Bio-Rad Launches ‘KnowItAll U’ Spectroscopy Reference Database and Software Product for Academic Research and Teaching
Bio-Rad Launches ‘KnowItAll U’ Spectroscopy Reference Database and Software Product for Academic Research and Teaching
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PHILADELPHIA, PA — March 30, 2007 — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (AMEX: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, today announced the launch of a new spectroscopy reference database and software product, KnowItAll® U, for academic research and teaching. The new product represents a powerful combination of reference data, tools, and technologies that will assist faculty, staff, and students in their scholarly research. In addition, KnowItAll U can be used to train students in the skills and technologies they will need once they leave academia.
A KnowItAll U annual site license includes a collection of software tools and over 1.2 million spectra:
- All Bio-Rad Sadtler spectra
- 390,000 IR, NMR, Raman, and mass spectra (including UV-Vis and additional NMR in Q4)
- All John Wiley & Sons spectra
- 845,000 IR, NIR, NMR, and mass spectra
- All spectra of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Robien / Universität Wien
- 117,000 NMR spectra
- SpectraBase™ community database
- A peer-reviewable database of NMR, IR, UV-Vis, Raman, NIR, and mass spectra edited and reviewed by selected members of the community
- KnowItAll Informatics System
- Bio-Rad’s award-winning spectroscopy, cheminformatics, and chemometrics software for Microsoft Windows
- KnowItAll AnyWare™
- A web browser-enabled client that is hardware, operating system, and browser independent, allowing access to the KnowItAll U database collection via Windows, Macintosh, or Linux
“KnowItAll U represents a tremendous resource for academic research and teaching” said Greg Banik, General Manager of Bio-Rad’s Informatics Division.
About KnowItAll Informatics System
Bio-Rad’s KnowItAll Informatics System is a fully integrated software and database package that provides scientific researchers multiple tools such as database building, management, search, analysis, prediction, structure drawing, and reporting, all within a single user interface. Bio-Rad offers specialized “editions” of its KnowItAll system specifically customized for spectroscopic, chemistry, in silico ADME/Tox, and most recently, metabolomics research.
Bio-Rad’s Informatics Division
Bio-Rad’s Informatics Division (www.informatics.bio-rad.com) specializes in state-of-the-art software and database solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical industries. Bio-Rad is the leading publisher of fully verified spectral databases, cheminformatics, spectroscopy software, and decision support systems for drug discovery. The company’s award-winning KnowItAll Informatics System offers a fully integrated environment with flexible and expandable software and database solutions for spectroscopy (MS, NMR, IR, Raman, and spectral data management); cheminformatics; chemometrics, metabolomics, and in silico ADME/Tox prediction.
About Bio-Rad
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (AMEX: BIO and BIOb), has remained at the center of scientific discovery for more than 50 years manufacturing and distributing a broad range of products for the life science research and clinical diagnostics markets. The company is renowned worldwide among hospitals, universities, major research institutions as well as biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies for its commitment to quality and customer service. Founded in 1952, Bio-Rad is headquartered in Hercules, California, and serves more than 85,000 research and industry customers worldwide through its global network of operations. The company employs over 5,000 people globally and had revenues exceeding $1.2 billion in 2006. For more information, visit www.bio-rad.com.
