Instruments

DNAstack is streamlining genomic data analysis without the need for costly local infrastructure or technical expertise with our Instruments tool. With the Instruments tool, you simply connect your raw sequencing data to Workbench, select your Engine, and run a workflow.

Overview

The DNAstack Instruments tool serves as the bridge between primary sequencing data and advanced analysis workflows. It simplifies the process of connecting sequencing data to your Workbench workflow.

Working with Instruments

DNAstack's Instrument tool lets you directly connect the data from physical sequencing platforms into Workbench. Instruments represent physical sequencing platforms (PacBio, Illumina, Oxford Nanopore, etc.) that have uploaded the outputs of a sequencing run to a cloud storage location.

The Analysis Pipeline

Primary Analysis: Begins with raw sequencing data outputs from instruments

Secondary Analysis: Bioinformaticians perform quality control and data processing steps on the sequencing outputs.

Tertiary Analysis: Researchers analyze processed data to gather insights and draw conclusions.

Terminology

• Storage - Operations pertaining to interacting with cloud storage from Workbench.

• Storage Account - The entity that is created when a user saves credentials using the storage command.

• Platform - A specific sequencing platform (PacBio, Illumina, Oxford Nanopore, etc.) that has uploaded the outputs of a sequencing run to a cloud storage location. Each platform has specific file naming and directory naming conventions for output data and various supporting files that are generated. If the user changes the names of files or the directory structure from what the sequencing platform generated, this will lead to undefined behavior

• Instrument - An entity corresponding to a physical sequencing instrument.

• Sample - A biological sample. Samples are unique within a namespace.

• File - A file belonging to a biological sample. Each file is associated with a sequencing platform and the specific instrument that generated it.