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Release date: March 24, 2025
Added Statistics classification task for logistic regression models, specifically to support proteomics use cases
Removed icons no longer used on scRNA normalization report
Updated font to match Illumina standard guidelines
Added last login to user usage report
Updated "Contact us" to direct to Illumina support
Fixed CellPhoneDB add annotation option
Fixed mixed model ANOVA when random nested factor is added as the first factor in the model
Fixed CosMX import error
Updated disk storage allocation user roles
Fixed project role display
Fixed "Correlation across assays" data node selection
Fixed issue with opening "Annotate variant" nodes
Fixed issue for creating a project from filtered sample output data nodes
Fixed issue with Chromosome view icon missing in the differential expression report
Latest docker image: public.ecr.aws/partek-flow/rtw:12.5.0
Release date: February 27, 2025
Improved speed performance and related issues with importing single cell data
Fixed issues with creating a project from data nodes and downloading data from result nodes
Fixed issue with TF-IDF normalization
Fixed issue with filtering being reflected in tissue images
Fixed issue with batch effect correction error
Latest docker image: public.ecr.aws/partek-flow/rtw:12.4.3
Release date: February 12, 2025
Added a new import option for a Feature list which allows users to explore a list of identified genes in analyses, like KEGG pathway gene set enrichment
Fixed an issue with outputs for Filtering observations which was affecting downstream tasks
Fixed issues with K-means clustering and Classify cells task
Latest docker image: public.ecr.aws/partek-flow/rtw:12.4.2
Release date: February 4, 2025
Fixed an issue causing failures with Cell Ranger and Space Ranger tasks due to broken symlinks
Fixed an issue where the Classify Cell Type task failed on human data
Fixed an issue where Scatterplots disappear when Groupings are highlighted by an attribute
Fixed an issue where the SCTransform step in Seurat fails due to total size of an export exceeding the maximum allowed size.
Fixed an issue causing the Correlation Plot is not generated for feature analyses
Fixed an issue where an import error message was not included in the error log
Fixed an issue where multiple ADAT files could not be imported into a project
Fixed an issue where system-wide attributes cause other features to not work as expected. Now, System-wide attributes are no longer available and Project-specific attributes are default
Fixed an issue where optional information in the Differential Methylation Report (e.g., Chromosome) is not properly displayed in the table
Fixed an issue where transferring projects with paired-end FASTQ files results in file name changes
Fixed an issue when clicking the ‘I don’t remember my username’ does not work as expected
Fixed an issue where the Quantification box-whisker plot does not change between gene level stats and transcript level report
Fixed an issue where filtering by gene score only works on one sample in a split sample configuration
Fixed an issue where the Imported Quantification data filter report is missing median, Q1, and Q3 data
Fixed an issue where the Top number of features cannot be set when scheduling a PCA task on a data node that is not yet generated
Fixed an issue resulting in an incorrect Salmon command prediction
Fixed scaling issues in the stacked violin plot when adjusting the Y-axis and when choosing “fit data” mode
Fixed an issue where multiple files are listed when selecting transcripts for a single CosMX image
Fixed an issue when downloading a Differential Genome Expression feature list and the ‘Include counts’ option is de-selected, the downloaded ZIP file cannot be opened
Latest docker image: public.ecr.aws/partek-flow/rtw:12.4.0
Release date: November 14, 2024
Improved 'rds' Seurat object name to be case insensitive
Transitioned the help documentation to Gitbook and added new data type tutorials
Added support to analyze Illumina methylation array data: Infinium HumanMethylation450K, Infinium MethylationEPIC v1.0, and Infinium Methylation Screening Array
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: public.ecr.aws/partek-flow/rtw:12.3.0
Release date: October 10, 2024
Minor bug fixes
Release date: September 6, 2024
Improved monocle 3 dialog by adding an option to set the number of nearest neighbors
Venn Diagram set-up allows user option to match gene identifiers in either case-sensitive or case-insensitive mode
Minor bug fixes
Release date: July 12, 2024
Bug fix: Data import of h5 or sparse matrix data may be affected when cell or feature filtering is enabled. We suggest reimporting this data type if these data types were imported between June 24, 2024 and July 11, 2024.
Import of Alamar Bioscience proteomics data output in .csv format supported
Support for Visium HD, 8uM and 16uM
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:12.0.1
A new look and feel with updated typography and icons, but the same functionality
Improved sparse matrix import for speed
Improved CosMx import for file compatibility
Updated default aligner settings to use the whole genome index as default
Additional sorting features added to the CellPhoneDB task
Minor bug fixes
Use multiple colors for a numeric variable to color the scatter plot
Added Normalization task option to use a numeric attribute to divide or subtract from data
Leiden algorithm option added to the graph-based clustering task
Added support to import Seurat 5 object
Added support to import Seurat object saved as .qs format
Added filter feature option in SVD task
Ability to specify multiple urls during fastq file import
Improved filter based on GSEA enrichment score dialog
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:24.0529.62
Added CellphoneDB task to analyze cell-cell communication process
Added display transcripts location ability on 10X Genomics Xenium data visualization
Improved trim adaptor task to be more memory efficient
Improved file browser when specify a location and click go button, it will scroll to the location on the left panel
Moved all tasks in Peak analysis section to Region analysis section
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:24.0414.55
Added more options for variant filter by fields
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:24.0325.52
Added hierarchical cluster analysis task to similarity matrix data node
Added statistical analysis task to cell descriptive stats
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:24.0317.49
Improved convert Seurat to matrix dialog to allow to configure meta data
Added more options in filter annotated peaks dialog
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:24.0311.45
Improved differential analysis report filter option on log2 ratio to allow user to specify a range to filter
Improved Normalize to housekeeping genes dialog to display both gene ID and gene name
Added data repository management on Settings page
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:24.0301.39
Added long reads aligner minimap2 and pbmm2
Simplified the Data Viewer configuration dialogs
Added Scree plot and component loadings table to the PCA report by default
Added Poisson regression and Negative binomial regression as options in the Differential analysis task
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:24.0204.33
Automatically generate spatial report on analysis tab after spatial data import
Added alt-splicing task option on Salmon's transcript count data node
Added STARsolo task for 10x Genomics scRNA-seq data
Updated FreeBayes to v1.3.6
PCA task default feature filter method is changed to variance from vst
Filter peaks task is moved to Filtering section from Peak analysis section on the menu
Make the enable/disable user account as separate privilege from add user account for admin
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:24.0102.29
Enabled MACS peak detection report visualizations in the Data viewer
Improved the algorithm for the normalize to housekeeping genes task
Added more gene annotation options in SNV task report
Fixed the Venn diagram issue on some of the browsers
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:23.1204.23
Added search function in Help menu to directly search the content in documentation page
Added option to choose a number of features to use in PCA computation
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:23.1105.16
Improved differential analysis report layout
Add impute missing value task
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:23.1023.14
Improved pre-alignment QC report
Fixed differential analysis report table download issue
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:23.1009.11
The user interface now boasts a modern appearance
Enhanced the import wizard for greater intuitiveness and user-friendliness
Added support for SomaLogic ADAT bulk protein data
Improved the file browser for fast access to recent server uploads
Bolstered file protection to prevent accidental deletions when used by other projects
Added support for the 10x Genomics Xenium platform
Introduced support for the Nanostring CosMx platform
Added a new task for Correlation analysis between different assays
Improved scatterplot selection with a handy painting mode
Added the ability to display a high resolution Visium image with a new Spatial imaging report task for quick viewing
Added a manual alignment option for tissue image visualization
Streamlined the import process for multiple files per sample, e.g. import all 3 sparse matrix (feature-barcode-matrix) files per sample for all samples at one time
Added more available information on the Annotated region report
Improved the Seurat object conversion to be more intuitive
Added a more detailed report to the Adapter trimming task
Creating pseudobulk data by pooling single cells has been made easier with increased functionality
Optimized the differential analysis dialogs for improved usability
Changed the default normalization method for bulk RNA-Seq data to Median ratio (DESeq2)
Improved the Detect fusions and Trim bases tasks to be more intuitive
Allowed the Single-cell QA/QC task to be performed on individual samples
Minor bug fixes
Latest docker image: registry.partek.com/rtw:23.0918.1
Added a new visualization type,
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