Founded in 2009 at Seoul National University in S. Korea, ChunLab has grown to become a leader in bioinformatics for the micr ... obiology sector with over 350 organizations using ChunLab’s services worldwide. ChunLab’s suite of tools – web-based analysis platform, highly curated genomic databases, and optimized pipelines -- are essential for deciphering and making sense of complex biological data derived from next generation sequencing (NGS). ChunLab maintains and provides a database for taxonomy, 16S, genomes, and microbiome at www.ezbiocloud.net, which has become a must-tool for academic research and commercial development. It has been cited over 5,400 times. ChunLab's uniqueness lies in our intuitive cloud based bioinformatics platform, www.BIOiPLUG.com, which allows researchers to effectively visualize, analyze, manage and share their NGS data -- anytime and anywhere. BIOiPLUG is easy to navigate for even those with little knowledge of computer programming or bioinformatics, meaning researchers can refocus their time and efforts back into their research. Furthermore, enhanced by ChunLab's manually curated databases, users can compare thousands of precompiles genomics or microbiome datasets to get a more comprehensive analysis. ChunLab is a private venture backed company ($17 million USD) by several venture capitals as well as leading companies in the industry such as Green Cross Corp (Korean pharmaceutical) and Life River (Chinese molecular diagnostics). These funds have enabled us to speed up our R&D to develop new products and services that aim at “Making Bioinformatics Easy” in the area of the microbiome and infectious diseases. read more