Persephone® is a software platform for visualizing and exploring diverse genomic data types. It enables individual users, as well as entire institutions, to manage ever increasing genomic data sets. Persephone integrates public and private data in a form that is easy to navigate and explore. An advanced graphics engine allows users to browse through the genomes in a smooth, animated manner.

The data types visualized by Persephone include genomic sequences, genetic maps, gene models and other annotation, markers, QTLs, RNA-seq and other quantitative tracks, syntenic regions, NGS read and transcript alignments, SNPs and indels, etc.

Typically, the main bulk of the data is stored in the central database and is accessible by all users of the application. Additionally, the users can upload their own files and visualize them privately alongside the data from the database.

This help system provides documentation for

  • Setting up the Persephone System. This section is intended for Persephone administrators and provides an overview of the Persephone system. It covers installation by using a Docker image. 

Optional

For those who decide to install all components separately, the instructions include:

• Configuring an Oracle or MySQL-compatible server, which can be located in-house or in the cloud.
• Configuring the main API server (known as "WebCerberus") that provides the data transport and presents the main web client application.
• Setting up Apache Solr text search engine (requires Java).

  • Web Persephone User Guide. Instructions for using the web version of Persephone.
  • Persephone User Guide. How to run the desktop Persephone application (note, it is getting obsolete as all the new functionality is implemented in the web application only).
  • Loading Data into Persephone. How to install and use the data loading PersephoneShell application.

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If you have questions about Persephone, please contact us at https://persephonesoft.com/contact. A Persephone representative will get back to you shortly.