IonGap is a pipeline designed for the assembly and subsequent analysis of bacterial genomic sequence data. Both its components and its configuration are based on a research process aimed at discovering the optimal combination of tools to obtain good results from “single-end” reads generated by the Ion Torrent PGM sequencer.
Ion Torrent technology allows genomic sequencing at reduced costs, which leads to a wide use in bacterial genomics. Given the large amount of information produced by this platform, simpler and more intuitive bioinformatics tools that require minimal learning are required in order to transfer this tool to an applied clinical environment.
IonGap was born from a research project at the University of La Laguna, where it was initially conceived as a tool for the genomics experts of the University Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands. Currently, it has become a joint project between the Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, the University of La Laguna and the Canary Health Service, whose headquarters are located in Tenerife, and runs on the TeideHPC supercomputer.
IonGAP is in the public domain, runs on the TeideHPC supercomputer and is being used by a large number of professionals from multiple countries and institutions.
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