Bioinformatic Platforms as a collaborative tool
The analysis of omics data involves the collaboration of biologists and bioinformaticians. They need each other to generate the data and analyse it. Biologists have a deep understanding of the …
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MEET US AT THE [BC]2 CONFERENCE!
We are excited to announce our sponsorship at the [BC]2 conference that will take place at the Congress Center Basel and online. The conference is organized by the Swiss Institute …
Insights into Aging from the GTEx Tissue Collection using Omics Playground
The Genotype-Tissue Expression program (GTEx) is an extensive collection of gene expression profiles from 54 different tissue sites across more than 1000 individuals. This data can provide various insights on …
Osteoarthritis-like transcriptional changes induced by IL-17A point to its potential validity as a therapeutic target
For this brief article, I have decided to re-analyse the RNA-seq data from a recently published paper on the osteoarthritis-like (OA-like) transcription changes induced in response to Interleukin-17 (IL-17) (Mimpen …
The Shifting Bottleneck in Genome Data Research
Amidst the talks of personalised medicine, it is easy to forget that cheap large scale genome sequencing is a recent phenomenon that started in the early 2000’s with the development …
Glucocorticoid Resistance in Multiple Myeloma: a Dataset Re-analysis
For this post, I decided to re-analyse a dataset from a recent article by Logie et al (2021) using our Omics Playground platform. Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a malignancy that …
In-house or out-house: Is it time to outsource bioinformatics?
This post is based on two recent blog posts on the state of the bioinformatics industry. In them, the authors (Philipp Zentner and Tatsiana Aneichyck) point out the issues currently …
Jobs: R/Shiny Web Application Developer
We are seeking a highly motivated and expert R/Shiny Web Application Developer to join our expanding team. You will be joining a highly collaborative team of developers, bioinformaticians and biologists …
Jobs: Chief Software Architect with R/Shiny experience
BigOmics Analytics is a data analytics SaaS startup for big data in the area of next-generation genomics that wants to change the way bioinformatics is done. BigOmics’ mission is to …
Jobs: Internship in Branding and Marketing
We are looking for a highly motivated undergraduate/graduate who wants to build branding and marketing experience in a startup environment. You will define and create our brand/marketing strategy from scratch, …