We've released our ChIP-Seq workflow this week, available to anyone with a Free Basic Account inside of GenomeQuest. Like all of our NGS workflows, it runs in two basic steps: a mapping step and a downstream analysis step. In this case, of course, the downstream analysis is a peak-finding algorithm. We chose the MACS modeling ...
At the CHI NGS conference, I chaired a roundtable of key managers and influencers discussing the opportunity and challenges to adoption of "cloud computing" for NGS applications. As a first observation, the session was well attended and people are thinking deeply about cloud issues. About 16 participated including representatives from major pharmaceuticals, agroscience, major ...
Recently I met with a genomics executive at a Biotech who expressed frustration that by appearances, NGS software vendors appear similar. I agree with his assessment if you just look at the web sites. Customers can play a role in helping the vendor community communicate (and compete) better by asking this simple question: "What are ...
I'm excited to start our advisory board, with the appointment of Dr. Mark Boguski. Since our initial financing in 2005, our investors have urged us to build the science advisory board. So what took so long? Until now, it wasn't necessary. We provided clear business value to pharma for a well-defined use case. An advisory board ...
The Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis conference in Providence in September looks like it's shaping up to be a good one. Plenty of GenomeQuesters will be there as will I. We're sponsoring a roundtable - NGS Five Years Down The Road. In five years time, NGS will have gone from "sexy new technology" to "established ...
The past few weeks have been exciting! The rush of users to the 6.0Beta product has kept us on our toes trying to ensure that everyone can find their way around. Our users' ingenuity is thrilling to watch. The heart of the company beats in rhythm with users who take a few hundred million reads in ...
I was recently interviewed for an article by Kevin Davies at Bio-IT World on our GenomeQuest 6.0Beta launch. He immediately connected our story to "NGS" and "Cloud" computing. We have deliberately not over-played the "cloud" aspect of our offering, but as the response from the article shows, there is a lot of interest in the ...