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Next-generation sequencing has revolutionized science by significantly increasing the speed and volume of data that can be generated for a given genome. As NGS technologies have become more affordable, in-house sequencing has become more popular, shifting away from outsourced projects using service providers. In this blog, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Karen Velardi explains how labs and users can utilize data management techniques to get the most from their NGS results.

Cell-Free Technology is taking a unique approach to protein technology with their BioBits initiative, which they say combines the ease of use of a digital design tool with the detailed scientific validation provided by a CRO. We catch up with Cell-Free CEO Tom Meany to discuss the new technology.

Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) are often advertised as the next step in laboratory technology, but uptake has remained stubbornly low despite a wide range of solutions being available on the market. Here, we ask ELN provider labfolder's Co-Founder and CEO Simon Bungers what the industry can do to improve uptake, and how ELNs can answer the question of how to improve data integrity in modern research.

We spoke to Dr Jonathan Jones from Waters Corporation, to learn more about the new initiative that they and Swansea University are leading to give students hands-on experience of mass spectrometry.

Genedata’s Screener software aims to streamline data workflows and make analysis easier. We caught up with Dr. Oliver Leven, Head of Genedata Screener Business Europe, to discuss how we researchers can make data more standardized, accessible and shareable whilst not compromising on security and integrity.

Having too much data sounds like a nice problem to have. But Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data’s ubiquity poses challenges as well as opportunities for geneticists. Quick, accurate and reliable workflows are top of the average geneticist’s wishlist. We caught up with OGT’s Dave Cook to discuss the challenges of NGS data, and how software can make things simpler.

Robust data management is integral to both academic researchers and scientists in the pharmaceutical industry, especially for those working with bioprocessing workflows. In this blog, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Karen Velardi explains how the introduction of digital science solutions to the modern lab is transforming bioprocessing workflows by providing scientists with full control over procedures, data integrity and compliance

Electronic Laboratory Notebooks are becoming more popular as labs embrace digitization. ELN provider Biodata’s flagship offering, Labguru, has over 30,000 users worldwide. We caught up with Steve Yemm, recently appointed CEO of BioData, to ask him about the advantages of ELNs and the challenges they face in a digital market.

Science advances at a rapid pace, and supporting technologies and infrastructures have to adapt accordingly. One of the latest evolutions in technology is the shift from traditional software and hardware tools to newer cloud-based services. In this blog, Thermo Fisher Scientific's Karen Velardi looks at, we look at the different cloud services that are changing the way modern research is done.

In the second of a two-part blog series, we talk with Genestack CEO Misha Kapushesky on the developments in Bioinformatics that he’s most excited about, and the latest modular additions to Genestack's bioinformatics platform.