PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ling-Hong Hung
AU  - Jiaming Hu
AU  - Trevor Meiss
AU  - Alyssa Ingersoll
AU  - Wes Lloyd
AU  - Daniel Kristiyanto
AU  - Yuguang Xiong
AU  - Eric Sobie
AU  - Ka Yee Yeung
TI  - Building containerized workflows using the BioDepot-workflow-builder (Bwb)
AID  - 10.1101/099010
DP  - 2018 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 099010
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/11/22/099010.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/11/22/099010.full
AB  - We present the BioDepot-workflow-builder (Bwb), a software tool that allows users to create and execute reproducible bioinformatics workflows using a drag-and-drop interface. Graphical widgets represent Docker containers executing a modular task. Widgets are then graphically linked to build bioinformatics workflows that can be reproducibly deployed across different local and cloud platforms. Each widget contains a form-based user interface to facilitate parameter entry and a console to display intermediate results. Bwb provides tools for rapid customization of widgets, containers and workflows. Saved workflows can be shared using Bwb’s native format or exported as shell scripts.List of abbreviationsAWS= Amazon Web ServicesBWA= Burroughs-Wheeler AlignerBwb= BioDepot-workflow-BuilderDToxS= Drug Toxicity Signature Generation CenterRNA-seq= RNA sequencingSOP= standard operating procedureVNC= virtual network computing