Bionimbus

Bionimbus provides scalable cloud-based access, management, and analysis of large genomics and phenotypic datasets for genomic research.


Key Features:

  • Cloud-based platform: Scalable cloud compute and storage for analysis of large genomics and phenotypic datasets.
  • Data commons: Hosts a comprehensive collection of large-scale genomics datasets for centralized data management.
  • Scalability: Enables scaling of computational resources according to project demands using cloud infrastructure.
  • Cost efficiency: Reduces the need for local hardware and storage by leveraging cloud resources.

Scientific Applications:

  • Large-scale genomics and phenotypic analysis: Supports analysis of extensive genomics and phenotypic datasets to enable population-scale studies.
  • Data management: Centralizes and manages large-scale genomics datasets within a hosted data commons.
  • Collaborative research: Supports collaborative studies across the scientific community by enabling shared computational workflows and datasets in the cloud.

Methodology:

Operates within cloud computing environments, providing scalable compute and hosted data commons for storage and analysis of genomics datasets.

Topics

Details

Maturity:
Mature
Tool Type:
workflow
Operating Systems:
Linux
Programming Languages:
Perl
Added:
1/13/2017
Last Updated:
4/15/2021

Operations

Publications

Heath AP, Greenway M, Powell R, Spring J, Suarez R, Hanley D, Bandlamudi C, McNerney ME, White KP, Grossman RL. Bionimbus: a cloud for managing, analyzing and sharing large genomics datasets. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2014;21(6):969-975. doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002155. PMID:24464852. PMCID:PMC4215034.