Genomics cloud and secure research environments
Cloud systems where hospitals and researchers store and analyse genomic data securely at petabyte scale.
DNAnexus (UK Biobank RAP, Genomics England), Velsera/Seven Bridges (NCI Cancer Genomics Cloud), Terra (Broad/Verily; AnVIL), Lifebit, and the hyperscalers' genomics services host data and workflows under controlled access; trusted research environments (Genomics England, UK Biobank, NIH dbGaP, EGA, GDC) implement 'data visiting' rather than download. Interoperability standards (GA4GH Passports, DRS, WES) enable federated analysis across national resources.
How it works
Object storage plus containerised workflow engines (WDL, Nextflow, CWL) in access-controlled cloud tenancies with audit and egress controls.
- Scale and reproducibility
- Controlled sharing of sensitive data
- Cloud cost
- Jurisdictional data-residency rules
- Vendor lock-in
Latest papers
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