# soap

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** soap
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [http://soap.genomics.org.cn/](http://soap.genomics.org.cn/)

## Software Description

SOAP has been in evolution from a single alignment tool to a tool
package that provides full solution to next generation sequencing data
analysis. Currently, it consists of a new alignment tool
(SOAPaligner/soap2), a re-sequencing consensus sequence builder
(SOAPsnp), an indel finder ( SOAPindel ), a structural variation scanner
( SOAPsv ) and a de novo short reads assembler ( SOAPdenovo ).

SOAPdenovo is a novel short-read assembly method that can build a de
novo draft assembly for the human-sized genomes. The program is
specially designed to assemble Illumina GA short reads. It creates new
opportunities for building reference sequences and carrying out accurate
analyses of unexplored genomes in a cost effective way.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load soap

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of soap available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail soap