PolITiGenomics

Congratulations on reaching the $1000 genome

Friday, August 3rd, 2012 Posted in genomics | 9 Comments »

Recently there has been a spate of talks, press releases, and articles about the absurdity of the $1000 human genome, e. g., Cancer, Data and the Fallacy of the $1000 ... Read more..

The cost of doing sequencing

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | 12 Comments »

Whenever you get asked about a recent genome publication or the latest sequencing technology, the conversation invariably turns to cost. It turns out, cost is a tricky thing. When people ... Read more..

Lightning strike

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | No Comments »

A previous cloud post, Puff piece, has gotten a bit of attention from Jason Stowe and Informatics Iron. While the Informatics Iron piece was positive, Mr. Stowe took issue with ... Read more..

Gathering cloud at XGen

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | No Comments »

If you are going to be at XGen next week and you are interested in cloud computing and its application to bioinformatics, be sure to stop and participate in the ... Read more..

Me, in podcast form

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | No Comments »

I recently did an interview in advance of my talk at the XGen Congress next month in San Diego. The interview is about 14 minutes and discusses our work at ... Read more..

Next-Generation Sequencing Informatics Update

Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | 6 Comments »

I updated the Next-Generation Sequencing Informatics table a few weeks ago but forgot to mention it on the blog. The main update was the 50G configuration of the Illumina GA ... Read more..

Puff piece

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | 1 Comment »

Why should one be skeptical of all the information touting the wonders of cloud computing? This older, in-depth piece by Gartner, Hype Cycle for Cloud Computing, 2009, lays out the ... Read more..

Airline security

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Posted in IT | No Comments »

Despite the fact that I was traveling when I wrote this, this post is not about air travel, but it is about security. One topic that continually comes up when ... Read more..

HiSeq 2000

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | 9 Comments »

Today Illumina announced their new, high-throughput sequencing instrument, the HiSeq 2000. Sure, the name isn't that great, but the capabilities, if not game changing, are a significant step forward: the ... Read more..

Head in the clouds

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in genomics, IT | 2 Comments »

It seems that due to my recent post, Bioinformatics and cloud computing, I have been labeled a cloud skeptic. While I don't reject that label outright, I won't accept it ... Read more..