Top 10 Reasons to Choose GenomeQuest

1. It Can Vastly Improve Researcher Productivity, Especially for NGS-based Discovery

   GenomeQuest 6.0Beta introduces a new category of product called sequence data management (SDM). Features for researchers include:

   • A browser-based, data management dashboard
   • Single-point-of-access to the world's largest collection of reference databases
   • Sequence assembly and annotation
   • Data mining on sequence alignments and text annotations
   • Data set joining (mining across multiple experiments)
   • Result saving/re-mining (interactive discovery)
   • Data/result sharing with colleagues through dashboards
   • Built-in workflows for common discovery challenges across tools
   • All scalable to NGS-level discovery

2. A Basic Account is Free

   A free Basic Account allows researchers to get all of the above discovery power and see 100% of the results for standard sequence runs. It even allows researchers to see 20% of their results on next generation runs. Plus, researchers in Academic/Government/Commercial organizations can upgrade to a Silver Account and see 100% of their NGS runs for only $1,500/$3000/$6000.

3. You Can Be Using and Learning this "New Way" in 5 Minutes

   All of the functionality of the Basic Account is available online and comes with no commitment and requires no credit cards. It even comes preloaded with sample data so researchers can be experiencing discovery in an NGS world in less than 5 minutes.

4. You Can Configure It to Your Specific Needs

   GenomeQuest is powerful as a discovery tool out of the box. It also comes with six pre-configured workflows, which package all bioinformatics details -- including the reference data, the queries, the algorithms, the interfacing to third party tools, the compute environment, and the results -- into an easy-to-use upload/compute/discovery loop for the researcher. Also, as explained in Reason #8, GenomeQuest can be easily configured to specific requirements of researchers and their organizations.

5. It Connects to and Hosts Sequence Data Management for Other Discovery Tools

   GenomeQuest is not only a set of powerful tools for researchers, it is also an Open Platform for managing and hosting sequence data for other discovery tools.

6. It Works with All Sequence Machines

   GenomeQuest interfaces with all popular sequencing machines, including 454, Illumina, and SOLiD.

7. It's Built To Scale to NGS-Level Performance

   The GQ-Engine of GenomeQuest is purpose-built for large-scale sequence data management. As researchers and their organizations grow into NGS, its distributed architecture maintains performance and accuracy across all critical dimensions: users, data, and tools.

8. It Offers Important Advantages for your Bioinformatics, IT, And Business Managers

   NGS is transforming genome-based research. Now, more than ever, research organizations need complete management of their sequence data. GenomeQuest, with its Open Platform, allows bioinformatics managers to unify their sequence data environment. Its distributed GQ-Engine allows IT and business managers to broadly prepare for NGS. Lastly, it's available online -- for fast startup and low cost of ownership, or fully deployed inside the customer firewall -- for maximum control and integration.

9. Overall, You and Your Organization will be Equipped to Discover Far Faster

   Mark Boguski, MD, PhD, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology and the Center for Biomedical Informatics, says, "Life sciences are going through a once-in-a-lifetime transformation, powered by genomics. And I have no doubt that the researchers and organizations who master the management and mining of sequence data will shape this future and stand as the leaders of tomorrow. I've had the privilege of being at or near the center of genomics research for over twenty years, and can say with full confidence that those aiming for leadership positions will certainly require the SDM capabilities that GenomeQuest 6.0Beta uniquely provides."

10. The Product is Relied Upon by Industry Leaders and has Earned a High Satisfaction Rating

    GenomeQuest has a 93% Renewal Rate and is used in mission-critical applications by 16 of the Top 20 Pharma's and 5 of 5 top agro-science organizations.