What is the Australian Fgenesh++ Service?

Fgenesh++ is a pipeline for automatic prediction of genes in eukaryotic genomes based on gene finding software. Fgenesh++ is a software package that uses a combination of copyrighted and public software and data to automatically annotate genomes. The copyrighted software is owned by Softberry.

The Australian BioCommons offers Australian-based researchers fully subsidised access to the Fgenesh++ license with resources and service support underpinned by Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. If you would like to know more about the funding and operation of Fgenesh++ Service, please see our webpage.

How do I access it?

Researchers can apply to access Fgenesh++ via the Australian Fgenesh++ Service by completing the Fgenesh++ Service Sign Up. To be approved a user will need to be from an Australian research institute or university. Once you have completed the sign up form you will be notified within two business days. 

If you are a Pawsey user, you will be notified of the reservation system to access Fgenesh++. If you are new to Pawsey, a user account will be created for you. 

How do I reserve my access to the service?

Once you have signed in to the reservation system, you will need to verify that you have done before being able to view the schedule. 

You can then block out a fixed time period of 28 days. 

1. Make a reservation on our reservation portal (ensure you change the timezone on your profile accordingly); and
2. Receive an email to log in to the Fgenesh++ instance

How do I make a public key?

A public key available to access our Nimbus instances, if that is the system your requested application is on. 

To create a keypair, use the following commands on your local machine (the computer that you will be accessing the Pawsey resource from):

ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/firstname_lastname_key

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/firstname_lastname_key

cat ~/.ssh/firstname_lastname_key.pub

The output of the last command is the public key. Please note that you should never give out the private key, which is stored in ~/.ssh/ as above.

Who is funding and operating Australian Fgenesh++ Service?

The Australian BioCommons operates Fgenesh++ Service in collaboration with, and underpinned by resources provided by, Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and Bioplatforms Australia. The service is underpinned by computational resources provided by the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre.