{"id":4389291,"date":"2023-05-01T21:28:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T19:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/case\/democratizing-genomic-sequencing\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:07:56","slug":"democratizing-genomic-sequencing","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-in\/case\/democratizing-genomic-sequencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratising genomic sequencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-case-intro-title\">\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-128 block-case-intro-title__title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >Easy Genomics<\/p><p\tclass=\"text text-sans-48 block-case-intro-title__text\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >Democratising genomic sequencing<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\t\tclass=\"image-wrap block-image__image-wrap\"\n\t\tdata-align=\"center center\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t<picture\n\t\tclass=\"image__picture\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/easy-genomics-DNA-sequence.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"image block-image__image\"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Easy genomics DNA sequence\"\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-case-intro js-block-case-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-case-intro__category-container\">\n\t\t\t<p\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-case-intro__category-header text-sans-16\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation-delay=\"0.25\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t(&nbsp;&nbsp;Services&nbsp;&nbsp;)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<ul\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-case-intro__category-list text-sans-14 js-block-case-intro-category-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation-target=\"inner-items\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation-delay=\"0.5\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation-stagger=\"0.1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"block-case-intro__category-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTech &amp; Data\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-48 block-case-intro__title js-block-case-intro-title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" data-animation-stagger=\"0.005\" >DEPT\u00ae, along with AWS and Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, developed <em>Easy Genomics<\/em>, an open-source solution providing a no-code way to analyze genomic data.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"copy-only\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-48 block-assets-and-copy__title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >Genomic sequencing is a complex and costly process<\/p><div\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\" data-animation-target=\"inner-items-separate\" data-animation-delay=\"0.15\" data-animation-stagger=\"0.2\" class=\"block-assets-and-copy__content\" >\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-24 block-assets-and-copy__text\"\n\t>If the past few years have taught us anything, it&#8217;s that genomic sequencing will play a major part in the future of (public) health. Traditionally, executing genomics pipelines require technical expertise that&#8217;s an intensive, complex and expensive process to set up and run.\u00a0<br><br>Easy Genomics is here to change that. Having timely and complete access to genomic sequencing data and analytics helps public health agencies respond better to a disease.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div\n\t\tclass=\"image-wrap block-image__image-wrap\"\n\t\tdata-align=\"center center\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t<picture\n\t\tclass=\"image__picture\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/easy-genomics-platform-ui-min.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"image block-image__image\"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Easy Genomics platfomr ui\"\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"copy-only\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-48 block-assets-and-copy__title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >A digital solution to simplify genomic sequencing for labs around the globe<\/p><div\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\" data-animation-target=\"inner-items-separate\" data-animation-delay=\"0.15\" data-animation-stagger=\"0.2\" class=\"block-assets-and-copy__content\" >\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-24 block-assets-and-copy__text\"\n\t>Amazon Web Services (AWS) connected the dots in simplifying genomic sequencing and approached us at DEPT\u00ae along with Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WPHL) in creating an open-source digital solution to help gain a better understanding of diseases and disease prevention. <br><br>The Association of Public Health Laboratories will use Easy Genomics in all public health labs in the USA. The collaborative efforts have resulted in a game-changing solution that\u2019s already revolutionizing the future of public health bioinformatics.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<blockquote class=\"block-case-quote\" data-animation-timeline>\n\t<span class=\"text-sans-20-24\" data-animation=\"fade\" data-timeline-item=\"1\">\u201c<\/span>\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-24 block-case-quote__title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" data-timeline-item=\"2\" data-timeline-at=\"&lt;\" >Easy Genomics presents an exciting new opportunity to make pipelines and data more accessible to public health agencies while realizing the benefits of scalable, cost-efficient pipeline execution on AWS infrastructure.<\/p>\t<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"text-sans-20-24\" data-animation=\"fade\" data-timeline-item=\"3\" data-timeline-at=\"-0.5\">\u201d<\/span>\n\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-16 block-case-quote__text\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" data-animation-stagger=\"0.015\" data-timeline-item=\"4\" data-timeline-at=\"-0.5\" >Dawn Heisey-Grove, Public Health Analytics Leader at AWS<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"copy-only\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-48 block-assets-and-copy__title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >Accelerating genomics sequencing analytics<\/p><div\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\" data-animation-target=\"inner-items-separate\" data-animation-delay=\"0.15\" data-animation-stagger=\"0.2\" class=\"block-assets-and-copy__content\" >\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-24 block-assets-and-copy__text\"\n\t>Easy Genomics addresses a challenge faced by public health laboratories when it comes to scaling genomics sequencing capacity during times of crisis. <br><br>These laboratories necessitate a user-friendly, manageable, and scalable genomic sequencing solution. With Easy Genomics, public health agencies can achieve the following:<br>&#8211; Effortlessly handle laboratory sequencing datasets and initiate pipelines with minimal training or specialized knowledge<br>&#8211; Facilitate secure collaboration to enhance productivity<br>&#8211; Quickly expand their analysis capabilities to meet unforeseen demands by utilizing the AWS cloud platform<br>&#8211; Reduce infrastructure expenses by only paying for the required infrastructure when necessary<br><br>Simply, an open source solution to genomic sequencing without additional coders or bioinformatics staff and that is accessible to everyone.<br><br>The launch of Easy Genomics means public health labs that don\u2019t have technical staff now have access to a tool that makes it simple to run genomic pipelines on their lab tests. 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