Genome Sequencing in the Cloud

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Author(s): Wei Chen (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA), Yun Wan (School of Arts & Science, University of Houston - Victoria, USA), Bo Peng (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA)and Christopher I. Amos (Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, USA)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 22
Source title: Delivery and Adoption of Cloud Computing Services in Contemporary Organizations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Victor Chang (Computing, Creative Technologies and Engineering, Leeds Beckett University, UK), Robert John Walters (Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK)and Gary Wills (Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8210-8.ch013

Keywords: Cloud Computing / Computer Science & IT / High Performance Computing / Information Science Reference

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This chapter discussed the latest development of using cloud-computing technology for genome sequencing in bioinformatics field. It introduced the definition of genome sequencing and cloud computing, discussed the current status of NGS in cloud with the example of Nimbix. It also provided a rich source of cloud computing related service providers and technologies for references. Finally, it discussed the challenges of conducting NGS in a cloud environment.

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