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Democratize Omics Data Analytics through Trainings, Tools and AI

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Over a decade ago, I embarked on my bioinformatics journey and quickly recognized that a wealth of excellent methods and algorithms exists for data analysis. However, leveraging these resources effectively requires substantial expertise in statistics and programming — skills that many find uninteresting and that take years to master. This knowledge gap has created a bottleneck that significantly impedes our research and discovery. I firmly believe that omics data analysis should be conducted by researchers who have an intimate understanding of their studies and data.

Analytics 1.0

Expert

Data→Code→Result

Inspired by this vision, we have developed a suite of easy-to-use tools that leverage web and cloud technologies to lower barriers to omics data analysis. Today, these tools serve approximately 1 million researchers globally. However, we are increasingly concerned about their long-term sustainability and our ability to support advanced analytical needs, given the inherent instability of funding and personnel in an academic lab environment.

Analytics 2.0

Cloud

Data → Tool → Result

We stand on the edge of a revolution in data analytics driven by generative AI technologies. By harnessing an AI assistant embedded within our established data analysis platforms, we can provide a resource that not only answers questions but also recommends analysis strategies and generates personalized reports tailored to your specific knowledge, audience, and analysis goals. This transformation promises to make data analysis more personalized, enjoyable, and inspiring.

Analytics 3.0

Data ↔ AI ↔ Result

To foster the sustainability of our user communities and facilitate a seamless transition into AI-assisted conversational analytics, we are now offering a comprehensive training and support package. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey toward achieving greater autonomy in our data analytics. Thank you for considering this opportunity.

Training Omics Data Science course
Single omics & multi-omics analysis
Lectures + live demos + hands-on practices More Details

Pro-Tools Live report + PDF + Slides
Project management + workflow execution
Better interface + better computing + better support More Details

Enterprise Solution Self-hosted solution
Dedicated training & support
Private database & computing with pro-tools See Below

Enterprise Solution

We are aware of the important needs from companies or large research groups with large data generation or privacy concerns. They are best addressed using on premise or private cloud solution. We provide support for local installation of Pro versions of our OmicsTools. It is also possible to implement custom workflows or use private / commercial databases. Please contact us.

Toward AI-assisted Data Analytics

AI technologies will transform omics data analytics. The main question is how we can effectively leverage AI to improve our data analysis and decision making, while avoid the issues such as hallucinations and bias.

Using retrieval augmented generation (RAG) technology - RAG leverages our comprehensive training materials for different omics data analysis and user feedback;
Grounding - the AI generated content will be based firmly on the templates, your inputs and the current analysis results (text and figures) and context;
Co-pilot - the AI assistant will work with you to develop a draft based on your data, study design, instructions, literature or other relevant docs.

The figure below summarizes the road map and key milestones toward AI-assisted data analytics.