What is spcfy?
spcfy is your unified environment for processing, comparing and sharing DNA metabarcoding results. Our platform is built in subscription-based stages that grow with your needs.
Integration of Labs and real-time Quality Scores.
The foundation layer: a harmonized, cloud-based pipeline that turns Illumina FASTQ files into standardized, shareable outputs, making them reproducible across labs and projects.
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spcfyBASE is the starting point for labs and customers alike. Beginning at the FASTQ level, uploads are validated and routed through a harmonised workflow so that heterogeneous runs become comparable. Real-time QC gives immediate feedback on each sample’s performance and flags potential issues early. Curated reference and primer databases underpin taxonomic assignment, improving transparency and reproducibility. Beside sequence data, BASE captures wetlab metadata (primers, extraction protocols) and ecological context (coordinates, habitat, methods), ensuring that downstream interpretation remains grounded. All files are archived on EU servers for long-term access. The outputs include QC summaries, assignment tables and clean visual overviews, with CSV/TSV/Excel/PDF exports for direct re-use in reports and publications. Marketplace hooks let labs publish services and deliver results through a unified interface; users can order from accredited partners and receive BASE-processed results instantly.
Cross-project comparisons and interactive visualization.
The analytical layer on top of BASE: merge multiple orders into Projects, explore OTUs interactively, compare across time and space, and share dynamic dashboards.
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Where BASE finalises runs, INSIGHT connects them. Projects unify multiple orders and align them with metadata so users can explore biodiversity across campaigns, sites or treatments. Tools include OTU filtering by taxonomy or abundance, KRONA charts for hierarchical views, stacked bars and areas for compositional change, and line charts for temporal trends. Assignments are linked to an evolving OTU database and can refresh automatically. Roadmap features add spatial overlays and a project-wide flagging system. Labs can expose these interactive views to customers to reduce repeated re-analysis and improve communication.
How spcfy is built up
Each stage adds clearly defined capabilities while preserving the data standards, QC context and metadata captured before. This keeps results reproducible and comparable as projects grow.
- FASTQ upload with integrated QC
- Standardized, reproducible pipeline
- Primer & reference transparency
- EU storage + report/exports
- Merge orders into Projects
- Interactive OTU exploration
- Visual dashboards & comparisons
- Auto-refreshing assignments
- Predictive layers on top of INSIGHT
- Risk/target scoring & scenario tools
- API access to model outputs
Marketplace relations
The marketplace connects labs and users through unified workflows. BASE ensures consistent processing and delivery; INSIGHT adds interactive access and long-term project workspaces. PREDICT will enable forecasting of biodiversity changes to support proactive decisions.
