The 32nd International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) took place from July 12th to 16th, 2024, in Montreal, Canada. Organized by the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), this annual event highlights cutting-edge developments in bioinformatics and computational biology. We were excited to participate, where our Custom Solutions Lead, Dr. Venus Lau, presented Miqa—our no-code QA platform that simplifies and accelerates bioinformatic software evaluation.
During the ISMB Tech Track session, we demonstrated how Miqa can help research teams implement automated testing into their development workflows in under ten minutes. According to the FAIR4RS Principles, research software encompasses “source code files, algorithms, scripts, computational workflows, and executables created during the research process or for research purposes.” Whether you’re testing if your software or pipeline runs without crashing, or benchmarking your analysis results against others, these are all forms of software testing. The more frequent and rigorous the testing, the better the quality, maintainability, and reproducibility of your bioinformatic tools.
In our Tech Track presentation, we demonstrated how bioinformatic researchers and engineers can:
Miqa simplifies the creation and execution of custom software tests, ensuring that tests can be run consistently and frequently. This facilitates continuous performance and quality tracking of bioinformatic tools, ensuring their sustainability from production to long-term maintenance—one of the major themes at ISMB 2024. By automating test workflows, Miqa reduces the burden of manual QA efforts, enabling real-time bug detection and helping pinpoint the source of unexpected results.
Missed our ISMB demo or want to learn more about how Miqa can optimize your bioinformatic development processes? Reach out to us at info@magnalabs.co, and we’d be happy to provide more information!
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