GeneSifter: Next Generation Data Management and Analysis for Next Generation Sequencing

Next generation sequencing technology is rapidly changing the way laboratories and researchers approach the management and analysis of biological information. The sheer volume of data produced by emerging technologies threatens to overwhelm many researchers,1, 2 and labs increasingly find themselves in the business of trying to build and run data centers rather than devoting resources to scientific discovery. GeneSifter R Lab Edition provides labs and researchers with next generation tools specifically designed to address the evolving needs of next generation sequencing, including:. A cloud computing model that frees labs from the burden of building and maintaining expensive data centers.. The ability to track experimentally relevant information throughout an entire project within a single unified system.. A framework for bioinformaticians to build automated analysis pipelines that can be shared across the research community.. A platform which allows scientists to run complex application-specific data analysis pipelines on large data sets with the press of a button.. A universally accessible, OS-independent system that can be used to distribute and visualize data from anywhere