AWS HPC Blog
Category: Life Sciences
How Proteros accelerates drug discovery by using AWS ParallelCluster
Proteros is a leader in structure-based drug discovery solutions, and supports pharmaceutical, biotechnological, and academic clients with advanced technologies like Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) and Protein Crystallography (PX). In this blog post, we’ll explore how Proteros implemented an HPC solution that scales with their scientific ambitions. We’ll talk about how they started with a secure […]
AWS re:Invent 2025: Your Complete Guide to High Performance Computing Sessions
AWS re:Invent 2025 returns to Las Vegas, Nevada on December 1, uniting AWS builders, customers, partners, and IT professionals from across the globe. This year’s event offers you exclusive access to compelling customer stories and insights from AWS leadership as they tackle today’s most critical challenges in high-performance computing, from accelerating scientific discovery to optimizing […]
Enabling Rapid Genomic and Multiomic Data Analysis with Illumina DRAGEN™ v4.4 on Amazon EC2 F2 Instances
Streamline your genomic and multiomic data analysis with DRAGEN on Amazon EC2 F2 instances. Our latest blog post explores the performance benefits of this hardware-accelerated solution, helping you unlock insights faster.
How Novo Nordisk, Columbia University and AWS collaborated to create OpenFold3 with the OpenFold AI Consortium
In this blog post, we’re excited to share how Novo Nordisk, Columbia University and AWS collaborated to create OpenFold3, a state-of-the-art protein structure prediction model, using cost-effective and scalable bioinformatics solutions on AWS.
How Caris Life Sciences processed 400,000 RNAseq samples in 2.5 days with AWS Batch
In the race to deliver precision medicine, time is of the essence. Caris Life Sciences, a pioneer in this field, leveraged AWS Batch to build a highly scalable solution that processed hundreds of thousands of genomic samples in record time. Discover how they achieved this remarkable feat and the key services that powered their breakthrough.
Scalable Cryo-EM on AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS)
Cryo-EM data processing just got a major boost! Learn how AWS Parallel Computing Service can help structural biology teams scale their HPC infrastructure and streamline Cryo-EM research. Discover a recommended reference architecture that leverages the power of the cloud.
Announcing: Seqera Containers for the bioinformatics community
Genomics community: rejoice! Seqera and AWS have teamed up to announce Seqera Containers, an open-source, no cost, reliable way to generate containers.
Linter rules for Nextflow to improve the detection of errors before runtime
Check out this post to learn how linter rules for Nextflow’s DSL can help you catch errors in your workflows before runtime, which means greater developer productivity, which leads directly to a faster time to science.
Accelerating molecule discovery with computational chemistry and Promethium on AWS
Interested in performing high-accuracy computational chemistry simulations faster? Check out this new post about Promethium, a solution from QC Ware that leverages AWS to accelerate simulations by up to 100x.
Running protein structure prediction at scale using a web interface for researchers
Today, we’ll show you our open-source sample implementation of a web frontend and cloud HPC backend to support researchers using AI tools like AlphaFold for drug discovery and design.









