Figure 1

Biological knowledge building process enabled by Confero which enhances the standard omics analysis workflow. The left loop depicts the typical omics workflow from data generation, processing, and statistical analysis followed by downstream computational analysis and biological interpretation leading to new hypothesis generation. With Confero in place a second loop is added where statistical analysis results are automatically processed and new a priori biological knowledge in the form of gene set is stored. This database of knowledge grows with new experimental and external data and is leveraged by integrated tools for biological interpretation of current and future studies. The overall process drives and enhances the experimental research lifecycle.