BioVaultPremium
Turn one data question into one auditable dataset folder
BioVault finds, checks and downloads public datasets for your question and delivers one auditable dataset folder, with the plan you approved, per-file sources and licences, and a list of problems and decisions. It makes no findings; analysis happens later in Omics-OS Cloud.
What It Is
BioVault is the dataset-aggregation and harmonization module of Omics-OS Cloud, at biovault.omics-os.com. You describe the data you need; Lobster agents find, check and download it; you receive one dataset folder.
BioVault never produces a finding, a differential-expression result or any biology claim. It prepares data. Analysis happens afterwards in Omics-OS Cloud.
Workflow
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1 — Describe | Say what data you need, in plain language |
| 2 — Plan | BioVault shows a plan: scope, eligibility rules and limits, including a cost limit |
| 3 — Approve | Review the Overview and approve the exact plan |
| 4 — Run | Lobster agents find, check and download the data; progress and the time of the last update are shown |
| 5 — Folder | Open the finished dataset folder |
The approved plan is stored in the folder exactly as you approved it.
The Dataset Folder
| Item | What it is |
|---|---|
dataset.h5mu | Raw-count matrix |
| Original files | The downloaded source files, untouched |
| Mappings | Sample and feature (gene) mappings |
| Source and licence | Per-file source and licence information |
| Problems | Issues found, each marked Blocking, Warning or Info, and Resolved or Unresolved |
| Decisions | What was included, excluded or matched, and why |
| Checksum manifest | SHA-256 checksum for each file |
A failed run keeps its record of problems and decisions, so you can see why it stopped. It has no files to download.
Automatic Checks
After the run, fixed backend rules (not the AI) check the data. You are not asked to vouch for anything.
| Check | Rule |
|---|---|
| Units | Whole, non-negative numbers are treated as raw counts, noted as Info |
| Sample groups | Taken only from exact GEO characteristics keys |
| Count columns | Matched to samples only by an exact one-to-one rule; a match by name is noted as a Warning |
| Assay | Treated as bulk RNA-seq only when every sample is RNA-Seq from transcriptomic (not single-cell) material in GEO and there is one count column per sample |
| Contradictions | Ambiguous or conflicting rules, or contradictory metadata, are refused rather than guessed; a refused study comes with a reason |
Current Scope
| Area | Today |
|---|---|
| Source | Public GEO (NCBI) data only |
| Data | Human bulk RNA-seq with gene-level read counts as whole numbers |
| Other sources | Planned; no dates are promised |
Limits and Cancel
- Each run has a cost limit and stops when it reaches it. The limit is shown in the plan you approve.
- Cancel stops the run from publishing a folder. It does not promise that compute or billing stops immediately.
Availability
Sign-in is required. During internal testing, running BioVault plans is enabled for selected organisations only.