NEW:

• New programs for comparative genomics
• New tutorials
• Improvements to management of local BLAST databases

BIRCH is

• a comprehensive desktop bioinformatics system which comes with many of the commonly-used bioinformatics programs pre-installed
• a framework of tools, files, and documentation for organizing and managing a bioinformatics core facility
• an expandable system that allows you to merge 3rd party programs and documentation seamlessly into the standard BIRCH distribution

Available for MacOSX, Linux

See http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~psgendb/doc/Release_Notes.html