Category: Life Sciences

Today, we are excited to announce preview availability of Amazon Genomics CLI, a tool for genomics and life science customers to process genomics data at petabyte scale on AWS enabling population level genetic studies, faster drug discovery, and more. In this blog, we take a brief look at how to use Amazon Genomics CLI with […]

This blog was co-authored by Fabrice Schlegel, Senior Manager of Data Sciences at Amgen; Joao Alberto de Faria, Senior Associate Software Engineer at Amgen; Ammar Latif, Senior SA at AWS; and Pierre-Yves Aquilanti, Principal HPC Specialist SA at AWS. Amgen relies on computational modeling to gain insight into their biopharma processes. Modeling improves product designs through […]

Healthcare and life science organizations are moving towards digital transformation to decrease the cost of care, improve collaboration, make data-driven clinical and operational decisions, and enable faster development of new therapeutics and treatment paths. Identifying the right cloud technology to reach these goals can be challenging, and many organizations lack the internal resourcing and expertise […]

This post was co-authored by Michael DeRan, Scientific Consultant at Diamond Age Data Science; Chris Friedline, Scientific Consultant at Diamond Age Data Science; Netsanet Gebremadhin, Scientific Consultant at Diamond Age Data Science (Computational Biologist at Parexel at time of publication); Jenna Lang, Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS; and Lee Pang, Principal Bioinformatics Architect at AWS.  […]

Peter Goodhand, CEO of the Global Alliance for Genomics & Health (GA4GH), joins Lisa McFerrin, Worldwide Lead of Genomic Bioinformatics at AWS, to discuss how secure storage and responsible sharing of genomic data in the cloud can benefit human health. GA4GH is a nonprofit alliance dedicated to creating frameworks and standards that facilitate data sharing […]

Example graph of protein data The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) is a widely used resource of protein data that is now available through the Registry of Open Data on AWS. Its centerpiece is the UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB), a central hub for the collection of functional information on proteins, with accurate, consistent and rich annotation. UniProtKB […]

This post was co-authored by Olivia Choudhury, PhD, Partner Solutions Architect; Michael Hsieh, Sr. AI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect; and Andy Schuetz, PhD, Sr. Startup Solutions Architect at AWS. This is the second blog post in a two-part series on Multimodal Machine Learning (Multimodal ML). In part one, we deployed pipelines for processing RNA sequence data, clinical […]

This post was co-authored by Olivia Choudhury, PhD, Partner Solutions Architect; Michael Hsieh, Senior AI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect; and Andy Schuetz, PhD, Sr. Partner Solutions Architect. Healthcare and life sciences organizations use machine learning (ML) to enable precision medicine, anticipate patient preferences, detect disease, improve care quality, and understand inequities. Rapid growth in health information […]

Munich Leukemia Lab (MLL) is a leading global institution for leukemia diagnostics and research, operating within a highly innovative environment. MLL aims to shape the future of hematological diagnostics and therapy through state-of-the-art molecular and computational methodologies. To this end, MLL partnered with the Amazon Machine Learning Solutions Lab (MLSL) and Mission Solutions Team (MST) […]

The healthcare industry is increasingly turning to technology to improve the user experience throughout the continuum of care. Healthcare organizations are developing new, innovative applications for patients, members, administrators, and clinicians by leveraging real-time Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) data using APIs. These applications range from clinical communication, to patient triage, to care coordination, and […]