"/>Research area

Genomics

Reading the genome end to end — from sequencing and assembly through variant discovery, annotation and clinical-grade interpretation.

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Tbp sequenced
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variant classes
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% callable genome
Overview

What this area is.

Genomics is the foundation of everything we do: turning raw sequence into an accurate, annotated picture of an individual or population genome. We run whole-genome and whole-exome pipelines that detect SNVs, indels, copy-number and structural variants with reproducible, benchmarked workflows.

Every call is placed in context — population frequency from gnomAD, deleteriousness from CADD, and clinical significance via ACMG criteria — so the output is not just a variant list but an interpretable result.

Tools & technologies

BWAminimap2GATKDeepVariantsamtoolsbcftoolsVEPANNOVARgnomADCADD
Genome browserRead coverage and gene models along a locus.
Variant lollipopRecurrent variants mapped along a protein.
Capabilities

What we do.

Core methods we apply in genomics.

Whole-genome & exome

WGS and WES library design, alignment and best-practice processing for germline and somatic studies.

Variant discovery

SNV, indel, CNV and structural-variant calling with GATK, DeepVariant and dedicated SV callers.

Annotation & filtering

Functional annotation, gnomAD frequencies, CADD scoring and ACMG-aware filtering.

Structural variation

Breakpoint detection, fusions and large rearrangements visualised on Circos and genome browsers.

Quality & reproducibility

Containerised, version-pinned pipelines with full QC trails from FASTQ to report.

Population genomics

Cohort-scale joint genotyping, ancestry and allele-frequency analysis.

Workflow

From data to insight.

How a genomics project flows end to end.

01

Sequencing

WGS / WES reads

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QC & trim

FastQC, adapter removal

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Alignment

BWA / minimap2 to reference

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Variant calling

GATK / DeepVariant

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Annotation

gnomAD · CADD · ACMG

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Interpretation

Reportable, ranked variants

Visual analytics

Publication-grade figures.

Interactive, live-rendered visualisations used in genomics.

Genome browserRead coverage and gene models along a locus.
Variant lollipopRecurrent variants mapped along a protein.
Circos plotGenome-wide structural links and rearrangements.
Expression volcanoDifferential signal where RNA accompanies DNA.
Focus

Where we go deep.

Clinical genome interpretation

End-to-end pipelines that produce ACMG-classified, reportable variants.

Structural & copy-number variation

Resolving the large events short reads often miss.

Reference & pangenome readiness

Workflows that move beyond a single linear reference.

Insights

Questions we answer.

A few of the things people ask about genomics — and our short answers. Ask CGB-AI for more.

How accurate is variant calling?

With benchmarked pipelines and truth sets (e.g. GIAB), SNV/indel calling exceeds 99% F-score in callable regions; structural variants need orthogonal callers and, ideally, long reads.

WGS or WES?

WES is cost-effective for coding-variant discovery; WGS adds non-coding, structural and more uniform coverage — we help choose per study.

Selected research

Publications in Genomics.

Drawn from our full record of 173 papers, filtered to this area.

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