Other Software Downloads and Information
All software downloads come with files that explain installation after unpacking. Most downloads will unpack automatically or after double-clicking the downloaded file. If not, you will need Stuffit Expander or a Zip expander (Unix).
Java Runtime Environment (JRE): this is necessary to run any of my programs, which are all written in Java. If you have Mac OSX you should already have the Mac JRE but you may want to try to update to the newest release.
Download JRE for Windows, Linux, or Solaris (and redirection for Mac). Click the "Get It Now" button. This download is from the Sun website and is easily installed according to their directions.
GFF Parser: a simple program that lets you quickly parse data from GFF 2.0 files (which are flat-text genome data files). Updated 12/18/02. You may also need to get the Java Runtime Environment from the Sun site (see link near top of this page).
Download GFF Parser for Windows.
Download GFF Parser for Mac.
Download GFF Parser for Linux.
Etho: a highly configurable keyboard-driven event timer. Useful for recording and analyzing events a laboratory setting. You may also need to get the Java Runtime Environment from the Sun site (see link near top of this page).
Download data collection timer (Etho) for Windows (zip archive, updated 8/6/03).
Download data collection timer (Etho) for Mac OSX (sitx updated 8/6/03).
Download data collection timer (Etho) for Linux (zip archive, updated 8/6/03).
Karkinos: a way-cool cancer growth simulator that is useful for teaching. Updated 5/12/03. You may also need to get the Java Runtime Environment from the Sun site (see link near top of this page).
Download Karkinos for Windows.
Download Karkinos for Mac OSX.
Strain Collection Searching: software that lets you search tab-delimited data sets, currently specifically tailored for the Thomas lab worm strain, allele, and oligo data sets. It wouldn't be hard to configure it to view any tab-delimited text data format. It makes easy things like finding all strains with dpy-5 and an unc them. Also, sort by any field and other bells and whistles.
Download Windows executable (zip archive).
Download Mac OSX eecutable (zip archive).