

Division Signaling and Functional Genomics
Bioinformatic tools
We develop database and computational tools for the design and analysis of high-throughput screening experiments.
E-RNAi
E-RNAi is a web application to design optimized RNAi reagents. It integrates genomic context information with predicted specificity and efficiency parameters.
E-RNAi can be accessed at http://e-rnai.org
Please cite when using E-RNAi: Horn T, Boutros M. (2010). E-RNAi: a web application for the multi-species design of RNAi reagents--2010 update. Nucleic Acids Res. 38(Web Server issue):W332-9. Fulltext
NEXT-RNAi
NEXT-RNAi is a software for the design and evaluation of genome-wide RNAi libraries. It performs all steps from the prediction of specific and efficient RNAi target sites to the visualization of designed reagents in their genomic context.
NEXT-RNAi can be accessed at www.nextrnai.org
Please cite when using NEXT-RNAi: Horn T, Sandmann T, Boutros M. (2010). Design and evaluation of genome-wide libraries for RNA interference screens. Genome Biol. 11:R61. Fulltext
GenomeRNAi Database
GenomeRNAi is a database with phenotype information from high-throughput RNAi experiments in human and Drosophila cells. It provides both information on siRNA and dsRNA reagents and associated mapping information.
GenomeRNAi can be accessed at www.genomernai.org
Please cite when using GenomeRNAi: Gilsdorf M, Horn T, Arziman Z, Pelz O, Kiner E, Boutros M. (2010). GenomeRNAi: a database for cell-based RNAi phenotypes. 2009 update. Nucleic Acids Res. 38(Database issue):D448-52. Fulltext
cellHTS
cellHTS is a software package implemented in Bioconductor/R to analyze cell-based high-throughput RNAi screens. The cellHTS2 package is the new version of the cellHTS package, offering improved functionality for the analysis and integration of multi-channel screens and multiple screens.
More information on cellHTS can be found at: http://www.dkfz.de/signaling/cellHTS
Please cite when using cellHTS: Boutros, M., L. Bras, W. Huber. (2006). Analysis of cell-based RNAi screens. Genome Biology, R66 Fulltext
web cellHTS
A prototype of a web-application that provides a user-friendly interface to cellHTS and a step-by-step tutorial how to use cellHTS for the analysis of high-throughput screening experiments. web cellHTS is available as open source and can be downloaded for local installation.
web cellHTS is accessible at: http://web-cellhts2.dkfz.de
Please cite when using web cellHTS: Pelz O, Gilsdorf M, Boutros M. (2010). web cellHTS2: a web-application for the analysis of high-throughput screening data. BMC Bioinformatics 11:185. Fulltext
Please contact us with any suggestions or comments at b110-office@dkfz.de.