NEWS
Agilent to partner with Strand Scientific Intelligence
Agilent Technologies and Strand Scientific Intelligence (the US subsidiary of Strand) have formed an agreement to expand the scope of the Agilent GeneSpring bioinformatics system across multiple life- science disciplines, driving future innovation and delivering new channels for accessing the software and customer support. ‘We’ve enjoyed a close working relationship with Agilent over the past three years, developing GeneSpring for gene
expression and Mass Profiler Professional for metabolomics and proteomics,’ said Francois Mandeville, Strand executive vice president. ‘We’re pleased to take this partnership up to the next level. Developing new scientific intelligence solutions that enable scientists to integrate, model and visualise biological information is an important part of this agreement, and we also look forward to going beyond this, developing new ways to deliver, customise and support
these solutions.’
The first tool scheduled to emerge from this partnership will be a version of GeneSpring, designed to help users perform statistical analyses of and visualise data from genomics, metabolomics and proteomics together for the first time, using a familiar interface. The partnership also will leverage Strand’s technology to enable integrated next generation sequencing analysis capabilities for GeneSpring users.
Software used to give new capabilities to mass spectroscopy
Cerno Bioscience, a developer of software for mass spectrometry, has published research showing that spectral accuracy is a proven companion concept for mass spectrometry (MS). According to the company, spectral accuracy enables new capabilities for MS that were previously thought infeasible, including elemental composition determination (formula ID) with even a
single quadrupole GC/MS or LC/MS and the elimination of up to 99 per cent of incorrect formulas on high resolution MS systems through mass accuracy alone.
The concept of spectral accuracy for MS has more crucial relevance to the ions being measured and the MS instrumentation used. By utilising a novel calibration scheme to correct not only m/z, but more importantly
peak shape, up to 100 times better mass accuracy and unparalleled spectral accuracy could be achieved on an otherwise conventional unit mass resolution quadrupole system for elemental composition determination. This capability is typically reserved for higher
resolution MS systems and is accomplished through CLIPS – the company’s commercially available MassWorks software.
IN BRIEF
l Sapio Sciences has announced that the United States Army Medical Research Institute at Fort Dietrich has selected Sapio’s Exemplar LIMS as its laboratory information management solution.
l Visualization Sciences Group (VSG) has
announced a campus-wide implementation of its Avizo 3D visualisation software at Pennsylvania State University.
l UK-based BioFocus, a provider of integrated gene-to-clinical
candidate drug discovery services, has signed a compound management agreement with US-based eMolecules.
l Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that Northern Ireland Water has standardised on SampleManager LIMS across its laboratories.
l India-based Strand Life Sciences has created a US-based subsidiary, Strand Scientific
Intelligence (Strand SI), to commercialise its scientific intelligence solutions around the world.
CambridgeSoft in collaboration agreement with Microsoft CambridgeSoft has
announced that it is working with Microsoft to enhance the ability of scientists to collaboratively share data. This, it says, will be achieved by the integration of key technologies and delivering solutions through a cloud computing model. A working proof of concept of CambridgeSoft’s flagship ELN product, E-Notebook, and Microsoft SharePoint 2010
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and FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint has been demonstrated by the company. ‘SharePoint 2010 provides a horizontal platform for the collaboration of individuals across total organisations from marketing to R&D to manufacturing. Through the integration of the FAST enterprise search engine within the SharePoint platform, searching of all data inside an organisation and across the
Internet is now possible,’ said Michael Naimoli, life sciences industry solutions director, Microsoft.
Building on the foundation of the integration of the E-Notebook and SharePoint platforms, CambridgeSoft will work with Microsoft to extend to other products and delivery platforms including the emerging trend toward cloud computing. The increasing utilisation of SaaS
environments will provide yet another step change in the possibilities for internal and external collaboration, productivity improvements and cost reduction. According to CambridgeSoft, this kind of delivery platform is ideal for developing models of research based on the combined activity of large commercial organisations, contract research organisations, government laboratories and universities.
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