"/>Research area

Genomics

Genomics is the study of the complete genetic sequence of organisms, resolving DNA structure from end to end. We build and run pipelines for genome assembly, variant calling, and clinical annotation. By mapping variants to global databases, we identify the genetic underpinnings of disease and evolution.

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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 170 papers, filtered to this area.

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