How to convert FASTQ files into read count tables using Galaxy
This short guide is meant for biologists with little or no coding or bioinformatic experience and no access to a bioinformatician. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather …
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From sample to data to discovery: an example of platforms, reagents and software to get the most out of your experiments
Omics data is becoming ubiquitous both in biological and, increasingly, medical research. Rapid developments in reagents, sequencing technologies and analysis are constantly pushing down costs while increasing the amount of …
Profilin 1 and its role in proteasome inhibitors resistance
Browsing through the most recent proteomics dataset on the public PRIDE database, I came across this study (PXD033148) from Wang and colleagues at Xiangya Hospital of Central South University in …
BigOmics closes Pre-Series A with additional investment from Eppendorf
Lugano, March 17, 2022 – BigOmics Analytics, a Swiss biodata analytics startup, announces raising additional funding from Eppendorf, a leading life science company that develops and sells instruments, consumables and …
The Role of Osteopontin on Prostatic Fibrosis and Inflammation
For this post, I will re-analyse the transcriptomic data from a recently published article on the role of osteopontin on prostatic fibrosis and inflammation (Popovics et al, 2021). Fibrosis occurs …
BigOmics to assist Remix Therapeutics with omics data analysis in their mission to reprogram RNA processing
Remix Therapeutics is a Boston-based biotechnology company developing novel small molecule therapies for reprogramming RNA processing and treating disease in entirely new ways. As protein targeting therapies reach the limits …
BigOmics Raises $1.85M to Revolutionize Omics Data Analytics
Bellinzona, Switzerland, December 10, 2021 – BigOmics Analytics SA (“BigOmics”), a Swiss biodata analytics startup, announced today that it raised a total of $1.85 million in financing. This funding will …
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Meet us at Booth 19A and find out how Omics Playground can accelerate your omics data analysis!
The role of the microbiome on social interactions in mice
The original article by Stilling et al (2018), described the association between gut microbiome composition and social behaviour in mice. They compared the social interaction of germ-free mice (GF, devoid …
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 …
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 …
IL-17A as a possible therapeutic target for Osteoarthritis
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 …
R/Shiny Full Stack Developer
We are looking for an experienced R/Shiny Full Stack Developer to join our expanding team and ideally having already been involved in the design and deployment of SaaS systems. …
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Are you an Account Executive willing to grow? We are looking for a talented member for our team, having already been involved in the commercialization of B2B SaaS platforms. You …