GenoLogics Geneus LIMS system

GenoLogics is providing the Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics (QCMG) with Geneus, a LIMS system that is built to enable genomics research. Geneus will help them to manage the sequencing data produced by the 11 Applied Biosystems SOLiD systems, currently in use in the lab. The next-generation sequencing instruments at QCMG are generating terabytes of data on a weekly basis and sample tracking is quickly becoming unmanageable with existing Google docs, spreadsheets and other manual methods.

Queensland’s high-profile sequencing centre turned to GenoLogics a few months ago, looking for a powerful LIMS solution that would enable researchers to manage and track their samples and metadata in a single centralised system. The GenoLogics solution, Geneus, provides sample traceability and system flexibility. These capabilities were the primary considerations in the Queensland lab’s decision-making criteria. The Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics will make use of the powerful and comprehensive sample genealogy view provided by Geneus that allows everyone in the lab to see (and interrogate) the history of a sample from sample submission to analysis and result reporting.

Change is constant in next-gen sequencing labs, so facilities such as the Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics need a flexible configurable LIMS that will enable users to make changes quickly without any programming delays; Geneus offers this capability.

The flagship project at the Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics (QCMG) is the sequencing of 500 pancreatic and ovarian cancer genomes as part of the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC). Australia’s commitment to the ICGC has required the formation of a world-class sequencing centre within the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), The University of Queensland (UQ). The Australian contingent of the ICGC initiative is based at the QCMG/IMB and will study the underlying changes that result in the development of pancreatic and ovarian cancer.

Geneus is a proven LIMS and data management software solution that is built for genomics and next-generation sequencing research and core facilities.