CRISPRcloud: a secure cloud-based pipeline for CRISPR pooled screen deconvolution

SUMMARY: We present a user-friendly, cloud-based, data analysis pipeline for the deconvolution of pooled screening data. This tool, CRISPRcloud, serves a dual purpose of extracting, clustering and analyzing raw next generation sequencing files derived from pooled screening experiments while at the same time presenting them in a user-friendly way on a secure web-based platform. Moreover, CRISPRcloud serves as a useful web-based analysis pipeline for reanalysis of pooled CRISPR screening datasets. Taken together, the framework described in this study is expected to accelerate development of web-based bioinformatics tool for handling all studies which include next generation sequencing data. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: http://crispr.nrihub.org. CONTACT: zhandong.liu@bcm.edu. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.