ElasticBLAST: Accelerating Sequence Search via Cloud Computing

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Authors

Christiam Camacho · National Institutes of Health

Grzegorz M. Boratyn · National Institutes of Health

Victor Joukov · National Institutes of Health

Roberto Vera Alvarez · National Institutes of Health

Thomas Madden · National Institutes of Health

Abstract

We show that ElasticBLAST is a useful application that can efficiently perform BLAST searches for the user in the cloud, demonstrating that with two examples. At the same time, it hides much of the complexity of working in the cloud, lowering the threshold to move work to the cloud.

Topics & Keywords

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Gene expression and cancer classification Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Publication Details

Published in: bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.04.522777