A fun web app I built to explore sequenced genomes from NCBI. This was my first app-building project, and I wanted to create something quick and lightweight around genomics!
Click a button and explore a random species with sequenced genomes. Each species shows:
- Scientific & common names
- Genome assembly statistics (size, N50, sequencing technology)
- A phylogenetic tree showing where the species fits in the Tree of Life (Phylum level)
- Interesting facts about the organism
- Direct links to NCBI's genome database
The first species is Daphnia pulex (the organism I did my PhD on)
- 40 curated species including model organisms, invasive species, bats, ancient genomes, hominins, and some weird/wonderful ones
- Assembly data verified against NCBI records
- Phylogeny visualization at the phylum level
- Toggle between curated species list and NCBI search mode
- Direct search of NCBI genome database by organism name
- Links to the SRA data for each currated species
I wanted to learn basic web development and thought a genome explorer would be a fun way to combine coding with my research interests. Plus, I've always wanted to highlight how many cool organisms have sequenced genomes now...
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Humans, fruit flies, water fleas, tardigrades, spotted lanternflies, barnacles, octopuses, bats (Black Flying Fox, Big Brown Bat, Pale Spear-nosed Bat), ancient genomes (Neanderthal, Denisovan, Woolly Mammoth, Cave Bear), other hominins (Bonobo, Gorilla, Orangutan), and more!
Built with help from Claude/copilot and various HTML websites. Email: connor.murray.phd@gmail.com