case study Case study: Identifying Population-specific Genetic Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in South Koreans The ClientThe Seoul Clinical Laboratories (SCL) is South Korea’s most prominent diagnostic and reference laboratory, specialising in a wide range of medical testing and diagnostic services. Established in 1983 as the first
Scientific publication BitEpi, a software tool to find hidden epistatic interactions in the genome The Transformational Bioinformatics Group published BitEpi, a software tool to find the hidden gene-gene interactions in the genome. Complex diseases are driven my multiple genes and understanding this interplay could be the holy
The Lighthouse The Lighthouse: World-first software could revolutionise how we understand disease An Australian machine-learning program is the first in the world to handle genomic datasets with a trillion data points, helping scientists decode the mysteries of inherited illness, says Macquarie University Honorary Associate Professor
Awards CSIRO awarded NSW iAward for VariantSpark Innovation Australian innovator CSIRO has been awarded the merit of the Public Sector category at the NSW Australian Information Industry Association iAwards, which unearths, recognises and rewards excellence in Australian innovation. Delivered by Australia’
Genome Insights Trillion data points to identify disease-causing genes Researchers from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have accomplished a world-first by processing one trillion points of genomic data through VariantSpark, an artificial intelligence-based platform, which can help pinpoint the location of
GenomeWeb GenomeWeb: Machine Learning Tool Enables Analysis of Complex, Polygenic Phenotypes With Epistastic Interactions CHICAGO – Bioinformaticians from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have released a computing method capable of analyzing complex, polygenic phenotypes that may involve epistatic interactions using massive sets of whole-genome data.
ZDNet ZDNet: Aussie researchers leverage compute power to analyse genomic data and match donors CSIRO has touted advances in processing data to pinpoint the location of specific disease-causing genes in the human genome, while PathWest is matching bone marrow donors with candidates. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
News itNews: CSIRO uses AI to crunch a trillion genomic data points To identify disease-causing genes. CSIRO researchers crunched one trillion genomic data points in the cloud to help locate parts of the human genome that cause disease. The CSIRO's bioinformatics group used its own
AWS Bioinformatics AWS Podcast episode Denis talked to AWS's Simon Elisha (Head of Technology and Transformation) on the AWS Podcast about her group's most recent achievements on the cloud.
Trends CSIRO a global pioneer in offering health solutions on the AWS Marketplace Why is research and industry getting excited about Digital Marketplaces? Find out...
AFR AFR:CSIRO takes genome product to the world on Amazon The Australian Financial Review has covered VariantSpark's move to the AWS Marketplace. Read more at the Australian Financial Review
VariantSpark Video Tutorial: VariantSpark on the Cloud in a Few Clicks Video tutorial to get you setting up and running VariantSpark on the cloud in under 5 min.
Trends Big data and Biological applications Taming the overwhelming data for biological applications with correct data practices and going cloud native
Talk The dawn of cloud native bioinformatics The "Future of Bioinformatics" will be cloud-native to enable stronger collaborations that deliver results bigger than the sum of their parts.
Interview Frontiers of Machine Learning: Interview with Dr. Denis Bauer Curly questions on #BigData, #GenomeEngineering, and what it means for our future, at #ISS19 alongside science titans like Dr. Karl.
GCP VariantSpark is available on Terra Find out about our entry to the Terra Open Data Science Competition.
Research Project Motor Neurone Disease and Dementia CSIRO is a partner in the Dementia Team Grant led by Prof Ian Blair at Macquarie University – one of only six funded applications.
Databricks Databricks: How Apache Spark-based analysis and Databricks notebooks impact genomic research Databricks wrote a nice blog post about us. Catch it here.
