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.
Gathering cloud at XGen
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in IT, genomics | No Comments »
If you are going to be at XGen next week and you are interested in cloud computing and its application to bioinformatics, be sure to stop and participate in the ... Read more..New data center approved
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in IT, genomics | 1 Comment »
The Genome Center recently received word that its grant proposal for a data center was approved (St. Louis Business Journal). The $14.3 million grant is funded by National Center for ... Read more..Me, in podcast form
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in IT, genomics | No Comments »
I recently did an interview in advance of my talk at the XGen Congress next month in San Diego. The interview is about 14 minutes and discusses our work at ... Read more..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..Puff piece
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in IT, genomics | 1 Comment »
Why should one be skeptical of all the information touting the wonders of cloud computing? This older, in-depth piece by Gartner, Hype Cycle for Cloud Computing, 2009, lays out the ... Read more..Data Center in St. Louis Commerce Magazine
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 Posted in IT, genomics | 1 Comment »
There is a story about regional data centers in the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of St. Louis Commerce Magazine that includes a section on our Genome Data Center; the only regional ... 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 | 8 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..All original content on this blog is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
