What is Quark?

Quark is a self-service bioinformatics platform that empowers scientists to prioritise research. Bench scientists and bioinformaticians can easily discover and launch data analysis pipelines on Quark without IT support or coding expertise. Quark manages all infrastructure logistics so scientists can reach exploratory data insights faster.

With an intuitive interface and AI-assisted analytical insights, Quark simplifies the user's experience of running complex bioinformatics workflows.

Quark Features

Quark provides users with the following for their data analysis needs:

1. Secure Workstations: Quark enforces high standards of data security by providing project users with Trusted Research Environments (TREs). More details on TREs may be found under Concepts and Trusted Research Environments.

2. Scientific Pipelines: All users can discover, import, access and launch a range of multi-omics data analysis pipelines from Quark - like DNA Sequencing, RNA Sequencing, scRNA Sequencing, Protein Folding, and others. More details on how to access and launch Scientific Pipelines may be found in the User Guide under Pipelines.

3. Quark Analytics: Quark provides a comprehensive suite of out-of-the-box analytical tools that can be accessed without having to leave the platform. The User Guide introduces how to get started with Quark Analytics, from Creating and Comparing Cohorts to Visualising results.

4. Visualisation Apps: Quark integrates intuitive visualisation tools and applications with the analytics suite, so that researchers can get actionable insights from their data faster. The User Guide provides a step-by-step guide on using Quark's visualisation apps at each stage of secondary and tertiary data analysis.

Getting Started

Quark for Bench Scientists

Quark enables bench scientists to discover, access and launch a wide range of scientific pipelines without needing coding expertise or IT intervention.

The User Guide provides detailed information on how to launch data analysis pipelines on Quark. Navigate to Overview and learn how to launch Quark's Ready to Run Pipelines.

Quark for Bioinformaticians

Bioinformaticians can import, build and launch their own pipelines using Quark's intuitive drag-and-drop interface or Pipeline Builder.

The User Guide provides detailed information on how to build and import data analysis pipelines on Quark under the relevant sections.