HyperGeny

HyperGeny visualizes large phylogenetic and hierarchical OMICS datasets using hyperbolic geometry to enable scalable representation of trees derived from genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, microarrays, and ChIP-Chip arrays.


Key Features:

  • Hyperbolic Visualization: Employs hyperbolic geometry to project very large tree structures, enabling representation of trees with more than a few thousand nodes while maintaining clarity compared with traditional 2D projection methods.
  • Integration with Data Sources: Supports integration with various data sources and rapidly expanding databases to access related hierarchical biological information for evolutionary analyses.
  • Standard Tree Formats: Supports standard computer-readable formats for representing tree hierarchies to ensure compatibility across datasets.

Scientific Applications:

  • Large-scale evolutionary analysis: Visualization and analysis of extensive phylogenetic trees for studies on the evolution of species and the origins of life across species.
  • OMICS relationship exploration: Mapping and interpretation of genomic, proteomic, and transcriptomic relationships within hierarchical contexts.
  • High-throughput data interpretation: Organization and representation of hierarchical data arising from microarrays and ChIP-Chip arrays.

Methodology:

Projects hierarchical tree structures using hyperbolic geometry and accepts tree representations in standard computer-readable formats.

Topics

Collections

Details

Tool Type:
command-line tool, desktop application, web application
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Mac
Programming Languages:
Java
Added:
5/17/2016
Last Updated:
11/25/2024

Operations

Data Inputs & Outputs

Phylogenetic tree analysis

Publications

Pavlopoulos GA, Soldatos TG, Barbosa-Silva A, Schneider R. A reference guide for tree analysis and visualization. BioData Mining. 2010;3(1). doi:10.1186/1756-0381-3-1. PMID:20175922. PMCID:PMC2844399.

Documentation