PolITiGenomics
Politics, Information Technology, and Genomics
About PolITiGenomics
PolITiGenomics is a blog by David Dooling about the confluence (and sometimes incongruence) of several of the most important topics surrounding the future of human health: genomics, information technology, and politics. Entries will cover topics including genomics research, next-generation sequencing technologies, informatics, computer hardware and software, free software, and politics.
Next-Generation Sequencing Informatics Update
Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in IT, genomics | 6 Comments »
I updated the Next-Generation Sequencing Informatics table a few weeks ago but forgot to mention it on the blog. The main update was the 50G configuration of the Illumina GA ... Read more..Cloudy with a chance of sunshine
Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in IT | No Comments »
As stated in previous posts (Bioinformatics and cloud computing and Head in the clouds), I don't think that cloud computing wins the cost competition with local resources. However, there are ... Read more..Airline security
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Posted in IT | No Comments »
Despite the fact that I was traveling when I wrote this, this post is not about air travel, but it is about security. One topic that continually comes up when ... Read more..HiSeq 2000
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Posted in IT, genomics | 6 Comments »
Today Illumina announced their new, high-throughput sequencing instrument, the HiSeq 2000. Sure, the name isn't that great, but the capabilities, if not game changing, are a significant step forward: the ... Read more..Head in the clouds
Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in IT, genomics | 2 Comments »
It seems that due to my recent post, Bioinformatics and cloud computing, I have been labeled a cloud skeptic. While I don't reject that label outright, I won't accept it ... Read more..Bioinformatics and cloud computing
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 Posted in IT, genomics | 9 Comments »
From the Using clouds for parallel computations in systems biology workshop at the recent SC09 conference (Informatics Iron writeup) to last month's Genome Informatics meeting, everyone in bioinformatics is talking ... Read more..Next-Generation Sequencing Informatics table update
Monday, October 5th, 2009 Posted in IT, genomics | 2 Comments »
I have made some updates to the Next-Generation Sequencing Informatics table. Specifically, I have updated the numbers for 454 Ti, including paired-end information, and added information on the Illumina GA ... Read more..Expansion
Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Posted in IT | No Comments »
The Genome Data Center has received a Gold LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. This is in addition to the Keystone Award from the St. Louis Association of ... Read more..Illumina cluster needs
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Posted in IT, genomics | No Comments »
There is an interesting thread over at the Solexa Google Group about the IT infrastructure needed to support an Illumina Genome Analyzer (GA). The discussion focuses mostly on the cluster ... Read more..CSHL Biology of Genomes 2009
Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in IT, genomics | 3 Comments »
I should have posted this earlier, but things have been pretty busy. In any event, I will be presenting a poster next week at the Biology of Genomes meeting at ... Read more..All original content on this blog is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
