GenomeQuest Hosts Panel at Plant & Animal Genome XIX: Managing Next Generation Sequencing Data for Ag Genomics – A Platform Approach

  • Background
    With the plummeting cost of NGS sequencing, genomic-based studies are becoming central to agricultural research. However, the whole-genome resolution of NGS technology, multiplied by the species of interest and clusters of samples, creates a daunting new challenge — how to best manage and analyze the overwhelming amount of sequence data?

    The panel will examine a “platform” method to address this challenge. In this approach, organizations use a sequence database engine to store, manage, and analyze sequence data. Major benefits include: the ability to store all sequence information into a single/shared database, the ability to easily compare NGS datasets and scientifically query the database, the ability to easily program new workflows and applications on top of the database, and system scalability to enterprise-level NGS.

    This discussion will outline this platform approach, its challenges and benefits, hardware and scaling considerations, and include real-world testimony and future plans from genomics leaders at major Ag organizations that are taking this approach.

  • Where: Plant & Animal Genome XIX, Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, Calif.
    When: Monday, January 17, 2011 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    Panel Participants:

    • Anthony Flynn, Moderator, GenomeQuest
    • Erik Legg, Group Leader of Omics Application and Research, Syngenta
    • Olivier DUGAS, Leader of Upstream Genomics, BIOGEMMA
    • Richard Resnick, CEO, GenomeQuest
    • Dr. Eng Lim Goh, SVP, CTO,  SGI (tentative)