Workflow Wednesdays – Short read aligners – Omixon Variant Toolkit

Omixon Variant Toolkit (aka Omixon Read Mapper or ORM)is our “own” alignment algorithm which is available as a standalone java application or in Omixon Target. The aligner actually contains two, slightly different algorithms*: one for shorter Illumina reads, called “bridge” and one for longer (IonTorrent and 454) reads, called “lace”. Both methods do gapped alignment.

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Interview with Tim Hague, the new CEO of Omixon

Tim Hague, the new CEO of Omixon, answered some of our questions about the future of next generation sequencing and more.

What have you been working on at Omixon so far?

Up to now, I’ve been Omixon’s Chief Technology Officer, so I’ve been concentrating on leading the research and development teams and on building the Omixon software products, including our flagship product, Omixon Target. Two years ago we started with a blank sheet of paper and a few algorithms, and now we have a suite of NGS bioinformatics tools including ones for HLA Typing and targeted data analysis, and I’m really proud of what we’ve achieved so far. I’ve also been involved in supporting the sales people and I’ve helped out quite a bit with customer support, account management, marketing and the web site. Continue reading