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Empowering Bioinformatics Through Computational Intelligence

Bioinformatics

Developing Secure, Compliant Platforms for Clinical Genomic Data Management

Reference Data Management

Reference Data Management (RDM) involves organizing, storing, and retrieving vast amounts of genomic data, including sequence reads, variant calls, and reference genomes. In genomics, Reference Data Management ensures that researchers and clinicians have access to high-quality and up-to-date data, facilitating the accurate interpretation and utilization of genomic data in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Effective reference data management solutions, such as cloud-based repositories and data integration platforms, are essential for enabling data-driven discoveries and improving patient outcomes in this rapidly evolving field. RDM extracts valuable insights on genome structures, genome products, evolutionary quantifiers, variant frequencies within populations, and genome phenotype associations.

UVJ’s Key Software Solutions Capabilities in Reference Data Management

We are familiar in handling Key Concepts like:

Reference Data Unit (RDU) - A set of table definitions that specify the structure of a Reference Data Set.
Reference Data Set (RDS) - A collection of data that can be loaded into the set of tables specified by a Reference Data Unit.
Reference Data Aggregate (RDA) - A set of table definitions that specify the structure of a Reference Data Set that is formed by combining two or more other Reference Data Sets. A RDA is a special case of RDS.
Reference Data Composite (RDC) - A set of RDS versions.
Phenotype associations & Variant frequencies within populations
Suspect chromosome segments (regions that are typically poorly called)

Major tools we are having experience into:

Phastcon

PhastCons computes conservation scores based on a phylo-HMM (Hidden Markov Model). This probabilistic model describes both the process of DNA substitution at each site in a genome and how this process changes from one site to the next. This helps in identifying functional elements (such as protein-coding regions, regulatory elements, and non-coding RNAs) that have been preserved across evolution.

PhyloP

PhyloP calculates a score for each position in a genomic alignment. PhyloP directly quantifies the degree of conservation and the scores can be positive (indicating conservation) or negative (suggesting accelerated evolution). This helps in identifying highly conserved regions (often associated with functional elements) and detecting rapidly evolving regions (which might be species-specific or lineage-specific).

Major areas UVJ deals into:

Allelism Data Handling

This helps in identifying the genetic puzzle and unravels the complexities of life’s code.

HPO (Human Phenotype Ontology)

The Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) aims to provide a standardized vocabulary of phenotypic abnormalities encountered in human disease and this can be used for clinical diagnostics in human genetics, bioinformatics research on the relationships between human phenotypic abnormalities, cellular and biochemical networks, for mapping between human and model organism phenotypes, and for providing a standardized vocabulary for clinical databases, among many other things.

HGMD (Human Gene Mutation Database)

HGMD serves as a repository of inherited mutation data, aiding researchers, clinicians, and geneticists in understanding the genetic basis of human diseases. The Human Gene Mutation Database includes all mutations causing or associated with human inherited disease, plus disease-associated/functional polymorphisms reported in the literature.

Pharmaceutical Industry

Drug Discovery: Managing and integrating chemical, genomic, and proteomic data to identify drug targets and optimize lead compounds.

Clinical Trials: Organizing and standardizing patient genomic data to facilitate personalized medicine and optimize trial outcomes.

Healthcare

Genomic Medicine: Managing reference data for genome sequencing, variant calling, and identifying disease-linked mutations for personalized treatment.

EHR Integration: Standardizing genomic and clinical data to integrate with Electronic Health Records (EHR) for precision healthcare delivery.

Agriculture

Crop Genomics: Managing reference datasets for plant genomes, aiding in the identification of desirable traits and accelerating breeding programs.

Livestock Genomics: Organizing genetic data to improve livestock traits such as disease resistance and productivity through selective breeding.

Environmental Biology

Microbial Genomics: Managing reference microbial data to monitor ecosystems, track biodiversity, and detect environmental changes or pollutants.

Conservation Genetics: Curating genetic reference data for endangered species to guide conservation strategies and maintain biodiversity.

Academic Research

Omics Data Management: Organizing and standardizing large-scale datasets like genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics for research reproducibility and collaboration.

Data Integration: Harmonizing disparate data sources for meta-analysis, functional annotation, and biological insights.