diff --git a/bin/lens/download_general_references.sh b/bin/lens/download_general_references.sh
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+export RAFT_PATH=~/raft
+export REFERENCES_PATH=$RAFT_PATH/references
+cd $REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# Viral reference
+mkdir -p viral; cd viral
+wget https://github.com/dmarron/virdetect/raw/master/reference/virus_masked_hg38.fa
+wget https://gitlab.com/landscape-of-effective-neoantigens-software/nextflow/modules/tools/lens/-/wikis/uploads/4dedb99984857905ee96ab1d148d7863/virdetect.cds.gff.gz
+wget https://gitlab.com/landscape-of-effective-neoantigens-software/nextflow/modules/tools/lens/-/wikis/uploads/ad52c657d06c12d7a3346f15b71390af/virus.cds.fa.gz
+wget https://gitlab.com/landscape-of-effective-neoantigens-software/nextflow/modules/tools/lens/-/wikis/uploads/9e3a49921bd325caa98dcd9211f8cdd9/virus.pep.fa.gz
+gunzip *
+cd $REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# antigen.garnish data directory
+# The gzip extracts to the desired directory, so no mkdir and cd required.
+curl -fsSL "https://s3.amazonaws.com/get.rech.io/antigen.garnish-2.3.0.tar.gz" | tar -xvz
+chmod -R 700 antigen.garnish
+
+# BLASTP binary (for antigen.garnish)
+mkdir -p bin; cd bin
+wget https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/executables/blast+/2.13.0/ncbi-blast-2.13.0+-x64-linux.tar.gz
+tar xvf *gz
+mv ncbi*/bin/blastp $REFERENCES_PATH/antigen.garnish
+cd $REFERENCES_PATH
+rm -rf bin
+
+# Make dummy_file
+touch dummy_file
diff --git a/bin/lens/download_human_references.sh b/bin/lens/download_human_references.sh
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+export RAFT_PATH=~/raft
+export REFERENCES_PATH=$RAFT_PATH/references
+cd $REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# set up homo sapiens directory
+mkdir -p homo_sapiens; cd homo_sapiens
+export HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH=$REFERENCES_PATH/homo_sapiens
+
+#mhcflurry
+mkdir -p mhcflurry/tmp
+cd mhcflurry/tmp
+wget https://github.com/openvax/mhcflurry/releases/download/pre-2.0/models_class1_presentation.20200611.tar.bz2
+tar xvf *
+mv models/* ../
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+rm -rf tmp
+
+
+# Genomic reference
+mkdir -p fasta; cd fasta
+wget https://storage.googleapis.com/genomics-public-data/resources/broad/hg38/v0/Homo_sapiens_assembly38.fasta
+docker pull staphb/samtools:1.13
+docker run -v $PWD:/data staphb/samtools:1.13 samtools faidx Homo_sapiens_assembly38.fasta
+# EBV removal strategy from https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/a/14421
+keep_ids=($(awk '{print $1}' Homo_sapiens_assembly38.fasta.fai | grep -v chrEBV))
+docker run -v $PWD:/data staphb/samtools:1.13 samtools faidx -o Homo_sapiens.assembly38.no_ebv.fa Homo_sapiens_assembly38.fasta "${keep_ids[@]}"
+rm -f *.fasta*
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# GTF/GFF3
+mkdir -p annot; cd annot
+wget ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/gencode/Gencode_human/release_37/gencode.v37.annotation.gtf.gz
+wget http://geve.med.u-tokai.ac.jp/download_data/gtf_m/Hsap38.geve.m_v1.gtf.bz2
+bzip2 -d Hsap38.geve.m_v1.gtf.bz2
+zcat gencode.v37.annotation.gtf.gz > gencode.v37.annotation.with.hervs.gtf
+cat Hsap38.geve.m_v1.gtf | sed 's/^/chr/g' | sed 's/CDS/transcript/g' >> gencode.v37.annotation.with.hervs.gtf
+cat Hsap38.geve.m_v1.gtf | sed 's/^/chr/g' | sed 's/CDS/exon/g' >> gencode.v37.annotation.with.hervs.gtf
+wget ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/gencode/Gencode_human/release_37/gencode.v37.annotation.gff3.gz
+gunzip gencode.v37.annotation.gff3.gz
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# Protein reference
+mkdir -p protein; cd protein
+wget ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/gencode/Gencode_human/release_37/gencode.v37.pc_translations.fa.gz
+gunzip gencode.v37.pc_translations.fa.gz
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# Reference VCFs
+mkdir -p vcfs; cd vcfs
+wget https://storage.googleapis.com/gatk-best-practices/somatic-hg38/1000g_pon.hg38.vcf.gz
+wget https://storage.googleapis.com/gatk-best-practices/somatic-hg38/af-only-gnomad.hg38.vcf.gz
+wget https://storage.googleapis.com/genomics-public-data/resources/broad/hg38/v0/Homo_sapiens_assembly38.dbsnp138.vcf
+wget https://storage.googleapis.com/gatk-best-practices/somatic-hg38/small_exac_common_3.hg38.vcf.gz
+bgzip Homo_sapiens_assembly38.dbsnp138.vcf
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+
+# BEDs
+# https://www.biostars.org/p/459269/#459274
+mkdir -p beds; cd beds
+zgrep 'transcript_type "protein_coding"' $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH/annot/gencode.v37.annotation.gtf.gz | awk '($3=="exon") {printf("%s\t%s\t%s\n",$1,int($4)-1,$5);}' | sort -T . -t $'\t' -k1,1 -k2,2n | bedtools merge > hg38_exome.bed
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+
+# snpEff reference
+mkdir -p snpeff; cd snpeff
+docker pull resolwebio/snpeff:latest
+mkdir -p GRCh38.GENCODEv37; cd GRCh38.GENCODEv37
+wget https://gitlab.com/landscape-of-effective-neoantigens-software/nextflow/modules/tools/lens/-/wikis/uploads/430f9d80c841721499fbcec937b0f721/snpEff.config
+cp $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH/annot/gencode.v37.annotation.gtf.gz genes.gtf.gz
+gunzip genes.gtf.gz
+sudo ln $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH/fasta/Homo_sapiens.assembly38.no_ebv.fa sequences.fa
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH/snpeff
+docker run -v $PWD:/data -w /data resolwebio/snpeff:latest /opt/snpeff/snpeff/bin/snpEff build -gtf22 -v GRCh38.GENCODEv37 -dataDir /data -c GRCh38.GENCODEv37/snpEff.config
+rm -f GRCh38.GENCODEv37/sequences.fa GRCh38.GENCODEv37/genes.gtf
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+
+# NeoSplice reference
+mkdir -p neosplice; cd neosplice
+### The steps below generates a peptidome specific to a GTF and reference
+### FASTA which is ideal. The Python script is taxing though, and users may not
+### be able to run the script. As an alternative, the "off-the-shelf" peptidome
+### included with NeoSplice is provided by default.
+
+# wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/max555beyond/NeoSplice/master/generate_reference_peptidome.py
+# python3 -m pip install --user pyfaidx
+# python3 -m pip install --user bcbio-gff
+# sed 's/os.makedirs(path, 0777)/os.makedirs(path, 0777)/g' generate_reference_peptidome.py > generate_reference_peptidome.py.tmp
+# mv generate_reference_peptidome.py.tmp generate_reference_peptidome.py
+# python3 generate_reference_peptidome.py $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH/annot/gencode.v37.annotation.gff3 $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH/fasta/Homo_sapiens.assembly38.no_ebv.fa .
+# mv .peptidome_result/ peptidome.homo_sapiens
+# rm generate_reference_peptidome.py
+
+mkdir -p peptidome.homo_sapiens; cd peptidome.homo_sapiens
+wget https://github.com/Benjamin-Vincent-Lab/NeoSplice/raw/master/Reference_peptidome/reference_peptidome_8.txt.gz
+wget https://github.com/Benjamin-Vincent-Lab/NeoSplice/raw/master/Reference_peptidome/reference_peptidome_9.txt.gz
+wget https://github.com/Benjamin-Vincent-Lab/NeoSplice/raw/master/Reference_peptidome/reference_peptidome_10.txt.gz
+wget https://github.com/Benjamin-Vincent-Lab/NeoSplice/raw/master/Reference_peptidome/reference_peptidome_11.txt.gz
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# CTA/Self-antigen reference
+mkdir -p cta_self; cd cta_self
+wget https://gitlab.com/landscape-of-effective-neoantigens-software/nextflow/modules/tools/lens/-/wikis/uploads/5a9786203497b90c0cc0c0a6a251399b/cta_and_self_antigen.homo_sapiens.gene_list
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# STARFusion reference
+# Note: This file is quite large (31G), so ensure you have sufficient storage.
+mkdir -p starfusion; cd starfusion
+wget https://data.broadinstitute.org/Trinity/CTAT_RESOURCE_LIB/__genome_libs_StarFv1.10/GRCh38_gencode_v37_CTAT_lib_Mar012021.plug-n-play.tar.gz
+tar -xvf GRCh38_gencode_v37_CTAT_lib_Mar012021.plug-n-play.tar.gz
+cd GRCh38_gencode_v37_CTAT_lib_Mar012021.plug-n-play
+mv ctat_genome_lib_build_dir/* .; rm -rf ctat_genome_lib_build_dir/; cd ..
+rm -rf GRCh38_gencode_v37_CTAT_lib_Mar012021.plug-n-play.tar.gz
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# ERV reference
+mkdir -p erv; cd erv
+wget http://geve.med.u-tokai.ac.jp/download_data/table/Hsap38.txt.bz2
+bzip2 -d Hsap38.txt.bz2
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# TCGA external reference
+mkdir -p tcga; cd tcga
+python3 -m pip install numpy --user
+wget https://toil-xena-hub.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/download/tcga_rsem_isoform_tpm.gz
+wget https://gitlab.com/landscape-of-effective-neoantigens-software/nextflow/modules/tools/lens/-/wikis/uploads/5e315a7217ff68ee2ced894e8a4a7246/tissue_source_site_codes
+wget https://gitlab.com/landscape-of-effective-neoantigens-software/tcga2lens/-/raw/0e4ac67007b5e77b151162465b44003f555951a4/tcga2lens.py
+python3 tcga2lens.py summarize-transcript-expression --tx-file tcga_rsem_isoform_tpm.gz --tumor-type-map tissue_source_site_codes --output tcga_transcript_tpm_summary.tsv
+cd $HUMAN_REFERENCES_PATH
diff --git a/bin/lens/download_mouse_references.sh b/bin/lens/download_mouse_references.sh
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+export RAFT_PATH=~/raft
+export REFERENCES_PATH=$RAFT_PATH/references
+cd $REFERENCES_PATH
+
+mkdir -p mus_musculus; cd mus_musculus
+export MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH=$REFERENCES_PATH/mus_musculus
+
+
+# Genomic reference
+mkdir -p fasta; cd fasta
+wget https://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/gencode/Gencode_mouse/release_M25/GRCm38.primary_assembly.genome.fa.gz
+gunzip GRCm38.primary_assembly.genome.fa.gz
+cd $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# Protein reference
+wget ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/gencode/Gencode_mouse/release_M25/gencode.vM25.pc_translations.fa.gz
+gunzip gencode.vM25.pc_translations.fa.gz
+cd $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# GTF/GFF3
+mkdir -p annot; cd annot
+wget ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/gencode/Gencode_mouse/release_M25/gencode.vM25.annotation.gtf.gz
+wget http://geve.med.u-tokai.ac.jp/download_data/gtf_m/Mmus38.geve.m_v1.gtf.bz2
+bzip2 -d Mmus38.geve.m_v1.gtf.bz2
+zcat gencode.vM25.annotation.gtf.gz | grep -v chrMG > gencode.vM25.annotation.with.mervs.gtf
+cat Mmus38.geve.m_v1.gtf | sed 's/^/chr/g' | sed 's/CDS/transcript/g' >> gencode.vM25.annotation.with.mervs.gtf
+cat Mmus38.geve.m_v1.gtf | sed 's/^/chr/g' | sed 's/CDS/exon/g' >> gencode.vM25.annotation.with.mervs.gtf
+wget ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/gencode/Gencode_mouse/release_M25/gencode.vM25.annotation.gff3.gz
+gunzip gencode.vM25.annotation.gff3.gz
+cd $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+
+# Reference VCFs
+mkdir -p vcfs; cd vcfs
+# From https://github.com/igordot/genomics/blob/master/workflows/gatk-mouse-mm10.md
+wget --recursive --no-parent --no-directories \
+--accept vcf*vcf.gz \
+ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/snp/organisms/archive/mouse_10090/VCF/
+rm *Alt* *MT* *Multi* *NotOn* *Un*
+for vcf in $(ls -1 vcf_chr_*.vcf.gz) ; do
+  vcf_new=${vcf/.vcf.gz/.vcf}
+  echo $vcf
+  zcat $vcf | sed 's/^\([0-9XY]\)/chr\1/' > $vcf_new
+  rm -fv $vcf
+done
+for i in *vcf; do echo ${i}; bgzip ${i}; done
+for i in *vcf.gz; do echo ${i}; tabix ${i}; done
+bcftools merge -Oz -o mm10.dbsnp.vcf.gz *vcf.gz
+rm vcf*
+cd $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# BEDs
+# https://www.biostars.org/p/459269/#459274
+mkdir -p beds; cd beds
+zgrep 'transcript_type "protein_coding"' $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH/annot/gencode.vM25.annotation.gtf.gz | awk '($3=="exon") {printf("%s\t%s\t%s\n",$1,int($4)-1,$5);}' | sort -T . -t $'\t' -k1,1 -k2,2n | bedtools merge > mm10_exome.bed
+cd $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# snpEff reference
+mkdir -p snpeff; cd snpeff
+docker pull resolwebio/snpeff:2.0.0
+docker run -v $PWD:/data resolwebio/snpeff:2.0.0 /opt/snpeff/snpeff/bin/snpEff download GRCm38.86 -dataDir ${PWD}
+wget https://gitlab.com/landscape-of-effective-neoantigens-software/nextflow/modules/tools/lens/-/wikis/uploads/430f9d80c841721499fbcec937b0f721/snpEff.config
+cd $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# NeoSplice reference
+mkdir -p neosplice; cd neosplice
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BWMac/NeoSplice/master/generate_reference_peptidome.py
+python3 generate_reference_peptidome.py $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH/annot/gencode.vM25.annotation.gff3 $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH/fasta/GRCm38.primary_assembly.genome.fa .
+mv .peptidome_result/ peptidome.mus_musculus
+rm generate_reference_peptidome.py
+cd $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+#stopped here
+
+# CTA/Self-antigen reference
+mkdir -p cta_self; cd cta_self
+wget https://gitlab.com/landscape-of-effective-neoantigens-software/nextflow/modules/tools/lens/-/wikis/uploads/7f7454717866c1a61fb505f8ac5446e0/cta_and_self_antigen.mus_musculus.gene_list
+cd $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# STARFusion reference - waiting for response on 404 error
+# mkdir -p starfusion; cd starfusion
+# wget https://data.broadinstitute.org/Trinity/CTAT_RESOURCE_LIB/__genome_libs_StarFv1.9/Mouse_gencode_M24_CTAT_lib_Apr062020.plug-n-play.tar.gz
+# tar -xvf Mouse_gencode_M24_CTAT_lib_Apr062020.plug-n-play.tar.gz
+# cd Mouse_gencode_M24_CTAT_lib_Apr062020.plug-n-play
+# mv ctat_genome_lib_build_dir/* .; rm -rf ctat_genome_lib_build_dir/; cd ..
+# rm -rf Mouse_gencode_M24_CTAT_lib_Apr062020.plug-n-play.tar.gz
+# cd $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH
+
+# ERV reference
+mkdir -p erv; cd erv
+wget http://geve.med.u-tokai.ac.jp/download_data/table/Mmus38.txt.bz2
+bzip2 -d Mmus38.txt.bz2
+cd $MOUSE_REFERENCES_PATH
diff --git a/bin/lens/mirror-lens-references.sh b/bin/lens/mirror-lens-references.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Refer to the Running LENS instructions and set up your environment accordingly before executing this script:
+# https://gitlab.com/landscape-of-effective-neoantigens-software/nextflow/modules/tools/lens/-/wikis/Running-LENS#populate-raft-global-references-directory
+
+# This script assumes that `AWS_PROFILE` has been set to a AWS CLI
+# profile that has write-access to the `s3://sage-igenomes` bucket
+# (or using any other means of authenticating with the AWS CLI).
+
+# Downloading the LENS reference files will temporarily take up ~72.1 GB of disk space.
+
+prefixes=(
+    "antigen.garnish/"
+    # "erv/"
+    "homo_sapiens/"
+    # "mus_musculus/"
+    "viral/"
+)
+
+echo "Downloading LENS reference files"
+mkdir -p "./lens/references"
+cd ./lens
+bash download_general_references.sh
+bash download_human_references.sh
+# bash download_mouse_references.sh
+
+for prefix in ${prefixes[*]}; do
+    echo "Syncing $prefix..."
+    aws s3 --region us-east-1 sync "./references/$prefix/" "s3://sage-igenomes/LENS/$prefix/" --acl public-read
+done
+cd ..
+rm -r "./lens"