Cranes Software and the Mathworks Releases Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 In India
The Toolbox To Provide Advanced Technology Capabilities For Drug Discovery Research, Genetic Engineering, And Other Genomics And Proteomics Projects
Mumbai, January 17, 2005:
Addressing the needs of computational biologists and bioinformatists, Cranes Software and The MathWorks today announced the availability of the Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 for MATLABŪ in India. Scientists and researchers can now perform mass-spectrometry data analysis, perform statistical inference and prediction, view graphs, and conduct enhanced genomic and proteomic sequence analysis. The Bioinformatics Toolbox delivers greater power and versatility to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, providing more advanced technology capabilities for drug discovery research, genetic engineering, and other genomics and proteomics projects.
The Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 offers computational biologists and other research scientists an open and extensible environment. Most functions are implemented in the open MATLAB language, enabling users to customize the algorithms or develop their own. The new mass-spectrometry data analysis feature is specifically designed for pre-processing data, including baseline correction, smoothing, alignment, and re-sampling. As a result, users can now perform customized analysis at a faster rate.
Providing the user perspective, Gil Alterovitz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the HST-Children's Hospital Informatics Program said, "We have found mass-spectrometry data analysis methods in the Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 allow for easier processing of data using an efficient, engineering-based approach. Previously, we were required to invest extensive time creating this capability in-house. The Bioinformatics Toolbox's new algorithms have helped us to increase productivity".
The Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 also builds on the classification and statistical inference and prediction tools in the Statistics Toolbox by providing several new classification functions and tools for identification of discriminating features, and visualization of complex data is enhanced with new graph-viewing functions and manipulation tools that display interaction maps, hierarchy plots, and pathways. Additional features of the Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 provide access to specialized visualization tools, ranging from sequence alignments and microarray principle component plots to building and interactively viewing and manipulating phylogenetic trees.
"The Bioinformatics Toolbox 2.0 enables users to gain a better understanding of data while supporting their efforts to generate cutting-edge advancements in their fields," said Pradeep Kumar, Senior Vice President, Cranes Software International Limited. "The complex functions such as mass-spectrometry data analysis and statistical inference and prediction mean that professionals in this industry can now easily explore ideas, prototype new algorithms, and build better applications for their projects."
In an effort to bring computational biologists, bioinformatists, and other technical professionals the power and performance they demand in their applications, Cranes Software and The MathWorks has recently released the Distributed Computing Toolbox, which enables users to execute MATLAB algorithms in a cluster of computers. Using the Distributed Computing Toolbox with the Bioinformatics Toolbox, scientists can perform intensive computations with large data sets previously unattainable on a single computer for applications such as genomic and proteomic sequence and microarray analysis.
About The MathWorks
The MathWorks is the world's leading developer of technical computing software for engineers and scientists in industry, government, and education. With an extensive product set based on MATLAB and SimulinkŪ, The MathWorks provides software and services to solve challenging problems and accelerate innovation in automotive, aerospace, communications, financial services, biotechnology, electronics, instrumentation, process, and other industries.
The MathWorks was founded in 1984 and employs more than 1,000 people worldwide, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts. For additional information, visit: www.mathworks.com.
About Cranes Software International Ltd. (CSIL)
Cranes Software was founded in 1991 to bring globally acclaimed scientific computing products to India. Today, Cranes Software's business interests straddle products, services, R&D in future technologies, training and high-end consultancy for engineers and scientist worldwide. Cranes Software offers highly acclaimed products such as SYSTAT, SigmaPlot, SigmaStat, SigmaScan, TableCurve 2D, TableCurve 3D and PeakFit to its customers. Focused on the niche scientific and engineering community, Cranes Software has addressed the needs of a variety of customer groups ranging from large MNCs to the US armed force for over a decade.
Cranes Software has its presence in 38 countries across the world and has a user base of more than 200,000. Cranes also offers world-renowned solutions from reputed principals such as The Mathworks, Mentor Graphics, Texas Instruments, IBM and Lanner through product alliances.
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