Author Archives: Andrew Legan

About Andrew Legan

Andrew Legan joined Golden Helix in 2025 as a Technical Field Application Scientist. Andrew graduated in 2015 with a BA from Vanderbilt and in 2022 with a PhD from Cornell Neurobiology and Behavior. He was a postdoc at the USDA and University of Arizona, conducting research in comparative genomics. Outside of work, Andrew enjoys playing the drum set and exploring the outdoors.

Clinical Variant Interpretation at Scale: Reflections from ASHG 2025

         October 27, 2025

Recently, Golden Helix attended the ASHG 2025 conference, where we had the opportunity to showcase our partnership with Genomenon. This collaboration took center stage at both our booth and Genomenon’s CoLab session, Automating Genomic Workflows: Cutting Interpretation Time, Accelerating Turnaround, and Increasing Diagnostic Yield. Our discussions centered on a problem that every clinical lab faces as variant volumes continue to… Read more »

Using VSPipeline to Automate Tertiary Analysis in VSWarehouse

         September 17, 2025

In this blog post, I’ll highlight the benefits of using VSPipeline to automate tertiary analysis in VSWarehouse. Users can now run VSPipeline project creation as a standalone task or a final step in a bioinformatic workflow without writing code. Simply use one of our shipped VarSeq projects or create your own, then automate that project as a template that can… Read more »

Introducing VSWarehouse 3 Installation Cloud Servers

         September 15, 2025
Deploy VSWarehouse 3 on AWS or Azure with guided scripts, secure setup, and scalable genomic analysis in one platform.

As precision medicine advances, clinicians and diagnostic labs face an ever-increasing volume of genetic data and analytical complexity. Meeting this demand requires tools that streamline data management and automate bioinformatic workflows to deliver timely, accurate diagnoses. By bringing data management, diagnostic workflow automation, and reporting into a single platform, VSWarehouse 3 provides the foundation that laboratories need to scale precision… Read more »

Webcast Recap: Secondary NGS Workflow Automation in VSWarehouse

         September 5, 2025

Recently, Golden Helix Field Application Scientists Rana Smalling and Andrew Legan led a webcast on Secondary NGS Workflow Automation in VSWarehouse. The presentation walked through the process of turning FASTQ data into completed VarSeq projects and clinical reports with just a click of a button. During the Q&A, a few key topics were raised, and we’ll discuss those further in… Read more »

5 Things I Wish I Knew When Getting Started With VarSeq

         August 7, 2025

As a new member of Golden Helix’s Field Application Services team, I’ve recently been diving into the capabilities of VarSeq and our broader software suite – an experience every new VarSeq user goes through. If I could schedule a training call with my former self, there are some key points I’d share to help hit the ground running. Here are… Read more »