One of the major internal changes within Auto PeakTrace 6 is an improvement to how mixed basecalling (detection of polymorphic sites) is performed. PeakTrace 5 used a similar…
- 12 Apr 2016In Depth: Mixed Basecalling and Simple Mixed Basecalling
- 31 Mar 2016In Depth: Picket Fence Basecalling
One of the new features introduced in PeakTrace 6.10 is the “picket fence” basecalling option. This option is normal PeakTrace basecalling with an extreme peak normalization applied that makes all…
- 18 Mar 2016In Depth: PCR Trim Base
One of the new features of PeakTrace 6.20 is user adjustment of the PCR trim base. In previous releases of PeakTrace the PCR trim base was set automatically using…
- 17 Mar 2016Auto PeakTrace 6.20 Released
We have released Auto PeakTrace 6.20. This is a major update that introduces a new licensing process - online activation. This update allows the PCR trim base to be…
- 15 Mar 2016PeakTrace 6.20 Linux x86_64 Released
We have released PeakTrace 6.20 for x86_64 Redhat/CentOS 6.7. This update incorporates a number of new switches that make it easier to upgrade from earlier PeakTrace 5. The major…
- 12 Mar 2016How to Generate a cmDust File
If you are having problems getting the Auto PeakTrace or the Linux PeakTrace software working, you may be requested to generate a cmDust file. This file is created by the cmDust…
- 21 Dec 2015In Depth: Trim 3-Prime End Only
One of the most simple of the new features within PeakTrace 6 is the trim 3’ end only setting. This option allows you to use trace trimming to remove…
- 15 Dec 2015Update: PeakTrace Software Download Page
We have updated the layout of our software downloads page. Previously all software updates were on the same page for the different versions of PeakTrace, but we found that…
- 9 Dec 2015In Depth: Extra Smoothing Part II
In Part I of this series we looked at how to limit the sharpness of the trace peaks from PeakTrace by using the no peak resolution setting. While this is…
- 8 Dec 2015In Depth: Extra Smoothing Part I
An interesting concern we get from customers about the PeakTrace Basecaller™ is that the peaks are "too sharp" at the end of the trace. This has always puzzled us because…