Xconomy: GenomeQuest Wants to Be the Google of DNA Data Searches
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GenomeQuest Wants to Be the Google of DNA Data Searches (Page 2 of 2) biology 2.0, where the actual scientific discovery can happen in the computer and be augmented by the lab, as opposed to the other way around where most of the discovery was done in the lab and augmented by the computer.” GenomeQuest is very much an offshoot from the Human Genome Project, the 13-year international effort that provided researchers with the full 3-billion letter DNA sequence inside every human cell.Jean-Jacques Codani, who was part of the French team involved with the project, developed the core search technology used to mine genetic data with the GenomeQuest platform in the 1990s.Indeed, GenomeQuest said in press release earlier this month that its 2009 sales grew for the fourth consecutive year, though the firm does not reveal specific financial figures.Seattle-based startup Geospiza is a notable contender in providing cloud-based delivery of genomic analysis software; last year the firm turned heads when it released version of its software built on top of the Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform, making the service available to researchers with next-generation sequencing systems made by Carlsbad, CA-based Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE).While customers pay for subscriptions to the company’s software, it also provides free accounts to scientists that offer basic services.
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