Seqera helps Sage Bionetworks Speed the Translation of Science into Medicine
Read the full case studyAim
To build a scalable, collaborative, accessible environment to simplify bioinformatics analysis and generate high-quality data faster and more cost-efficiently for the communities they serve.Challenges
- →Internally developed scripts hard to maintain.
- →Governance and compliance requirements.
- →More collaborations, larger data volumes.
- →Need for automated end-to-end processing.
- →Provide intuitive interfaces for non-technical users
By running our Nextflow pipelines with Seqera, we now spend 50% less time compared to running individual workflows on EC2. Also, by leveraging nf-core pipelines and tools, we spend 80% less time developing workflows.
— Thomas Yu, Associate Director of Data Processing and Engineering
Solution
Nextflow
Simplify the writing and deploying compute and data-intensive pipelines at scale on any infrastructure.
Seqera
Improve productivity, simplify collaboration, easily scale computing to the cloud, and manage complex biomedical data securely.
nf-core
open-source community pipelines
Results
- →Improved efficiency and throughput. Since deploying Seqera team members have enjoyed dramatic gains in efficiency. On average, Sage has 10-15 active Seqera platform users at any time and runs approximately 40 workflows per week with runtimes ranging from hours to days. With minimal training, new users can easily launch and monitor flows via Seqera’s intuitive interface.
- →Simplified management and accounting. Using Seqera resource labels, Sage can tag projects running in various workspaces to particular cost centers. This means that in AWS Cost Explorer, expenses related to compute and S3 storage resources are automatically tallied, providing an up-to-date view of spending against various grants and budgets to simplify accounting.
- →Robust compliance and governance. By using Seqera workspaces to segment project pipelines, datasets, and compute environments, Sage helps ensure proper data governance, making safe and appropriate use of data across their HIPAA-compliant infrastructure.
50%
less time running workflows on Seqera compared to running indivudal workflows on EC2
About
Sage Bionetworks is a leading non-profit research organization that uses open science practices to transform biomedical discovery. Based on the belief that high-quality, well-annotated data acts as the foundation of modern biomedical innovation, Sage dreams of a world where people work together across institutional boundaries to address medical research problems.
To learn more, visit https://sagebionetworks.org/
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