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Integrating UniCluster Express with Amazon EC2
Chris Dagdigian recently test-drove Univa UD’s UniCluster Express, integrated it with the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
15Jul2008 | blogadmin | 0 comments | ContinuedMike Cariaso wins the 23andMe “Win your Genome” contest
Congratulations are in order for Mike who was announced as the winner of the “Win your Genome” contest being run by 23andMe. The announcement can be read online here:
http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/05/14/and-the-winner-is/
Inquiry in the Cloud
Bioteam has ported our award winning iNquiry software to the Amazon EC2 cloud computing environment. Some initial questions and answers are available here: inquiry-ec2
12May2008 | cdwan | 0 comments | ContinuedBioInform writeup on IT limitations in next-gen sequencing shops
Excerpt: “As more and more labs adopt next-generation sequencing technology, they are finding that the new instruments are straining their current informatics infrastructures — a challenge the groups are trying to meet with a wide range of different solutions.”
30Mar2008 | blogadmin | 0 comments | ContinuedBioInform writeup on WikiLIMS
Excerpt: “Bioinformatics consulting firm the BioTeam is turning to the same collaborative software that underlies
Wikipedia and numerous other web-based resources to help address the formidable data-management
challenges of next-generation sequencing systems.”
BioTeam Names Bioinformatics Expert Brian Osborne Principal Investigator
BOSTON, MA, February 28, 2008 – BioTeam, Inc. today announced that Brian Osborne, PhD is joining the high-performance consulting practice, as of March 1, 2008.
As Principal Investigator, Dr. Osborne will work with clients to deliver solutions to challenges in high performance computing, informatics, and next-generation sequencing.
Dr. Osborne comes to BioTeam from his own consulting company [...]
Grid Engine LifeSci SIG formed
{ Cross-posted from http://gridengine.info … }
The above image shows a pair of Illumina Genome Analyzer systems installed in a laboratory setting. The Illumina systems are one example of what people are calling “Next Generation” systems for doing DNA and whole-Genome analysis. Everyone is working hard to produce the fabled “$1000 Genome” and there is [...]
ABRF 2008 Candids
Some quick camera phone images showing the city as well as the BioTeam Booth at the ABRF meeting
11Feb2008 | blogadmin | 0 comments | ContinuedAGBT 2008 Candid
AGBT 2008 kicked off today. Here is a camera-phone snap of our WikiLIMS poster (poster #14 for interested attendees).
7Feb2008 | blogadmin | 0 comments | Continued
BioTeam at ABRF 2008 Meeting
Salt Lake City, Utah - Feb 9-12, 2008: BioTeam scientific staff will be attending the “Association of Biomolecular Research Facilities” (ABRF) 2008 meeting in Salt Lake city. Contact us to say hello or arrange a meeting if you also plan on attending!
4Feb2008 | blogadmin | 0 comments | Continued