Please recommend any free NGS data analysis software that runs on Windows. I have downloaded and used CLC Genomics Workbench, but only for two weeks. Any other software that I can use for longer periods?
I think you are best off finding a way to work on Linux. Either install Linux as dual-boot (on a separate hard drive partition), or on a virtual machine.
I think you are best off finding a way to work on Linux. Either install Linux as dual-boot (on a separate hard drive partition), or on a virtual machine.
I suggest using PubMed to search for some of the excellent, recent tutorials from Simon Anders and Gordon Smyth on the use of edgeR and DESeq. Even if you don't choose to use these specific packages in your analyses, I think it's possible to glean a good deal of essential R code and commands, without needing to study many extra tutorials. Articles of this kind were invaluable to me as I learned to use R for the first time for NGS work.
Linus is a possibility as suggested but anyway you will end up in the same situation. I have good experience with CLC Genomics.
CLC program has a lot of options and you need to know what they are.
My suggestion:
1)summarize your scope...
2)what type of analysis
3)your experience
before getting anything.
Before buy anything is important to get some experience in data analysis. Get in contact with researcher close to you and see what they use and how they do it.
Galaxy is a good option, however unless you run a local copy of Galaxy, you will have to upload your fastq or other NGS files to the Galaxy server, which may be tedious if you have a lot of samples.
I would still recommend Linux but since your question clearly implies Windows I would highly recommend to use R/Bioconductor. As suggested above you can use Galaxy. Also, I would say you should check this link-
Try SeqMonk. Especially for RNASeq it is perfect. Easy to use. Multiple statistical methods. User friendly. You can find how to use videos from youtube.
I would recommend galaxy (https://usegalaxy.org/). It is is an open source, web-based platform for NGS data analysis which includes RNAseQ, DNA sequencing data and SNP calling etc. It integrates several widely used tools for NGS data analysis using which you can develop your own pipeline for analysis. All you need is to create a login on its web interface.
I recommend Varstation (http://www.varstation.com). It is a cloud-based platform and performs end-to-end genetic files processing (mapping and variant calling) as well as variant annotation and classification. The tool already contains validated pipelines by bioinformatics specialists.