Frequently asked questions about our bioinformatics services

OmicsQuest is an on-demand bioinformatics services company, working like a CRO for labs and biotechs. We analyze single-cell, spatial, multi-omics, bulk sequencing, proteomics and imaging data. Every project is handled by a duo team of a bioinformatician and a cell biologist, from raw data to publication-quality figures, starting at $79/hour.

OmicsQuest bills from $79/hour, and every project starts with a capped estimate. Typical ranges: bulk RNA-seq differential expression takes 8-20 hours ($632-$1,580), a 4-8 sample single-cell RNA-seq project 25-45 hours ($1,975-$3,555), and a Visium HD project 35-70 hours ($2,765-$5,530). See the pricing page for more.

Hire when you have more than about 1,500 hours of analysis a year in one discipline, plus the time to recruit and manage. Most labs need a few hundred hours a year across several data types. At that volume, on-demand duo teams are faster to start, cover more omics, and cost a fraction of a fully loaded salary. Read the full comparison.

Single-cell RNA-seq and snRNA-seq, snATAC-seq, 10x Multiome, CITE-seq, TCR/BCR repertoires, CRISPR and Perturb-seq screens, Visium HD, Xenium, CosMx, MERSCOPE, GeoMx, CODEX, bulk RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, CUT&RUN, ATAC-seq, methylation, WGS/WES, metagenomics, mass spectrometry proteomics, protein-protein interactions, Cell Painting, high-content screening and live-cell imaging.

Once an analysis is delivered, restyling figures for a journal, a grant or a talk costs nothing: colors, labels, layouts, panel order, fonts and formats. New analyses are scoped and billed at the same hourly rate, and you can request as many as you need.

Usually within a week of the scoping call. QC reports typically arrive 3-5 business days after data transfer. We offer expedited timelines for reviewer deadlines.

We sign mutual NDAs before transfer, use encrypted transfer and storage, and can work inside your own cloud account. You own all data, results, code, figures and any intellectual property. We delete project data on request or at project close.

Yes. Besides analysis, we build scalable, reproducible pipelines (Nextflow or Snakemake, on your cloud or HPC) and maintain them for a flat monthly fee, starting at $1,490/month. See pipelines.

FASTQ, BCL, BAM/CRAM, VCF, count matrices, h5ad, Seurat RDS, loom, MuData, SpatialData/Zarr, Space Ranger and Xenium bundles, mass spec raw files, OME-TIFF, ND2, CZI and most vendor exports.

Through encrypted transfer (SFTP, AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Globus, Box or Dropbox), or by granting us access in your own cloud. We send instructions after the scoping call.

Yes. We help with power analysis, sample size, platform choice and data analysis plans for grants, and we write analysis sections for proposals.

Yes. It is one of our most common requests. We re-analyze as needed, draft point-by-point responses for the computational comments, and revise figures quickly to meet resubmission deadlines.

That is your choice. Many clients acknowledge us, and some invite our scientists as co-authors when they contributed substantially. Authorship is never a condition of our work.

No. Our work is for research use only. We do not produce clinical diagnostic reports.

We are remote-first and schedule calls across North American and European time zones.