Taverna is a workflow system that is a component of the EPSRC-funded myGrid project which is also based here at the University of Manchester and at the European Bioinformatics Institute. The MCISB is using Taverna as one of its tools for combining the use of multiple data repositories and analysis tools. The following Taverna-related software have been developed by the MCISB:

Plugins

Since version 1.5, the Taverna workflow system has a plugin mechanism which enables the software to be tailored to specific scientific domains. A number of Taverna plugins have been developed here at the MCISB for use in systems biology and informatics in general.

Use of libSBML in Taverna workflows

Its possible to use the methods in Java classes within JAR files as processors in Taverna workflows. Here, we show how the libsbml programming library can be used in workflows for automating thecreation and manipulation of SBML models.

Analysis of microarray data using R and maxdBrowse services

An example Taverna workflow showing the statistical analysis of gene expression levels using R and other remote services.

Other workflows

Other workflows and their documentation written by MCISB.