Being in the biopharma bubble often comes with a side of eyebrow-raising questions from those outside our world. “Why don’t we have a cure for cancer yet? Is Big Pharma hiding it?” I was asked this exact question one day while having my hair cut. I am not mocking this hairdresser. She was a reasonably… Read More »Science is Like a Box of Chocolates
Challenge: Company lacked the right bioinformatics tools and expertise required for large-scale metagenomic analysis An agricultural company sought to manipulate methane production in cows by delving into the complex microbial ecosystem within the cow’s rumen. Instead of focusing on a single genome, the study required analyzing the entire community of microorganisms. The company needed to… Read More »Controlling Methane Production in Cattle Through Metagenomics Analysis
Recently, I had the opportunity to review a batch of applications for newly-opened positions at Diamond Age. These resumes were different – they were redacted, like top-secret government files. Names, institutions, and dates older than seven years were hidden, leaving only the essential information to guide my evaluation. I was surprised at how much this… Read More »Resume redaction benefits everyone (including me)
I would like to share my optimism about two recent developments in the world of drug discovery.
Challenge: In-house bioinformatics team lacked bandwidth and specialized expertise to create a needed quality control report An agricultural technology company had developed a specialized next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based crop assay as part of their R&D platform to identify specific sequences in plant genomes. This assay was designed to support their efforts in developing treatments to improve… Read More »Driving Efficiency in Crop Science with Tailored Data Dashboards
Challenge: Lack of a dedicated bioinformatician led to inefficiencies in a qPCR assay to enhance crop health and yield An agricultural technology company aimed to develop, validate, and streamline a qPCR-based crop assay to enhance crop health and yield. The assay was a critical component of the company’s internal R&D platform, designed to serve multiple… Read More »Bioinformatics Consultants Empower Faster Decision-Making with Real-Time qPCR Analysis to Improve Crop Yield
I am delighted to share that Diamond Age is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner supporting the launch of Amazon Omics—announced yesterday at rRe:Invent. Amazon Omics is a new, fully managed service to help scientists work with genomic and transcriptomics data. As an AWS Partner working with Amazon Omics, we are excited to help clients… Read More »Diamond Age is a Launch Partner for Amazon Omics
We’re so excited to announce the result of our work with the AWS Industry Solutions Team today: a “one-stop” approach that lets GATK users take advantage of more AWS features and optimize for low cost, high speed — or both! Check out our open-source solution and an accompanying writeup at AWS for Industries.
Michele Busby wrote a blog post we wish we’d written. (Then again, if we had been the ones to write it, the shout out to DA at the end might have sounded a bit shameless….) We do have one change we’d make to her biotech stack: Python is great and we agree it’s the place… Read More »So you want to start a Biotech
We don’t usually give away our advice for free (!) — but recently, we sat down with 10x Genomics to talk about common pitfalls in single-cell analysis and how to avoid them. Check out their blog post to learn what we think are the five most important things to know about working with single-cell data.
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