「禾易長畝，終善且有。」——《詩經·小雅·甫田》
The strong crops grew so thick that they covered the ridges, and it was a year of good harvest.
-- "Book of Songs · Xiaoya · Futian"
HEMU is an easy-to-handle, graphical based database and analysis platform for Andropogoneae grasses which enables user to perform complex data mining and comparative genomics analyses from multiple representative Andropogoneae species within a click.
The name "HEMU" draws its inspiration from the Chinese classic, the Book of Songs, symbolizing robust crops and bountiful harvests. HEMU encompasses massive multi-omics data and is equipped with six sophisticated analysis toolkits, which enables easy utilization of the bioinformatics data and customized performance of comparative analysis from novel perspectives among Andropogoneae species.
HEMU is also part of an open-source initiative, in which the backend framework as well as data analysis workflows are made available publicly on GitHub HERE.
Citation:
Zhu Y, Wang Z, Zhou Z, Liu Y, Gao X, Guo W, Shi J. HEMU: an integrated comparative genomics database and analysis platform for Andropogoneae grasses. Plant Commun. 2023 Dec 28:100786. doi: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100786.
Figure 1: Structures and main functions of HEMU database
(Shown in unique toolkits)
Figure 2: Multi-omics data utilized in the construction of HEMU