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A User-friendly and Powerful R Analysis of Large-scale Datasets

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easyClock: a user-friendly desktop application for circadian rhythm analysis and visualization.

Binbin Wu¹, William W Ja²

¹Department of Neuroscience, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology, Jupiter, FL, 33458, USA. binbin.wu@ufl.edu.

BMC Bioinformatics

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Summary

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easyClock simplifies circadian rhythm analysis with an intuitive, open-source application. This tool enables batch processing, visualization, and statistical assessment of time-series data without requiring programming skills.

Keywords:

Circadian rhythms Noncoding analysis tool Open-source Rhythm detection Visualization

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Area of Science:

Chronobiology
Bioinformatics
Data Science

Background:

Circadian rhythms govern numerous biological processes, necessitating accurate analysis for understanding physiological and behavioral patterns.
Current circadian data analysis tools often demand programming skills or proprietary software, hindering widespread adoption.
A need exists for accessible, user-friendly software to analyze complex circadian time-series data.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce easyClock, an intuitive and interactive application for streamlined circadian rhythm analysis and visualization.
To provide a versatile tool capable of handling diverse time-series datasets, including those with varied waveforms and noise.
To facilitate efficient batch processing and statistical assessment of circadian data for researchers.

Main Methods:

Development of an interactive, graphical user interface (GUI) application named easyClock.
Implementation of batch processing capabilities for simultaneous analysis of multiple data files.
Integration of statistical methods, including linear mixed-effects modeling, for assessing inter-individual variability and group differences.
Support for data visualization and export of results and graphs.

Main Results:

easyClock enables simultaneous batch analysis and visualization of multiple circadian time-series datasets.
The application effectively handles data with various waveforms and noise levels, ensuring robust analysis.
easyClock facilitates the assessment of inter-individual variability and group differences through integrated statistical modeling.
Demonstrated utility through re-analysis of a time-series transcriptomic dataset.

Conclusions:

easyClock is an accessible, open-source tool that democratizes circadian rhythm analysis.
The application requires no programming expertise and offers a user-friendly experience for researchers on Windows and macOS.
easyClock enhances efficiency and comparability in circadian data analysis and visualization.