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Next in Nextflow: DSL2

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During the ISBM 2020 online conference (iscb.org), the creator of Nextflow, Paolo Di Tommaso, introduced the next iteration of Nextflow: DSL2. To quickly recap Nextflow, it’s a framework languange that simplifies the creation of scalable workflows for researchers and developers, using a Groovy-based scripting. It manages tasks across diverse computing environments, ensuring reproducibility and scalability. […]

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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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BioCentric Github Repository

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BioCentric is all about creating the bridge between high level computational capabilities and real biological research.
To make this possible and provide solutions to reseachers at large, we started a Github repository.

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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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