shinyGEO: a web-based application for analyzing gene expression omnibus datasets

We describe a web application, shinyGEO, that allows a user to download gene expression data sets directly from GEO in order to perform differential expression and survival analysis for a gene of interest. In addition, shinyGEO supports customized graphics, sample selection, data export and R code generation so that all analyses are reproducible. The availability of shinyGEO makes GEO datasets more accessible to non-bioinformaticians, promising to lead to better understanding of biological processes and genetic diseases such as cancer. Availability and Implementation: Web application and source code are available from http://gdancik.github.io/shinyGEO/. Contact: dancikg@easternct.edu Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Source: Bioinformatics - Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Tags: GENE EXPRESSION Source Type: research