High-performance computer commissioned for big data analysis
30 April, 2015XENON Systems has won a competitive tender to build a bespoke high-performance computer (HPC) for The University of Queensland (UQ), said to be capable of processing and analysing larger datasets than ever before.
Affymetrix Chromosome Analysis Suite (ChAS) 3.0 Software with Concurrent Molecular Analysis Profiling (CoMAP)
20 April, 2015The Affymetrix Concurrent Molecular Analysis Profiling (CoMAP) program enables cancer researchers to gain rapid insight into the functional impact of DNA copy-number alterations by combining whole-genome copy-number data with gene expression profiles to easily visualise and identify cancer driver events.
GATC Biotech offers full access to QIAGEN's Ingenuity Variant Analysis
24 March, 2015GATC Biotech clients will be provided with full access to QIAGEN's Ingenuity Variant Analysis solution for analysis and interpretation of genetic data, complementing GATC's InView Human Exome and providing customers with an integrated solution to identify causal variants in their exome sequencing data.
GATC Biotech offers full access to QIAGEN's Ingenuity Variant Analysis
24 March, 2015GATC Biotech clients will be provided with full access to QIAGEN's Ingenuity Variant Analysis solution for analysis and interpretation of genetic data, complementing GATC's InView Human Exome and providing customers with an integrated solution to identify causal variants in their exome sequencing data.
Cloud version of GENALICE DNA analysis solution released on Amazon
27 February, 2015Biomedical big data company GENALICE has added a cloud solution to its on-premise solution, the GENALICE VAULT, via Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is said to include the same functionality, accuracy, speed and footprint reduction as the GENALICE VAULT.
Novel activity identified for an existing drug
16 February, 2015Drug discovery company Re-Pharm has used computational chemistry suite Forge, a product of its parent company Cresset, to identify novel anti-inflammatory activity for an existing drug which is widely prescribed for other non-inflammatory conditions.
IP Australia to trial IBM's cognitive computing technology
13 February, 2015IP Australia has announced a partnership with IBM to trial the latter's cognitive computing technology, Watson, in order to improve agency efficiencies and enhance online service offerings for Australia's innovators.
A powerful web resource for viewing proteins
30 January, 2015Scientists have announced the release of Aquaria - a publicly available web resource that streamlines and simplifies the process of gleaning insight from 3D protein structures.
OneOmics Data Environment SWATH Proteomics Cloud Toolkit
31 October, 2014AB SCIEX and Illumina have partnered to create what is claimed to be the world's first multi-omics cloud-computing environment for easy, secure analysis and visualisation of large and complex data sets.
So much information - so little time
10 October, 2014The sciences are producing huge amounts of data and it is humanly impossible to keep up with this ever-growing body of scientific material. How can researchers deal with this volume of information?
AB SCIEX MasterView Software for LC/MS/MS data
03 October, 2014AB SCIEX MasterView Software simplifies compound identification, quantitation and data review from complex mass spec data files. It enables laboratories to master the speed, power and accuracy offered by LC/MS/MS technology.
Genomics API allowing for seamless sharing of genetic data
13 August, 2014The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health has announced a new application programming interface that will allow DNA data providers and consumers to better share information and work together on a global scale.
World-first computer chip inspired by the human brain
11 August, 2014Scientists from IBM have unveiled the first neurosynaptic computer chip to achieve an unprecedented scale of 1 million programmable spiking neurons, 256 million programmable synapses and 46 billion synaptic operations per second per watt.
Synoptics Health ProReveal protein detection test with process validation analytics
04 August, 2014Scientific Digital Imaging's Synoptics Health has introduced its next-generation ProReveal with process validation analytics software for detecting and analysing the amount of residual proteins on surgical instruments post decontamination. The product is designed to determine the effectiveness of the decontamination process, which will help hospitals to improve the cleanliness of their surgical instruments.
RIKEN releases free bioinformatics tool
11 March, 2014The RIKEN Center for Life Science Technology has released ZENBU, a freely available bioinformatics tool. The system enables researchers to integrate, visualise and compare large amounts of genomic information resulting from large-scale, next-generation sequencing (NGS) experiments.