The DNAnexus Omics Accelerator

The Need

Emerging biotechs are under pressure to compress the time between a biological question and a go/no-go decision. Scientists spend 40% of their time as 'data janitors' — waiting for bioinformatics queues and stitching together siloed datasets — instead of conducting valuable omics data analyses.

Teams have a short runway to demonstrate data ROI, but building a DIY platform burns budget early and and takes 6-9 months they can't afford.

Use Case

The "Undruggable" Target

A lean biotech targeting "undruggable" proteins needs to cross-reference internal imaging with external Real-World Evidence (RWE). Instead of building a custom stack, they use the Omics Accelerator to establish an "Omics Mesh." They ingest data into the DNAnexus Platform, use the Cohort Browser to slice cohorts by phenotype, and employ the AutoML Assistant to validate pathway hypotheses in weeks, de-risking the asset for Series B funding.

Our Solution

The DNAnexus Omics Accelerator replaces the need for a $400k+/year DevOps team with a fully managed, pre-packaged R&D platform. It combines the following DNAnexus components so your scientists are running queries on day one, not month six.

• High-throughput Execution Engine: A scalable, cloud-native engine to run high-throughput pipelines (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics) without managing servers.
  
  
• Conversational Cohort Exploration: An interactive cohort browser and exploration tool. Use the Omics Data Agent (ODA) to ask natural language questions of your data and visualize results instantly, bypassing complex coding.
  
  
• AI/ML Accelerator + AutoML Assistant: Built-in conversational machine learning and data interrogation that democratizes discovery, allowing biologists to build predictive models and identify novel mechanisms of action 5x faster.
  
  
• GxP Module: A pre-validated compliance layer that ensures your data is audit-ready for regulatory submission from day one.
  
  
• Deployment Flexibility: High-performance, intelligent storage that scales with your multimodal data.
  
  
• Services: Includes 500 Professional Services Hours to handle initial data ingestion and pipeline setup, ensuring you are productive immediately.

Your Key Benefits and Outcomes

• Multimodal Ingestion: Native handling of diverse data types—from high-throughput phenotypic screening (images) to RNA-seq and RWE.
  
  
• Scalability on Demand: Start with 10 TB of mouse data today; scale to 2 PB of clinical trial data tomorrow—without changing platforms.
  
  
• Fully-Managed Environment: We handle the security, compliance, and cloud maintenance so your scientists just log in and work.