@title("Create Personalized Genome Browsers")
 
= Create Personalized Genome Browsers with UTGB Toolkit

{b|UTGB (University of Tokyo Genome Browser) Toolkit} is an open-source software for developing personalized genome browsers. The UTGB Toolkit is designed to meet the follwoing requirements:
* {b|Easy installation}
** No need to install other web server programs, database management sysytems, etc.
* {b|Guaranteed data privacy}
** Your genome browser works in your PCs (desktop, laptop, etc.)
* {b|Sophisticated web user interface}
** AJAX-based interactive genome browser

The UTGB Toolkit is licensed under an [license.html open source license], and is freely available for both commercial and personal use.

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The advent of high-throughput DNA sequencers has increased the pace of collecting enormous amounts of genomic information. 

yielding {b|billions of nucleotides} on a weekly basis. This advance represents an improvement of two orders of magnitude over traditional Sanger sequencers in terms of the number of nucleotides per unit time, allowing even small groups of researchers to obtain huge volumes of genomic data over fairly short period. Consequently, a pressing need exists for the development of personalized genome browsers for analyzing these immense amounts of private data. 
== Why personalized genome browsers are needed? 

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== Learn More 



* [feature.html UTGB Features]
** Learn the features UTGB Toolkit offers, and how you can quickly develop personalized genome browsers.


== Getting Started

* [./toolkit/ UTGB Toolkit Manual]
** How to develop your own genome browser with UTGB Toolkit

== Public Genome Browsers developed with UTGB Toolkit

* [browser.html List of Public Genome Browsers]

clip/browser-half.gif clip/machibase.png clip/repeatscape.png

== Mailing List & Public Discussion Forum

Future releases of UTGB will be announced in the following mailing list. Join now, and please post questions, additional feature requests, or bug reports to the mailing list:

* [http://groups.google.com/group/utgb-users?hl=en UTGB Users Public Discussion Group]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/utgb-users-jp UTGB Users JP] (for Japanese people)