Mission, Architecture & Clinical Vision

Empowering Clinical Genetics through
Privacy-First Innovation

We built Biogistry to provide genetic counselors, clinical geneticists, researchers, and biological sciences students with a modern, browser-native workbench engineered around privacy and desktop-grade speed.

Why We Built Biogistry

Clinical genetics software has traditionally been divided into two flawed paradigms: legacy desktop tools that lack modern web collaboration, or cloud platforms that require uploading sensitive patient genetic data to third-party servers.

Before Biogistry, clinicians and researchers had to stitch together multiple disconnected software packages. Creating pedigree charts, analyzing Punnett square crosses, mapping chromosome idiograms, drafting clinical reports, running risk calculation models, and sharing files required constant exporting, importing, copying data, and sending emails back and forth. Nothing was unified in a single seamless environment.

Furthermore, accessing advanced clinical genetics workbenches or risk calculation engines in legacy software often meant navigating lengthy sales calls, enduring month-long enterprise deployments, navigating complex IT onboarding, and spending weeks on software training. We eliminated all of that friction by delivering an instant, browser-native platform that works out of the box.

We engineered Biogistry to solve these challenges. Our mission is to unify standardized human pedigree drawing (NSGC and ACMG standards), Punnett square genotype probability analysis, ISCN 850-band chromosome idiogram mapping, and clinical report generation into a single high-performance workspace.

The Local-First Engineering Challenge

Choosing a local-first architecture was not the easy path. Managing complex calculations entirely client-side required significant engineering effort. Running heavy risk calculation models (including Gail BCRAT, Claus, PREMM5, and Bayesian peeling matrices) inside the browser required developing dedicated multi-threaded Web Workers and optimized memory structures.

Another key technical hurdle was supporting custom clinician scripting and institutional risk engines. We built a hardened, restricted MathJS evaluation sandbox operating inside Web Worker realms to execute basic-to-intermediate algebraic formulas and scope variables securely on device without exposing arbitrary code execution vectors.

Client-Side Power with Enterprise Feature Capabilities

By processing data locally on client hardware, patient Protected Health Information (PHI) stays strictly within your browser sandbox or encrypted local device storage. We solved the challenge of providing full compliance auditability, zero-knowledge multi-user collaboration, and external EHR or custom database sync while guaranteeing our central servers never touch unencrypted patient records.

Zero-Knowledge Security

Master passwords and AES-GCM 256-bit encryption keys are managed locally. Data backups and shared sessions remain completely private to you and your designated team.

Auditability & EHR Data Sync

We engineered client-side audit logs and sync connectors for electronic health record systems (Epic, Cerner, AthenaHealth) and custom database infrastructure without compromising client-side privacy.

What Drives Our Engineering

Data Sovereignty

Clinicians and healthcare institutions retain complete data control through open JSON workspace exports, vector SVG files, and standard GEDCOM formatting.

Clinical Accuracy

Strict adherence to National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) pedigree conventions, ACMG guidelines, and ISCN cytogenetic nomenclature.

Accessible Platform

Offering a standalone Free Pedigree Chart Maker tier alongside professional plans so clinicians and biological sciences students everywhere can access reliable tools.

Engineered for Peak Performance

Biogistry is built on high-performance web standards to ensure rapid responsiveness and full offline functionality:

Next.js & React WebCrypto AES-GCM 256-Bit Client-Side Web Workers IndexedDB Local Storage Offline Progressive Web App (PWA) Zero-Knowledge Session Sync

What We Envision in the Coming Years

As clinical genetics and genomic medicine evolve, our team is committed to advancing Biogistry along key strategic directions:

  • Enhancing Risk Models & Custom Formulas: Expanding our custom formula authoring engine (building upon our current hardened MathJS sandbox that supports basic-to-intermediate algebraic expressions) to allow clinicians to define higher-order mathematical equations, multi-locus risk algorithms, and custom statistical functions directly inside Biogistry.
  • Privacy-Preserving Local AI Assistance: Developing browser-native local AI models that assist clinicians in analyzing family trees, recognizing complex inheritance patterns, and supporting clinical decisions faster without ever transmitting or storing patient data on remote servers.
  • Multi-Omics Family Tree Integration: Integrating somatic mutations (cancer genomics), epigenomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics data layers directly into family tree nodes, pedigree relationships, and individual clinical profiles.
  • Advanced Cytogenetic & Genomic Diagrams: Supporting specialized biological diagramming tools, including circular genome plots (circos maps), polygenic risk heatmaps, linkage disequilibrium graphs, and multi-locus haploblock diagrams.
  • High-Throughput Probabilistic Simulations: Running real-time Monte Carlo simulations with thousands of probability permutations across complex pedigree graphs directly on client hardware.
  • Zero-Knowledge Collaboration & EHR Sync: Advancing real-time co-editing capabilities for multi-disciplinary teams and strengthening FHIR and HL7 data connectors for seamless enterprise chart integration.

Ready to Explore Biogistry?

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