The recent decision by a top UK research institute to outsource its data storage to a lower-cost, clean energy facility in Iceland has observers taking notice.
The partners have implemented Edico's Dragen on one of IBM's Power Systems servers. Edico has also made the Broad Institute's GATK available on Dragen.
Australia's Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative hosts the fastest life science supercomputer in the world, according to the most recent version of the Top500 list released earlier this month.
Two supercomputers dedicated to life science research — both from Japan — have joined the ranks of the world's fastest supercomputers, according to the twice-yearly Top500 list released earlier this month.
Convey Computer said this week that the Brazilian Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics, CEBio, has deployed a Convey HC-1ex hybrid-core computer to handle its genomic data analysis needs.
By a GenomeWeb staff reporter
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – CLC Bio said this week that it is partnering with high-performance computing firm SciEngine to speed bioinformatics search algorithms in CLC Bio's software.
Researchers have sequenced the northern white rhinoceros to gauge whether it could be brought back from the edge of extinction, the New York Times reports.
