Fulcrum Genomics
@fulcrumgenomics.com
We provide specialized bioinformatic services to advance your technology and the understanding of human disease.
https://www.fulcrumgenomics.com
https://www.fulcrumgenomics.com
At Fulcrum Genomics, Public Benefit isn’t just a principle, it's our purpose. Public Benefit has two levels, the commitment to working in biomedicine, and the daily acts of craftsmanship making the scientific ecosystem stronger. Both matter.
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Core Value: Public Benefit
Fulcrum Genomics 10th Anniversary Series
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
At Fulcrum Genomics, Public Benefit isn’t just a principle, it's our purpose. Public Benefit has two levels, the commitment to working in biomedicine, and the daily acts of craftsmanship making the scientific ecosystem stronger. Both matter.
Read more here: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Read more here: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Some colleagues can to do everything and make it look effortless. This teammate reflects on balancing humility with confidence, and the power of giving your mind space to wander. By the end, you’ll feel like you’ve met us - or want to.
Meet Alison Meynert: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-aliso...
Meet Alison Meynert: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-aliso...
Meet Alison Meynert
Between the Lines of Code and Conversation
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November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Some colleagues can to do everything and make it look effortless. This teammate reflects on balancing humility with confidence, and the power of giving your mind space to wander. By the end, you’ll feel like you’ve met us - or want to.
Meet Alison Meynert: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-aliso...
Meet Alison Meynert: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-aliso...
10th Anniversary Core Values blog series: Client Focus
Beyond just execution, we strive to understand the strategic context: What's the client's real need? What are the goals, constraints, and blind spots? How can we help them see around corners?
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Beyond just execution, we strive to understand the strategic context: What's the client's real need? What are the goals, constraints, and blind spots? How can we help them see around corners?
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Core Value: Client Focus
Fulcrum Genomics 10th Anniversary Series
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
10th Anniversary Core Values blog series: Client Focus
Beyond just execution, we strive to understand the strategic context: What's the client's real need? What are the goals, constraints, and blind spots? How can we help them see around corners?
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Beyond just execution, we strive to understand the strategic context: What's the client's real need? What are the goals, constraints, and blind spots? How can we help them see around corners?
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Today we feature a teammate whose way of thinking connects games and science. It’s that mix of strategy and lightness that makes working with him such a pleasure. By the end we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Zach Norgaard: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-zach-...
Meet Zach Norgaard: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-zach-...
Meet Zach Norgaard
Seeing the Whole Board
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today we feature a teammate whose way of thinking connects games and science. It’s that mix of strategy and lightness that makes working with him such a pleasure. By the end we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Zach Norgaard: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-zach-...
Meet Zach Norgaard: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-zach-...
10th Anniversary Core Values blog series: Valuing People
Valuing People is one of our deepest commitments: to ourselves, to our team, and to our clients. Life is messy—just like biology. When life gets complicated, we don’t look away. We step in.
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Valuing People is one of our deepest commitments: to ourselves, to our team, and to our clients. Life is messy—just like biology. When life gets complicated, we don’t look away. We step in.
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Core Value: Valuing People
Fulcrum Genomics 10th Anniversary Series
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
10th Anniversary Core Values blog series: Valuing People
Valuing People is one of our deepest commitments: to ourselves, to our team, and to our clients. Life is messy—just like biology. When life gets complicated, we don’t look away. We step in.
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Valuing People is one of our deepest commitments: to ourselves, to our team, and to our clients. Life is messy—just like biology. When life gets complicated, we don’t look away. We step in.
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
The best part of our work is the people who make discovery possible — thoughtful, curious, and generous with their insight. In this series we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Yossi Farjoun: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-yossi...
Meet Yossi Farjoun: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-yossi...
Meet Yossi Farjoun
Each Dataset a New Ascent
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The best part of our work is the people who make discovery possible — thoughtful, curious, and generous with their insight. In this series we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Yossi Farjoun: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-yossi...
Meet Yossi Farjoun: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-yossi...
@nilshomer.com , @tfenne.bsky.social , and Yossi Farjoun will be in Boston for #ASHG25.
If you're going to be there, let us know!
#ASHG2025
If you're going to be there, let us know!
#ASHG2025
October 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
@nilshomer.com , @tfenne.bsky.social , and Yossi Farjoun will be in Boston for #ASHG25.
If you're going to be there, let us know!
#ASHG2025
If you're going to be there, let us know!
#ASHG2025
10th Anniversary Core Values blog series: Excellence
Excellence is a mindset and a practice. It’s not somewhere you arrive, but something you strive for, continually refining. It emerges from a culture of openness, curiosity, and accountability.
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Excellence is a mindset and a practice. It’s not somewhere you arrive, but something you strive for, continually refining. It emerges from a culture of openness, curiosity, and accountability.
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Core Value: Excellence
Fulcrum Genomics 10th Anniversary Series
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
10th Anniversary Core Values blog series: Excellence
Excellence is a mindset and a practice. It’s not somewhere you arrive, but something you strive for, continually refining. It emerges from a culture of openness, curiosity, and accountability.
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Excellence is a mindset and a practice. It’s not somewhere you arrive, but something you strive for, continually refining. It emerges from a culture of openness, curiosity, and accountability.
Read More: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
10th Anniversary Core Values blog series: Openness
Openness is an action. It’s a positive, and proactive, choice to lean-in.
It begins with a simple but powerful question: What do I know that others need to know?
Read more: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Openness is an action. It’s a positive, and proactive, choice to lean-in.
It begins with a simple but powerful question: What do I know that others need to know?
Read more: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Core Value: Openness
Fulcrum Genomics 10th Anniversary Series
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
10th Anniversary Core Values blog series: Openness
Openness is an action. It’s a positive, and proactive, choice to lean-in.
It begins with a simple but powerful question: What do I know that others need to know?
Read more: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
Openness is an action. It’s a positive, and proactive, choice to lean-in.
It begins with a simple but powerful question: What do I know that others need to know?
Read more: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/core-value...
@nilshomer.com, Yossi Farjoun, and @tfenne.bsky.social will be attending #ASHG25 in Boston this year on behalf of Fulcrum Genomics. Let us know if you'll be there too!
September 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
@nilshomer.com, Yossi Farjoun, and @tfenne.bsky.social will be attending #ASHG25 in Boston this year on behalf of Fulcrum Genomics. Let us know if you'll be there too!
Yesterday marked ten years since Fulcrum Genomics was founded. We took a moment to reflect:
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/ten-years-...
Thanks to everyone who’s been part of the journey.
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/ten-years-...
Thanks to everyone who’s been part of the journey.
July 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yesterday marked ten years since Fulcrum Genomics was founded. We took a moment to reflect:
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/ten-years-...
Thanks to everyone who’s been part of the journey.
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/ten-years-...
Thanks to everyone who’s been part of the journey.
We love working with people who notice how things fit together, who make unwieldy problems work better. The 'Meet the Team' series spotlights humans behind our bioinformatics work. We hope you'll feel like you've met us — or want to. Meet Erin McAuley: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-erin-...
Meet Erin McAuley
Scaling Science Without Losing the Plot
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We love working with people who notice how things fit together, who make unwieldy problems work better. The 'Meet the Team' series spotlights humans behind our bioinformatics work. We hope you'll feel like you've met us — or want to. Meet Erin McAuley: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-erin-...
This edition of our 'Meet the Team' features a teammate with a deep expertise in long-read sequencing. Just a few questions to glimpse the person behind the work. By the end of the series we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Tim Dunn: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-tim-d...
Meet Tim Dunn: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-tim-d...
Meet Tim Dunn
Long-Read Sequencing Specialist
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This edition of our 'Meet the Team' features a teammate with a deep expertise in long-read sequencing. Just a few questions to glimpse the person behind the work. By the end of the series we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Tim Dunn: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-tim-d...
Meet Tim Dunn: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-tim-d...
Today we hear from our VP of Operations, who keeps the big picture moving while staying grounded in the work itself. Here's a quick look at how he thinks and works. By the end, we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Clint Valentine: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-clint...
Meet Clint Valentine: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-clint...
Meet Clint Valentine
Clarity at Heart - Precision in Action
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today we hear from our VP of Operations, who keeps the big picture moving while staying grounded in the work itself. Here's a quick look at how he thinks and works. By the end, we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Clint Valentine: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-clint...
Meet Clint Valentine: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-clint...
We’re lucky to work with people who are not just skilled, but thoughtful, curious, and quietly surprising. This series of short interviews offers a window into who we are. By the end, we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to. Meet Ted Brookings: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-ted-b...
Meet Ted Brookings
Playing the Long Game: Built for Uptime Not Just Launch
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We’re lucky to work with people who are not just skilled, but thoughtful, curious, and quietly surprising. This series of short interviews offers a window into who we are. By the end, we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to. Meet Ted Brookings: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-ted-b...
Making bioinformatics tools widely available is one of the most important tasks a bioinformatician can undertake. In this post @nilshomer.com shows how to use Grayskull to quickly and reliably create conda recipes to distribute your bioinformatics software.
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/create-con...
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/create-con...
Create conda recipes with Grayskull
Master the Conda Universe
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Making bioinformatics tools widely available is one of the most important tasks a bioinformatician can undertake. In this post @nilshomer.com shows how to use Grayskull to quickly and reliably create conda recipes to distribute your bioinformatics software.
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/create-con...
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/create-con...
There’s no single way to do what we do. This series aims to share glimpses of people at Fulcrum Genomics: how they think, what drives them, and what makes them laugh. By the end, we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Juliann Chmielecki: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-julia...
Meet Juliann Chmielecki: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-julia...
Meet Juliann Chmielecki
Bridge to the Clinic
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
There’s no single way to do what we do. This series aims to share glimpses of people at Fulcrum Genomics: how they think, what drives them, and what makes them laugh. By the end, we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Juliann Chmielecki: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-julia...
Meet Juliann Chmielecki: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-julia...
🧪 Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing: Co-developed by our colleague Alison Meynert, this framework for an instructor-led, half-day module will help researchers build practical skills in data analysis, computing, and collaboration. jose.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing: A Learning Module for Researchers
Zieliński et al., (2025). Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing: A Learning Module for Researchers. Journal of Open Source Education, 8(87), 279, https://doi.org/10.21105/jose.00279
jose.theoj.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🧪 Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing: Co-developed by our colleague Alison Meynert, this framework for an instructor-led, half-day module will help researchers build practical skills in data analysis, computing, and collaboration. jose.theoj.org/papers/10.21...
We believe in leaving things in a better state than we find them. Founding Partner @tfenne.bsky.social shares how our team contributes back to the open source ecosystem, strengthening the foundations on which many scientific and technical projects are built.
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/recent-ope...
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/recent-ope...
May 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We believe in leaving things in a better state than we find them. Founding Partner @tfenne.bsky.social shares how our team contributes back to the open source ecosystem, strengthening the foundations on which many scientific and technical projects are built.
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/recent-ope...
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/recent-ope...
We think the best part of our work is the people who do it, curious, sharp-minded, and genuinely enjoyable to talk to. This blog series offers brief glimpses into who they are. By the end, we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Jeff Gentry: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-jeff-...
Meet Jeff Gentry: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-jeff-...
Meet Jeff Gentry
The Grown-Up in the Room
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We think the best part of our work is the people who do it, curious, sharp-minded, and genuinely enjoyable to talk to. This blog series offers brief glimpses into who they are. By the end, we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Jeff Gentry: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-jeff-...
Meet Jeff Gentry: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-jeff-...
Our people are our greatest asset — sharp, thoughtful, and pretty fun to get to know. We have short interviews on our blog to offer a view of each of our colleagues. By the end, we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Please meet Jason Fan: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-jason...
Please meet Jason Fan: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-jason...
Meet Jason Fan
Good work holds together
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our people are our greatest asset — sharp, thoughtful, and pretty fun to get to know. We have short interviews on our blog to offer a view of each of our colleagues. By the end, we hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Please meet Jason Fan: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-jason...
Please meet Jason Fan: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-jason...
Congratulations to Nick Bailey for finishing his PhD with: “Correcting for Bias in Estimates of Watterson’s θ and Tajima's D From Missing Data in Next-Generation Sequencing”.
Projects like this remind us why we love what we do.
Read the paper: t.co/BhMEHxlX73
Try the software: github.com/ksamuk/pixy
Projects like this remind us why we love what we do.
Read the paper: t.co/BhMEHxlX73
Try the software: github.com/ksamuk/pixy
April 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Congratulations to Nick Bailey for finishing his PhD with: “Correcting for Bias in Estimates of Watterson’s θ and Tajima's D From Missing Data in Next-Generation Sequencing”.
Projects like this remind us why we love what we do.
Read the paper: t.co/BhMEHxlX73
Try the software: github.com/ksamuk/pixy
Projects like this remind us why we love what we do.
Read the paper: t.co/BhMEHxlX73
Try the software: github.com/ksamuk/pixy
How to use Conda without running afoul of Anaconda licensing. Read more on our blog:
#bioinformatics #conda #software
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#bioinformatics #conda #software
open.substack.com/pub/fulcrumg...
Anaconda Licensing Changes
How to use Conda without running afoul of Anaconda licensing.
open.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
How to use Conda without running afoul of Anaconda licensing. Read more on our blog:
#bioinformatics #conda #software
open.substack.com/pub/fulcrumg...
#bioinformatics #conda #software
open.substack.com/pub/fulcrumg...
New release of fastquorum!
This nf-core #nextflow fgbio Best Practices FASTQ to Consensus Pipeline to produce consensus reads using unique molecular indexes/barcodes (UMIs).
This nf-core #nextflow fgbio Best Practices FASTQ to Consensus Pipeline to produce consensus reads using unique molecular indexes/barcodes (UMIs).
Pipeline release! nf-core/fastquorum v1.2.0 - 1.2.0!
Please see the changelog: https://github.com/nf-core/fastquorum/releases/tag/1.2.0
Please see the changelog: https://github.com/nf-core/fastquorum/releases/tag/1.2.0
April 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New release of fastquorum!
This nf-core #nextflow fgbio Best Practices FASTQ to Consensus Pipeline to produce consensus reads using unique molecular indexes/barcodes (UMIs).
This nf-core #nextflow fgbio Best Practices FASTQ to Consensus Pipeline to produce consensus reads using unique molecular indexes/barcodes (UMIs).
Fulcrum Genomics is now a registered supplier on Scientist.com! Connect with us on Scientist.com and start your project with a click. Visit our profile here: app.scientist.com/providers/fu...
November 15, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Fulcrum Genomics is now a registered supplier on Scientist.com! Connect with us on Scientist.com and start your project with a click. Visit our profile here: app.scientist.com/providers/fu...