Apollo

First instantaneous, collaborative genomic annotation editor available on the Web.

Apollo is designed to support geographically dispersed researchers, and the work of a distributed community is coordinated through automatic synchronization: all edits in one client are instantly pushed to all other clients, allowing users to see annotation updates from collaborators in real-time during the editing process.

There are no installation requirements for Annotators!

Apollo is a plug-in for JBrowse, adding User-created Annotations and DNA tracks to the familiar main window.

Try Apollo at our Public Demo, built with the genome of several organism including the honey bee (Apis mellifera).

Highlighted features

• In addition to genes and pseudogenes, users can annotate ncRNAs (snRNA, snoRNA, tRNA, rRNA), miRNAs, repeat regions, and transposable elements; each annotation type has its own configuration of the ' Information Editor'.
• History tracking with undo/redo functions is available.
• Users are able to directly set an annotation to a specific state, choosing from the 'History' display.
• Adding and updating PubMed IDs will prompt users with a publication title to confirm their submission.
• Gene Ontology (GO) terms are supported and GO ID auto-completion has been incorporated.
• Users may access a 'Recent Changes' page.
• Help page with Apollo specific content is available.

Downloads

• Download Apollo
• Our code on Github

Documentation

• Roadmap in github milestones
• User guides, instructions on Apollo Web API, and Tutorial at GMOD Summer School
• Installation and configuration guide
• Report issues on Github
• Questions can be sent to our Apollo user mailing list. You can subscribe by sending this email or fill out this form to subscribe to the list or use a sympa command sent to sympa@lists.lbl.gov.
• Alternative gmane interface for the Apollo mailing list for posting and searching archives.

Collaborations

• The JBrowse Genome Browser
• The Generic Model Organism Database (GMOD)