Schedule - PGConf.DE 2025
Postgres and Life Science: From Cells to Stars
Date: 2025-05-08
Time: 11:20–12:05
Room: Ballsaal 2
Level: Beginner
PostgreSQL is well known and praised for its extensibility. However, its application in the life sciences, while present, is often portrayed within a narrow scope, highlighting specific use cases while leaving broader questions unanswered.
What should be considered when choosing PostgreSQL for a life science project? Where does PostgreSQL excel, and where are some of its limitations? What are common features / extensions / tool sets that can be applied to solve certain problems?
In this talk, I’ll walk the audience through various fields of science, highlighting typical research problems and exploring the many applications of PostgreSQL. We’ll cover key considerations in areas including, but not limited to climate, COVID-19, hydrology, and neuroscience.