Ariadne Genomics and Stratagene Announce the Release of PathwayAssist™ 2.5, Biological Pathway Visualization and Analysis Software
Rockville, MD and La Jolla, CA, March 15, 2004 – Ariadne Genomics, Inc. and Stratagene today announced the release of PathwayAssist™ 2.5, desktop software for visualization and analysis of biological pathways. The new software is available for a free 20 day trial.
The PathwayAssist™ software is a state-of-the-art tool for building, analysis, expansion and navigation of biological pathways, gene regulation networks and protein interaction maps. It features the ResNet database of over 200,000 biological interactions extracted from scientific literature using MedScan, an advanced text mining tool. Integrated into the software, the MedScan tool enables researchers to update pathways with the latest information from scientific literature in real time.
New features in the PathwayAssist™ 2.5 version include the addition of molecular network databases for four model organisms (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and Arabidopsis thaliana), the capability to map gene expression data onto KEGG pathways, and the ability to save pathways in HTML format as interactive, clickable maps. Furthermore, this version features seamless integration with GeneSpring and ArrayAssist gene expression analysis software.
“PathwayAssist™ 2.5 is an advanced software tool that allows researchers to explore biological interactions and keep up with the vast body of scientific literature in an unprecedented way.” said Joe Sorge, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Stratagene. “Stratagene is pleased to offer our customers such a revolutionary software tool.”
“With its new features, PathwayAssist™ 2.5 is even more powerful and user-friendly tool for todays researchers”, said Ilya Mazo, President of Ariadne Genomics: “the database performance has been increased five-fold. Besides, we added an “Update Pathway” feature, instantly extracting new information about a specified protein from PubMed.”
PathwayAssist™ 2.5 is available for purchasing from Stratagene worldwide, as a part of the IobionLab suite, and from Infocom in Japan.
About Ariadne Genomics
Ariadne Genomics develops software tools and knowledge bases for systems biology, based on its innovative natural language processing (NLP) and statistical algorithms: PathwayAssist for visualization and analysis of cell regulatory pathways, MedScan, an automated data mining tool for scientific literature (MEDLINE abstracts), DiscoveryCore, a super fast scientific database management system, DAS Browser for navigation and analysis of completely sequenced genomes, and ResNet, a comprehensive database of molecular networks derived from MEDLINE data.
About Stratagene
Headquartered in La Jolla, CA, Stratagene invents, develops, manufactures, sells and supports innovative technologies for life science researchers. Since 1984, Stratagene has been known for novel, reliable and time-saving products in fields spanning molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, drug discovery and toxicology. Stratagene products are sold through a highly trained direct sales force, an e-commerce website, and a network of distributors worldwide. More on Stratagene please find at www.stratagene.com
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Ariadne Genomics
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