Omics data processing in the cloud
Because of the scale of the data that is now being created in Omics research, there is increasing pressure on data processing and an increasing need to move these intensive computations into cloud computing environments. This is the driver behind the OneOmics suite at SCIEX. This cloud platform has been developed to provide storage and processing for multi-omics applications within a cloud-computing environment for easy, secure analysis and visualization of large and complex data sets.Â
Currently the OneOmics suite of applications consists of a series of applications to upload data to the cloud, process large datasets, and then visualize and interpret the results (Figure 1). Data can be uploaded to either the SCIEX Data Store or BaseSpace (Illumina). Results can also be securely shared with collaborators through specific sharing of results projects from one user account to another within the environment.
The processing and visualization applications allow researchers to view individual studies, as well as compare results across multiple omics experiments and even align and compare results between RNA expression, proteomics and metabolomics experiments.Â