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Via Foundry

Via Foundry Multi-omics Tools Available at OSC

We have partnered with Via Scientific to provide access for OSU labs to Via Foundry through the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC). 

What is Via Foundry?

Via Foundry is your web-based multi-omics workbench designed to eliminate bioinformatics and coding bottlenecks that slow down your team's scientific progress. It simplifies complex data tasks by seamlessly storing data, running pipelines, and launching Jupyter/RStudio sessions – all in one centralized platform.

Remote video URL
Download the slides, datasets, and guides.

Try Foundry
Explore an interactive demo of Foundry in your browser.

Questions or a quick walkthrough?
Contact Maryam Hosseini at maryam@viascientific.com

Pipelines and Modules Available

Sequencing Analysis

  • RNA-seq
  • Ribo-seq
  • ATAC-seq
  • ChIP-seq
  • tRNA-seq
  • CRISPR (Mageck)
  • IRFinder
  • TEtranscripts
  • DE module(DESeq2 + Limma-voom)
  • FastQC

Single Cell Sequencing

  • Cellranger Multi
  • Cellranger Count
  • Cellranger-ARC
  • Cellranger-ATAC
  • Cellranger-VDJ
  • Spatial Transcriptomics
  • Souporcell

Alignment Modules

  • Kallisto
  • Bowtie2
  • Salmon
  • STAR
  • Hisat2
  • Minimap2

Other Pipelines and Modules

  • Variant Calling (Somatic and Germline)
  • Liftoff
  • GSEA and ssGSEA
  • featureCounts
  • Picard
  • Genome Browser and IGV BAM2TDF
  • RSeQC
  • Trimmomatic
Via Foundry's drag and drop interface.

Via Foundry Capabilities for OSU Labs

  • Flexible interfaces: drag-and-drop pipeline builder.
  • Data ingestion and standardization: raw NGS, public datasets, or lab spreadsheets prepared in one step.
  • Ready-to-use or custom pipelines: launch common workflows or assemble new ones.
  • Integrated notebooks: launch Jupyter or RStudio on the same data without copying
  • AI-Powered Insight & Efficiency:Foundry AI provides on-demand coding support, research access, and in-line explanations to amplify human ingenuity.

Practical Benefits for Research Groups

  • Shorter turnaround from data to figures: no local scripting or queue wrangling.
  • Rapid iteration: Tweak parameters and compare runs side-by-side.
  • End-to-end provenance: every input, parameter, and software version logged.
  • Centralized Compliance: built-in FAIR principles and journal reproducibility requirements.
  • Affordability: Access available for any OSU lab for an annual subscription fee of $1500.