% my $tut_url = $m->comp("SELF:url_root") ."/tutorials";
% my $img_url = $m->comp("SELF:url_root") ."/images";

<h1>Resources and Contact Information</h1>

<h2>Using Circos in Publications</h2>

<p>If you are considering using Circos for a figure in a publication or magazine, you should know that

<ul>
<li>Circos can be used to visualize genomic data
<li>Circos can be used to visualize any other data, such as debates, bus schedules, relationships, social network, network traffic, and things we haven't though of
<li>Circos requires Perl to run
<li>Circos does not have a user interface, but is controlled through a plain-text configuration file
<li>Circos is ideal for creating images in an automated pipeline
<li>Circos is ideal for creating publication-quality figures
</ul>

<p>If you think Circos might be helpful, but are unsure where to start, check the <a href="<% $img_url %>">Circos example section</a> and then <a href="<% $tut_url %>">peruse the tutorials</a> to learn how the configuration syntax works. 

<p>I am happy to help you design and/or refine your image. Indeed, I've done it many times before, and nobody's eyes have bled yet. Drop me a line and we'll get started.

<h2>Using Circos as Art</h2>

<p>If you like things round, and distrust things square, Circos can be a platform for visual expression. It has been used artistically before, perhaps most prominently in the <a href="http://www.volumina.net/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=118&meta=Chromosomes_Cronenberg">David Cronenberg Chromosomes</a> exhibit, where I collaborated with Volumina to give the book and exhibit a scientific-y feel.

<h2>Discussion Group</h2>

<p>Unless you are communicating confidential or unpublished data (and wish it to remain that way), I strongly suggest that you use the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/circos-data-visualization">discussion group</a>. Let other users benefit from your question. In turn, you can benefit from the community's answers.

<h2>Bugs</h2>

<p>One or more bugs exist. If you find one, report it in the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/circos-data-visualization">discussion group</a>. 

<h2>Contact me</h2>

<p>All inquiries about Circos, suggestions about improvements, and promulgation of its uses<sup><b>*</b></sup>, please contact

<pre>
Martin Krzywinski
Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
100-570 West 7th Avenue
Vancouver BC V5Z 4S6
Canada
t 604-877-6000 x 673262 :: f 604-876-3561
<a href="mkweb.bcgsc.ca">mkweb.bcgsc.ca</a> 
<a href="mailto:martink@bcgsc.ca">martink@bcgsc.ca</a>
</pre>

<p><sup><b>*</b></sup> Normally only uses for <i>good</i> will be considered, but if sufficiently informative and visually attractive, consideration will be made for <i>evil</i>.</p>