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 …
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 …
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 …
The Self-Service Bioinformatics Revolution
With the advent of high-throughput ‘omics’ technologies, life scientists are starting to grapple with massive data sets. As Big Omics data continues to grow, biologists start encountering challenges with handling, …
Mining Public Datasets To Address The Coronavirus Epidemic
The current Coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) has been causing widespread panic and has been a major health concern in the past months. Efforts from both governments, pharmaceutical companies and the scientific …