Author Archives: Sander Bervoets

Bioinformatics Frameworks Part 6: Rabix

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When Seven Bridges was conceived, a bioinformatics framework with this in mind didn’t exist yet. So, as those things go, the developers at Seven Bridges made their own language, Rabix, which they release as a beta to the public in 2017.

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Bioinformatics Frameworks Part 5: Cromwell and WDL

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Recently I visited the DTL Programmers Meeting, where I had a discussion with members of the SASC bioinformatics development group. For them, bioinformatics pipelines are more about scalibilty and manageablity, not about user-friendliness or readability. They opted for Cromwell, a framework language maintained by the Broad Institute.

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Bioinformatics Frameworks Part 4: Nextflow

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One of the biggest changes within the field of bioinformatics is the rise of the framework.  In part four, I will focus on Nextflow, the framework build for scaling.

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Updated Bioinformatics Services List

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To help facilitate bioinformatics research and development of our customers, we have expended our bioinformatics services.

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Please meet us at the BIO-EUROPE Spring conference 2018 in Amsterdam RAI

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Please come and meet us at the Bio Spring 2018 conference! We will be attending the Refresh meeting, 14 March from 14:30 onwards. The program will focus on Biotech startups, their funding, their business models and their stories. See you there!

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Bioinformatics Frameworks Part 3: Snakemake

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One of the biggest changes within the field of bioinformatics is the rise of the framework. Frameworks are the professionalization of analysis pipelines, constructed with software development and data science in mind. With this series of blogs I will discuss a few that have crossed my path, and try to explain the essence of their design philosophy. In part three, I will focus on SnakeMake, the modern Make alternative.

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