HotNet2 Algorithm: Detecting Cancer Genes & Disease with Precision
Why study cancer heterogeneity? Introducing HotNet2, a cancer gene detection algorithm, to support your efforts. Understanding a cancer gene detection algorithm is […]
Finding Genetic Variations Associated to Complex Diseases: Needle in Haystack
There are 3,000,000,000 base pairs in the human genome, which define our individual code. 99% of these are identical for all humans- […]
How-To Guide: Standardised Secondary Genomics Analysis with Illumina’s DRAGEN
The quest for robust, rapid, scalable & integrated genomics analysis In today’s world of bioinformatics, data has gotten too broad and complicated, […]
Genome Browser: Analysing Genomic Data Without Bioinformatics Skills
As sequencing technologies become more performant year over year, three challenges for the research community arise: 1) astronomical quantities of data are […]
How to Run nf-core Analysis on the Cloud Using nf-core/rnaseq Pipeline
nf-core is a great community-driven effort which makes bioinformatics pipelines very standardised and incredibly simple to run (Ewels et al., 2019) (check out our previous […]
CloudOS Meets nf-core: Standardising Cloud-Native Bioinformatics Pipelines
Bioinformaticians in the pursuit of best practices The democratisation of Next Generation Sequencing technologies has made omics data more available than ever […]
Illumina’s DRAGEN in CloudOS: Ultra-Rapid Secondary NGS Analysis
In this two-part blog series, we delve into the challenges of secondary NGS analysis and bioinformatics and how Illumina’s DRAGEN and CloudOS […]
What Is The Best Imputation Pipeline?
Comparison of three different imputation pipelines: The good, the bad & the ugly In this article, we will explore the best practices for […]
The Art of Collaboration: Transparency & Data Sharing in Research
Just a quick glance at Dr. Benjamin Haibe-Kains’ Google Scholar profile can be mind-boggling: the sheer quantity of publications and the variety of different […]
The London Bioinformatics Frontiers Conference is coming!
The Francis Crick Institute & Lifebit are co-hosting the London Bioinformatics Frontiers Conference on June 17th & 18th. We’re excited to round up the best of the best […]
Creating a User-Friendly Gut Microbiome Platform: Insights from UI/UX Designer
Over the past few months, Lifebit has had an unparalleled opportunity to experiment and validate our ideas over one of the most innovative projects. […]
Findacure Annual Conference: Repurposing Drugs for Rare Diseases
Around 80 delegates joined Findacure for their Annual Conference at the Royal College of Nursing in London. These are always fascinating meetings (which is […]