PathVisio 1.1 release & WikiPathways publication

[Martijn van Iersel]

This newsletter contains 2 announcements:

1. PathVisio 1.1 has been released
2. WikiPathways: Pathway Editing for the People published in PLOS Biology

1. PathVisio 1.1 has been released.

This is a major new release with many new features and the long-expected Mac OS X and Linux compatibility.

What is new since PathVisio 1.0?

• Mac OS X and Linux compatibility
• Add literature references and comments more easily by double-clicking and entering a pubmed id
• Find database references more quickly: search for genes and metabolites by name instead of database identifier
• Connect lines to shapes easily with drag and drop
• Elbow- and curved connectors
• Line anchors and the possibility to make arrows point to other lines.
• Multi-line labels
  
• Redesigned group appearance to make it easier to find grouped items
• Modeless editor: you no longer have to toggle the edit mode button before editing a pathway
  
• Numerous bugfixes

Microarray / high-throughput data analysis features are not yet part of the core of PathVisio and are currently only available as plug-ins.

You can obtain the latest version of PathVisio as always by following this link: http://pathvisio.org/Download

2. Peer-reviewed article on WikiPathways published

This is an open access publication, you can read it directly from
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0060184

The full citation is as follows:

WikiPathways: Pathway Editing for the People
Pico AR, Kelder T, van Iersel MP, Hanspers K, Conklin BR, Evelo C
PLoS Biology Vol. 6, No. 7, e184 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060184