TRAINING AND SUPPORT

All DNASTAR applications include comprehensive user guides, which include videos, written tutorials and sample data. These user guides are easily accessible from within any DNASTAR application by selecting Help > Help Contents, and are also provided below.

For software installation details, please see our Lasergene Installation Guide (PDF version).

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Lasergene Molecular Biology

DNASTAR Navigator

Guides you to the correct software application for your workflow

Video: Get started with Lasergene using the DNASTAR Navigator

GeneQuest

Discover and annotate genes, regulatory elements, patterns, and structure in a DNA sequence. Perform an NCBI BLAST search.

GeneQuest User Guide (online) / GeneQuest User Guide (PDF)

GenVision

Create publication-quality illustrations for genes, gene functionality, gene expression levels, and contig coverage.

GenVision Help / GenVision Utility Help / GenVision Tutorials

MegAlign Pro

Multiple sequence alignment and pairwise sequence alignments using MUSCLE, MAFFT, Mauve, Clustal W and Clustal Omega.

MegAlign Pro User Guide (online) / MegAlign Pro User Guide (PDF)

SeqBuilder Pro

Edit & annotate sequences, design primers, perform virtual cloning, apply restriction enzymes, and auto-annotate plasmids.

SeqBuilder Pro User Guide (online) / SeqBuilder Pro User Guide (PDF)

SeqMan Pro

Legacy application for assembling and analyzing Sanger sequencing data.

SeqMan Pro Help

SeqMan Ultra

Analyze and edit sequence assemblies of both Sanger and NGS data.

SeqMan Ultra User Guide (online) / SeqMan Ultra User Guide (PDF)

SeqNinja

Sequence editing and annotation for DNA and protein sequences. Perform batch editing functions such as concatenate and reverse complement.

SeqNinja User Guide (online) / SeqNinja User Guide (PDF)

Looking for EditSeq, MegAlign, PrimerSelect, or SeqMan Pro? Those applications have been replaced by SeqBuilder Pro, MegAlign Pro, and SeqMan Ultra. To see some short topics showing how to do all your favorite workflows in the newer applications, refer to this PDF guide.

Lasergene Protein

Protean 3D

Create protein modeling predictions using the Boltz, AlphaFold-Multimer, NovaDock, or NovaFold Antibody algorithms.Analyze macromolecular structure, motion, and function. Study antibodies and ligands using your own protein sequence or a PDB sequence file.

Protean 3D User Guide (online) / Protean 3D User Guide (PDF)

Lasergene Genomics

ArrayStar

Large-scale, multi-sample variation comparison and gene expression analysis. Compare alleles in genomic studies and explore the role of SNPs in cancer and other genetic diseases.

ArrayStar Help

ArrayStar Tutorials are located in the Tutorials section of the SeqMan NGen User Guide. In that topic, look for any tutorial with “ArrayStar” in its name.

GenVision Pro

Visualize, browse, and compare one or more genomic assemblies.

GenVision Pro User Guide (online) / GenVision Pro User Guide (PDF)

SeqMan NGen

Templated and de novo next-gen genomic sequence assembly run on a local computer or on the cloud, via Cloud Assembly. When running on the cloud, the DNASTAR Cloud Data Drive is used for file storage.

SeqMan NGen User Guide (online) / SeqMan NGen User Guide (PDF)

Cloud Data Drive User Guide (online) / Cloud Data Drive User Guide (PDF) The chapter “Use the DNASTAR Cloud Data Drive” begins at page 241.

DNASTAR Cloud

Cloud Assemblies

DNASTAR Cloud Assemblies

Access to DNASTAR software on the Cloud. Assembly progress can be monitored via the Cloud Assemblies Web Monitor.

Cloud Data Drive User Guide (online) / Cloud Data Drive User Guide (PDF) The chapter “Use the DNASTAR Cloud Data Drive” begins at page 241.

Cloud Assembly (video) / Web Monitor Help