Specialized Bioinformatics Applications
Specialized Uses of Bioinformatics
Microarray and next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are proving useful to increasingly diverse industries, requiring specialized bioinformatics applications for data analysis and interpretation.
Our bioinformatics tools include the BaseSpace platform, on which partners can build and deploy industry-specific analysis and visualization tools, and the DRAGEN Bio-IT Platform, which provides ultra-rapid secondary analysis of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. Through these practices, we support a broad and growing range of bioinformatics applications.
Pharma & Biotech Bioinformatics Applications
Drug discovery and development programs are enhanced with specialized bioinformatics analyses. BaseSpace Cohort Analyzer and BaseSpace Correlation Engine support translational research programs by providing access to curated genomic data, allowing correlation of private experimental results and testing of new hypotheses. BaseSpace Cohort Analyzer maximizes clinical trial value by enabling researchers to assess the impact of therapies or drug effects in large subject populations.
BaseSpace Sequence Hub offers an economical and powerful computing environment to manage, analyze, and share sequencing data for a broad range of bioinformatics applications, including drug discovery and development research.
Genomic Data Mining and Interpretation
See examples of distinguished universities and pharmaceutical companies that have cited BaseSpace Correlation Engine in peer-reviewed publications.
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Cancer Research Bioinformatics
Cancer researchers need simple-to-use bioinformatics applications to gain insights from complex genomic data.
BaseSpace Cohort Analyzer allows researchers to make important discoveries without specialized bioinformatics skills. The retrospective analysis of clinical trial data can help inform future cancer research and drug development programs.
BaseSpace Correlation Engine can mine genomic studies to get data-driven answers about cancer-related genes, experiments, drugs, and phenotypes.
The DRAGEN Bio-IT Platform, available on-premise or in the cloud via BaseSpace Sequence Hub, analyzes sequencing data from a variety of experiment types, including whole genomes, exomes, cancer germline and somatic datasets, and RNA sequencing.
Learn More About Cancer ResearchImmuno-oncology Bioinformatics Tools
Improved informatics tools enable neoantigen discovery and tumor microenvironment analysis.
Single-Cell Sequencing Data Analysis Tools
Single-cell sequencing applications offer key insights into the functioning of individual cells, allowing a new level of resolution for biological researchers. Single-cell methods examine the genomes or transcriptomes of individual cells, enabling researchers to determine cell-specific contributions within complex tissues.
We provide a comprehensive bioinformatics solution for single-cell whole transcriptome analysis applications, including both BaseSpace Sequence Hub and partner analysis apps. BaseSpace Sequence Hub is used upon completion of sequencing to demultiplex base call files (BCL) to per-sample FASTQ files and perform secondary analysis with the BaseSpace SureCell RNA Single-Cell App.
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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing
Study cellular differences often masked by bulk sampling. Explore high- and low-throughput single-cell analysis methods.
Bringing Bioinformatics In-House Cuts Costs and Time
Phosphorus uses the DRAGEN Bio-IT Platform to perform genomic data analysis onsite. See how this platform enabled the company to decrease turnaround time and reduce data analysis costs by about 25-30% on a per-sample basis.
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Other Specialized Bioinformatics Applications
The varied applications of Illumina bioinformatics software also include microarray data analysis, microbiology, agrigenomics, and more.
Microarray Data Analysis
Access bioinformatics tools for genotyping and methylation microarray experimental design, sample tracking, and data analysis applications. These solutions reduce time to answer, so you can spend more time doing research.
Learn MoreMicrobial Genomics
Gain critical genetic insights into bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens with a broad range of sequencing tools and bioinformatics applications.
Learn MoreDe Novo Assembly
Sequence organisms without a reference genome, such as novel microbes, animals, or plants. Choose from a variety of intuitive bioinformatics tools for sequence assembly.
Learn MoreHLA Sequencing
HLA typing with NGS generates unambiguous, phase-resolved results using a single assay, system, and analysis program.
Learn MorePolyploid Organism Array Data Analysis
Perform genotyping data analysis of polyploid organisms such as wheat and potato using the Polyploid Genotyping Module in GenomeStudio.
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