GraphSpace: stimulating interdisciplinary collaborations in network biology.

ABSTRACT

SUMMARY: Networks have become ubiquitous in systems biology. Visualization is a crucial component in their analysis. However, collaborations within research teams in network biology are hampered by software systems that are either specific to a computational algorithm, create visualizations that are not biologically meaningful, or have limited features for sharing networks and visualizations. We present GraphSpace, a web-based platform that fosters team science by allowing collaborating research groups to easily store, interact with, layout and share networks. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION Anyone can upload and share networks at http//graphspace.org. In addition, the GraphSpace code is available at http//github.com/Murali-group/graphspace if a user wants to run his or her own server. CONTACT murali@cs.vt.edu. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.