computer science

Integromics

Integromics is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Integromics rather than just read about it. In short: Integromics was a global bioinformatics company headquartered in Granada, Spain and Madrid. The company had subsidiaries in the United States and United Kingdom, and distributors in 10 countries.

Key takeaways

Integromics belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Integromics to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Integromics from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Integromics was a global bioinformatics company headquartered in Granada, Spain and Madrid. The company had subsidiaries in the United States and United Kingdom, and distributors in 10 countries. Integromics specialised in bioinformatics software for data management and data analysis in genomics and proteomics. The company provided a line of products that serve gene expression, sequencing, and proteomics markets. Customers included genomic research centers, pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, clinical research organizations, and biotechnology companies. Integromics was acquired by PerkinElmer in 2017.

History Integromics was founded in 2002 as a spin-off of the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB / CSIC) in Spain and the University of Malaga. Principal founder Dr. Jose Maria Carazo was motivated by a market need to develop new computational methods for analyzing data, with the company's first product addressing the needs of the microarray data analysis market.

2007 Integromics partners with Applied Biosystems 2007 Integromics Inc. Establishes US Office at Philadelphia Science Center 2008 Integromics partners with TIBCO Spotfire to develop Integromics Biomarker Discovery 2009 Integromics partners with Ingenuity to offer integration for Comprehensive Genomics Analysis 2009 Integromics forms part of the PROACTIVE consortium to develop a unique high throughput plasma biomarker research platform 2009 Integromics releases its first proteomics product 2009 Integromics received a venture investment of 1M€ from I + D Unifondo 2010 Integromics and TATAA Biocenter collaborate to offer comprehensive qPCR data analysis 2010 Integromics releases its first Next Generation Sequencing Analysis product 2010 Integromics publication in Nature describes new class of gene-termini-associated human RNAs suggests a novel RNA copying mechanism, achieved using Integromics SeqSolve™ Next Generation Sequencing software 2011 Integromics and Ingenuity expand their co-operation with the integration of a fourth Integromics product to Ingenuity's IPA 2011 Integromics launches OmicsHub Proteomics 2.0, a data management and analysis tool for mass spectrometry laboratories and core facilities 2011 Integromics publication in Mol Cell Proteomics describes Multiplexed homogeneous proximity ligation assays for high-throughput protein biomarker research in serological material. 2011 Integromics publication in Cell describes novel polyadenylation genome-wide profiling, achieved using Integromics SeqSolve™ Next Generation Sequencing software 2012 Integromics partners with FPGMX to develop low-cost methods for clinical genomics 2012 Tibco Spotfire Certifies Integromics as its Sole Partner in the Fields of Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics 2012 Integromics Launches OmicsOffice Platform, a total service that provides a streamlined and common analysis environment to analyse results from different genomics technologies and the analytical tools to compare and achieve a higher level of results using these combinations 2013 Integromics partners with PerkinElmer for the Exclusive Worldwide Distributorship of New Omics Office Genomics Software from Integromics 2013 Integromics partners with the Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe (CITRE) and the Centre of Studies and Technical Research (CEIT) to implement the SANSCRIPT project 2013 Integromics establishes a Key Collaboration with European HPC Experts to Develop New Big-data Computing Services for Genomics 2017 Acquired by PerkinElmer

Partners Integromics collaborated with international technology providers such as Applied Biosystems, Ingenuity, Spotfire, pharmaceutical companies, and academic institutions.

RESOLVE. Resolve chronic inflammation and achieve healthy ageing by understanding non-regenerative repair LIPIDOMIC NET. Lipid droplets as dynamic organelles of fat deposition and release: translational research towards human disease. It is managed within the EU FP7, in close collaboration with LIPID MAPS and Lipid Bank. PROACTIVE. High throughput proteomics systems for accelerated profiling of putative plasma biomarkers. ProteomeXchange. Coordination action to establish proteomics standards. Coordinated by the European Bioinformatics Institute IRIS. Integrated computational environment for high throughput RNA Interference Screening. Coordinated by Integromics.

Awards and recognition 2007 - Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation of the Year Award 2007 - Emprendedor XXI Innovation Award 2010 - Accésit of Premio Sello Innovación Award 2011 - "Best Trajectory of a Technology-Based Innovative Enterprise (EIBT) 2011" Award 2012 - Award of the Tech Media Europe 2012 & ICT Finance MarketPlace

Products and services

SeqSolve SeqSolve is software for the tertiary analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data.

RealTime StatMiner RealTime StatMiner is a Step-by-Step Guide for RT-qPCR data analysis. RealTime StatMiner is available as a standalone as well as a TIBCO Spotfire compatible application. Co-developed with Applied Biosystems.

Integromics Biomarker Discovery Integromics Biomarker Discovery (IBD) for microarray gene expression data analysis guides the user throughout a step-by-step workflow.

OmicsHub Proteomics OmicsHub® Proteomics is a platform for the central management and analysis of data in proteomics labs.

See also List of bioinformatics companies Bioinformatics Computational Biology Microarray analysis DNA Microarray Pathway Analysis Proteomics Gene expression DNA sequencing

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Integromics

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Integromics claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Integromics before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Integromics ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Integromics

In research: Integromics appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Integromics in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Integromics is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2002 establishments in Spain, Bioinformatics software, Biotechnology companies established in 2002, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Integromics outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Integromics in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Integromics means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Integromics out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Integromics in simple terms?

Integromics was a global bioinformatics company headquartered in Granada, Spain and Madrid. The company had subsidiaries in the United States and United Kingdom, and distributors in 10 countries.

Why does Integromics matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Integromics?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Integromics.