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CSIRO: Using Serverless Computing to Help Genome Research

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Human Longevity, Inc.: Powerful and Reusable Application Pipelines Built with AWS

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Big Data Discount: How UC Santa Cruz Uses Mesos & Amazon EC2 Spot to Enable Low Cost Cancer Research

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Ancestry: Building a Real-time and On-demand Logging System on AWS

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ClearScale: Designer Genes to Order

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Analyzing Genomic Data at Scale on AWS with Station X's GenePool

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Open Data Sets

The AWS Open Data Program (ODP) helps democratize data access by making it readily available in Amazon S3, providing the research community with a single documented source of truth. For a complete list of the >40 genomics open data sets available, see The AWS Open Data Program (ODP).

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The 1000 Genomes Project

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The Cancer Genome Atlas

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Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

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NIH NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) on AWS

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Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD)

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Cloud Indexes for Bowtie, Kraken, HISAT, and Centrifuge

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Case Studies

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Ancestry

The official Ancestry logo featuring a green leaf graphic and the word 'ancestry' in stylized gray text. Ancestry relies on Amazon EFS to enable multiple scientists to perform genomics research, scale compute and storage up or down, and onboard scientists faster. Learn more »

Lifebit Biotech Ltd

Lifebit company logo featuring a blue interconnected network graphic and the word 'Lifebit' in black text. Global genomics software company Lifebit Biotech Ltd. used AWS to build the first federated analysis system for genomic data, providing security, compliance, and accelerated disease research. Learn more »

Biogen

Biogen company logo with stylized blue and green design and the word 'Biogen' in blue text. Biogen, a life sciences company dedicated to eradicating neurological diseases, deployed a cloud-first solution using AWS infrastructure to process and analyze medical data from 500,000 participants in the UK Biobank. Learn more »

Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance

Logo of Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance with the text 'Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance' in blue and teal. The Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance built its GenoVic system on AWS. GenoVic enables genomic testing for rare diseases and cancer, improving testing workflow efficiency, scaling to meet demand, and enabling onboarding of new testing labs in months. Learn more »

Illumina

The official logo of Illumina, a company specializing in genomics and biotechnology. Illumina is using AWS to save close to $400,000 monthly, fuel global expansion, and help genomic researchers accelerate time-to-discovery. The company provides hardware and software for genome sequencing and analysis. Learn more »

DNAnexus

DNAnexus company logo DNAnexus delivers a platform as a service for genomic researchers at more than 100 enterprises across the globe. Using AWS, DNAnexus scales to tens of millions of core hours of analysis and stores petabytes of data in a HIPAA-compliant environment. Learn more »