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Getting Started

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Tour Geneious Prime

Get up and running quickly with this brief tour of the Geneious Prime interface

Getting Started with Geneious Prime

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Getting Started Series

Master the basics of Geneious Prime with short video tutorials of key features

Get started with Geneious Biologics

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Get Started with Geneious Biologics

Master the basics of Geneious Biologics with this video series

Sanger Sequencing and Microsatellites

How to perform Sanger Sequencing

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Sanger Sequence Analysis

Align your chromatograms to a reference sequence, find variants and verify sequences.

Tutorial Assembling Chromatograms

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Assembling Chromatograms

Trim, edit and assemble chromatograms, find heterozygotes and incorrectly called bases.

How to perform Microsatellite Analysis

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Microsatellite Analysis

Learn how to fit ladders, call peaks, predict bins and display alleles in tabular format with this video series.

Tutorial microsatellite analysis

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Microsatellite Traces

Use the Microsatellite plugin to fit a ladder, call peaks, bin alleles and produce a table of genotypes.

Next Generation Sequencing

How to perform de novo assembly

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De Novo Assembly

Learn to perform de novo assembly of short-read NGS data and assemble circular contigs.

Tutorial de novo assembly

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Practice De Novo Assembly

De novo assembly of short-read NGS data and quality checking your assembly against a reference sequence.

How to map to reference

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Map to Reference

Map next-generation sequencing data against a reference, and assemble coronavirus genomes.

How to call and compare SNPs

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Compare and Call SNPs

Perform a reference assembly with next-generation sequencing (NGS) data and call SNPs on the assembled contig.

Tutorial mapping and SNP Calling

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Mapping and SNP Calling

Practice a reference assembly with NGS data and call SNPs on the assembled contig.

How to perform metagenomics analysis

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Metagenomics Analysis

Learn how to assemble, filter and analyze an NGS amplicon metagenomic data set.

Tutorial metagenomic analysis

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Amplicon Metagenomics

Assemble, filter and analyze an NGS amplicon metagenomic data set.

Tutorial sequence classifier

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Sequence Classifier

Use Sequence Classifier to classify mitochondrial sequences obtained from subfossil bones.

How to perform expression analysis

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Expression Analysis

Calculate and compare normalized expression measures from RNA-Seq data

Tutorial expression analysis

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Practice Expression Analysis

Calculate normalized expression levels from RNA-Seq data.

Tutorial expression analysis with DESeq2

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Expression Analysis with DESeq2

Use DESeq2 to compare expression levels for two sample conditions with replicates.

Alignments and Tree Building

How to build phylogenetic trees

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Phylogenetic Tree Building

Learn the basic steps to build a tree and manipulate the tree viewer in Geneious Prime.

How to perform multiple alignments

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Multiple Alignments

Use multiple alignments to assess levels of homology among a group of sequences before constructing a phylogeny.

Tutorial building phylogenetic trees

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Building Phylogenetic Trees

Align sequences, build a phylogenetic tree, and view and manipulate the tree.

How to perform pairwise alignment

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Pairwise Alignments

Use a dot plot to view regions of similarity and perform pairwise alignment of related sequences.

Tutorial pairwise alignment

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Practice Pairwise Alignments

Align pairs of DNA and protein sequences using dot plots and alignment algorithms.

How to align Genomes with Mauve

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Mauve Alignment

Align bacterial genomes with the Mauve plugin. Convert Mauve alignments into standard alignments.

Tutorial aligning bacterial genomes with mauve

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Practice Mauve Alignments

Use the Mauve plugin to align bacterial genomes, complete genomes, and ordering of draft genomes against a reference.

Tutorial plant molecular evolution

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Plant Molecular Evolution

Annotate plant DNA sequences using BLAST and multiple alignment, then read a phylogenetic tree.

Annotate and Visualize

How to annotate sequences

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Annotate Sequences

Annotate your sequences by customizing the view, adding new annotations or annotating your sequence using BLAST.

Tutorial transferring annotations

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Transfer Annotations

Quickly annotate a sequence by transferring annotations from related sequences with these three easy methods.

How to visualize 3D structures

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Visualize 3D Structures

Learn to use the Geneious 3D structure viewer to visualize and manipulate active sites in a protein structure.

Tutorial visualizing 3D structures

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3D Structures

Explore the controls in the Geneious 3D structure viewer and visualize active sites in a protein structure.

Molecular Cloning

How to perform restriction cloning

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Restriction Cloning

Find and analyze restriction enzymes and simulate restriction cloning of a single insert into a vector backbone.

Tutorial restriction cloning

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Practice Restriction Cloning

Simulate restriction cloning, ligating PCR product into an expression vector and confirm CDS in-frame fusion.

How to perform gateway cloning

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Gateway Cloning

Learn how Gateway cloning works and how to clone single or multiple fragments into an expression clone.

Tutorial gateway cloning

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Practice Gateway Cloning

Simulate Gateway cloning, automatically design attB-linked primers, BP and LR reactions, and Multisite Gateway.

How to perform golden gate cloning

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Golden Gate Cloning

Learn the principles of Golden Gate cloning and how to simulate standard or batch Golden Gate cloning.

Tutorial golden gate cloning

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Practice Golden Gate Cloning

Simulate Golden Gate cloning and automatically design primers for generating overhangs for assembly of parts.

How to perform gibson assembly

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Gibson Assembly

Simulate Gibson Assembly of a single insert into a vector, and perform batch cloning from a sequence list.

Tutorial gibson assembly

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Practice Gibson Assembly

Simulate Gibson Assembly with the assembly of single and multiple fragments.

How to perform in-fusion cloning

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In-Fusion Cloning

Learn how In-Fusion cloning works, how to perform In-Fusion cloning in Geneious Prime and analyze your results.

How to perform TOPO cloning

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TOPO Cloning

How to simulate TOPO cloning using TA, Blunt or Directional methods.

Tutorial TOPO cloning

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Practice TOPO Cloning

Simulate TOPO cloning using TA, Blunt or Directional methods.

How to perform parts cloning

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Parts Cloning

Simulate parts cloning and concatenate libraries of genetic elements outputting all possible combinations.

Primer Design and CRISPR

How to perform primer design

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Primer Design

Learn how to view, design and export primers for many applications such as PCR, cloning or sequencing.

Tutorial primer design

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Practice Primer Design

Import, design and test oligonucleotide primers, primer-pairs and primer-pair/probe combinations.

How to work with CRISPR

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Working with CRISPR

How to find and annotate CRISPR sites, then analyze and interpret the results.

Tutorial finding CRISPR sites

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Finding CRISPR Sites

Find and annotate CRISPR sites in a sequence and check against a genome for off-target binding sites.

Tutorial Analyze CRISPR editing results

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Analyze CRISPR Editing

Analyze CRISPR editing results, including how to prepare your sequence files, set up the analysis and interpret the results.

BLAST, NCBI & GenBank

How to perform BLAST searching

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BLAST Searching

How to single or batch BLAST your sequence against GenBank or custom databases to find similar sequences.

Tutorial BLAST searching

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Practice BLAST Searching

BLAST your sequence against GenBank or custom databases to find similar sequences.

How to work with GenBank

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Working with GenBank

Access GenBank, and prepare and submit sequences and alignments to the GenBank database.

Tutorial accessing GenBank

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Accessing GenBank

Access information in GenBank, including sequences, taxonomic information and publications.

Tutorial GenBank Submission

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GenBank Submission

Format sequences and alignments for submission to GenBank using the Geneious GenBank Submission tool.

Automation & Customization

How to create automated workflows

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Automated Workflows

Use workflows to automate your analyses and run a set of operations with a single click.

Tutorial creating automated workflows

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Creating Workflows

Set up a workflow to automatically run a pipeline from raw Sanger sequences to a phylogenetic tree.

Using command line interface

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Command Line Interface

Sync data and run Geneious Prime operations and workflows locally or execute on more powerful servers.

Plugin development

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Plugin Development

Use the Geneious Public API to create plugins to extend functionality, integrate with existing systems or add your own custom algorithms

Antibody Discovery

Get started with Geneious Biologics

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Get Started with Geneious Biologics

Master the basics of Geneious Biologics with this video series

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Explore Antibody Discovery

Master antibody discovery concepts and Geneious Biologics tools.