or your local supplier for the update.
What another huge year 2019 has been! Nucleics will be shutting down for our annual company holiday (vacation) break over the Christmas/New Year period while we all relaxing at the beach. We will be closed from the 17th December 2019 until 6th January 2019. I (Daniel) will be checking my emails occasionally over this time, but it might take us longer than usual to get back to you.
