created by Geraldine_VdAuwera
on 2018-01-12
The brand new 4.0 version of the GATK was released — at long last! — on Tuesday Jan 9, 2018.
In lieu of our traditional version highlights, for this release we have collected the following resources:
- [GATK4 launch page](https://software.broadinstitute.org/gatk/gatk4) on the GATK website: Summarizes key features and links to resources
- [Broad Institute press release](https://www.broadinstitute.org/news/broad-institute-releases-open-source-gatk4-software-genome-analysis-optimized-speed-and) and [GenomeWeb story on GATK4](https://www.genomeweb.com/broad-releases-redesigned-gatk4-promising-faster-performance-better-analytics): Key features and importance for the field/industry
- [Intel blog post on GATK4](https://itpeernetwork.intel.com/genome-analysis-toolkit-launch/): Discusses the optimization work of the Intel-Broad Center for Genomic Data Engineering around GATK4
- The [video of our live launch event](https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbroadinstitute%2Fvideos%2F1932835950089859%2F&show_text=0&width=560), which will also be uploaded to YouTube in the next few days
Coming soon: The GATK4 migration guide will detail the key differences at the level of tools and command lines that you should watch out for when you upgrade to using GATK4 in your own work.
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Updated on 2018-01-27