Ion Reporter Software
Simplify your bioinformatics path to discovery
Ion Reporter™ solutions help remove the barriers of NGS data analysis, enabling you to focus on finding the biological meaning of your data.
Ion Reporter™ Software provides an optimized suite of simple data analysis tools that streamline Ion S5™, Ion S5™ XL, Ion PGM™, and Ion Proton™ systems data analysis, so you can focus on finding the biological meaning of your data, and less on configuring and setting up software.
Easy data analysis across a variety of research applications
- Push-button data analysis with easy-to-use preconfigured and customizable workflows, providing flexibility for users of any experience level
- Easily identify relevant variants with annotations from >20 public and proprietary databases
Fast results with optimized workflows and user tools
- Quickly focus on your variants of interest with simple result filtering. Then save your filter settings for standardized workflows
- Optimized workflows help accelerate your time to research results
- Ion AmpliSeq targeted gene panels take you from sample to variant data in a single day
- Ion Torrent Oncomine cfDNA assays for liquid biopsies take you from sample to variant data in two days
Security for your data
- Control access with role-based logins, locked workflows, and audit logs to help maintain a traceable and secure environment
- Analyze and securely share data in Thermo Fisher Cloud, or analyze and store data on-site with the local Ion Reporter™ Server System
Ion Reporter Software on Thermo Fisher Cloud
The integration of Ion Reporter Software into the Thermo Fisher Cloud platform helps provide a convenient, centralized data analysis and management solution. Securely share your data with collaborators on the ThermoFisher Cloud who are outside of Ion Reporter Software, and easily compare to data across genetic analysis techniques such as Sanger sequencing and TaqMan™ real-time PCR assays, all in one place.
To access Ion Reporter Software on Thermo Fisher Cloud, simply log in to Ion Reporter Software or log in to Thermo Fisher Cloud and select the Ion Reporter app.
Ion Reporter Data Analysis Workflow
Automatically transfer your sequencing data (using the Ion Reporter™ Uploader plugin) from the Ion S5, Ion S5 XL, Ion PGM™ and Ion Proton™ Torrent Servers to the cloud or local Ion Reporter™ Server.
Use preconfigured workflows optimized for a variety of applications, or create a custom workflow to identify variants such as SNPs, indels, CNVs, and gene fusions.
Filter
Richly annotate your variants from >20 public and proprietary databases or upload your own custom annotations and then filter for functional and biological relevance to focus on your variants of interest.
Visualize variants in IGV, or easily compare variants across samples with a variety of interactive variant heat map or Venn diagram options.
View examples:
Variant impact heat map ›
Select relevant variants and create interpretive research reports, or export variants to spreadsheet, VCF, or text format for further investigation. Also, identify complementary CE and TaqMan Assays for variants of interest.
Ion Reporter™ Software offers preconfigured and customizable workflows optimized for a variety of applications to simplify data analysis and help deliver optimal results.
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Single or paired sample analysisIdentify differences between a single sample and a reference genome, or explore differences between variants in sample pairs. |
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Inherited disease research trio analysisExplore variants within a pedigree. |
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Aneuploidy analysisDetect aneuploidies and large chromosome abnormalities from single whole-genome samples with low coverage. |
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Gene fusion analysis |
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Reproductive health Detect aneuploidy of all 24 chromosomes in preimplantation embryos using DNA from one or more cells. |
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Oncology—immuno-oncology Evaluate RNA expression levels of genes involved in tumor-immune interactions, including inflammatory signaling. |
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Tumor-normal research comparison analysisIdentify somatic mutations using advanced statistical approaches. |
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Copy number variation analysisIdentify copy number variations (CNV) automatically in Ion AmpliSeq™ workflows. |
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Annotate only (no analysis) |
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16S metagenomics analysisDetermine the microbial diversity in one or more 16S samples using reference content from MicroSEQ™ DB and GreenGenes. |
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Oncology—solid tumor Detect variants from FFPE or fine-need aspirates from as little as 10ng input DNA or RNA. |
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Exome Identify somatic and germline genetic variants within coding regions of genes. |
With preloaded demo research datasets for human exome, 16S metagenomics, and more, you can take the Ion Reporter Software for a test drive. To access this Thermo Fisher Cloud–based platform, simply login with your web account username and password.
Ion Reporter Server System
The Ion Reporter™ Server System pairs two individual components, Ion Reporter Software and a powerful computer server, into one integrated solution right in your own building.
- Maintain a secure environment with controlled, local access on a server designed to robust data security standards
- Control software versions and update on your timeline
- Accelerate your clinical research with fast upload and analysis times
- Access the same software and workflows as the cloud version
Archive data with 15 TB of usable storage
| Ion chip | Storage capacity (# runs) |
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| Ion 314™ Chip | 20,000 |
| Ion 316™ Chip | 10,000 |
| Ion 318™ Chip | 4,000 |
| Ion 510™ Chip | 4,000 |
| Ion 520™ Chip | 2,000 |
| Ion 530™ Chip | 1,000 |
| Ion 540™ Chip | 444 |
| Ion PI™ Chip | 400 |
Number of Ion PGM, Ion S5, Ion S5 XL, and Ion Proton Sequencer runs that can be stored on the Ion Reporter Server. Assumes file footprint sizes of 1 GB (Ion 314 Chip), 2 GB (Ion 316 Chip), 5 GB (Ion 318 Chip), 5 GB (Ion 510 Chip), 10 GB (Ion 520 Chip), 20 GB (Ion 530 Chip), 45 GB (Ion 540 Chip), and 50 GB (Ion PI Chip).
Find your biological meaning fast
Partek Flow software on the Ion Reporter Server
In addition to the Ion Reporter Software, the Ion Reporter Server System can also host third-party Partek™ Flow™ software for RNA-Seq data analysis. Hosted side by side with the Ion Reporter software, Partek Flow software enables simple RNA-Seq data analysis with preconfigured, Ion Torrent™-verified whole-transcriptome and small-RNA data analysis pipeline optimized for Ion Proton sequencing data.
Learn more about Partek Flow software and transcriptome sequencing ›
Additional resources
For product updates, trainings and other resources previously available in Ion Community, please refer to the table below.
Ion Community content |
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Plug-ins |
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Datasets |
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Ion AmpliSeq™ Designer documents |
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Torrent Suite™ Software documents |
http://www.thermofisher.com/torrent-suite-software-docs.html |
Ion Reporter™ Software documents |
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Qubit™ conversion tables |
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Ion S5™ System documents |
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Ion Proton™ System documents |
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Ion PGM™ System documents |
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Ion Chef™ System documents |
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Protocols |
Visit our Behind the Bench blog to access blog posts about NGS bioinformatics. Example posts about data analysis with Ion Reporter Software:
Note: Hosted Data Storage includes cloud-based Ion Reporter Software data analysis and storage.
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.