What is GenoCAD™?

GenoCAD is an open-source computer-assisted-design (CAD) application for synthetic biology. The foundation of GenoCAD is to consider DNA as a language to program synthetic biological systems. GenoCAD includes a large database of annotated genetic parts which are the words of the language. GenoCAD also includes design rules describing how parts should be combined in genetic constructs. These rules are used to build a wizard that guides users through the process of designing complex genetic constructs and artificial gene networks. The same rules are used by the GenoCAD compiler to maintain the integrity of existing constructs. GenoCAD provides users with data import and export capabilities using standard formats (FASTA, GenBank, and tab-delimited text) so that users' personal workspaces can be customized to meet their specific needs.

Getting started

Who develops GenoCAD?

GenoCAD is developed by the Synthetic Biology group at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. More information about GenoCAD and the Synthetic Biology Group at VBI are available at Jean Peccoud's research group website.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EF-0850100. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Industrial Advisory Board

GenoCAD benefits from the advice of an Industrial Advisory Board comprised of the following executives:

GenoCAD Source Code

GenoCAD is distributed open source using the Apache Version 2.0 License. This license has been approved by the Open Source Initiative.

The GenoCAD source code is hosted on SourceForge http://sourceforge.net/projects/genocad/develop.

Use the ticketing system available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/genocad/support to submit your technical support requests or suggest new features.