MBI Appoints UBI as Resellers in Canada
Calgary, AB, Canada (PRWEB) February 25, 2004-–Molecular Biology Insights Inc. (MBI), a Cascade, Colorado based life sciences company specializing in PCR, announced today that it entered into a distribution agreement in Canada with United Bioinformatica Inc. (UBI) for its product Oligo, a tool to design primers for amplification of DNA. Oligo is one of the most mature and best known PCR design programs in the industry. Oligo performs a range of functions for researchers in PCR and related technologies; consensus, multiplex and degenerate primers, oligonucleotide database, secondary structure, LCR and more.
According to Lindsay Moir, President of UBI, “PCR reactions are becoming more complex. For example, researchers are commonly conducting multiplex PCR. Oligo is a mature product that can handle these diverse needs exceptionally well.”
About MBI
Molecular Biology Insights, Inc. was founded by Dr. Wojciech Rychlik, author of the Oligo Software, in March of 1998. Before that time he was working at the National Biosciences, Inc. as a director of the Molecular Biology department. The first version of Oligo was created in 1986. At that time Dr. Rychlik was working at the University of Kentucky as a research assistant professor. The first commercial version of Oligo (v. 3) was released in 1989. Additional information about MBI can be found at http://www.oligo.net.
About UBI
Established in 2001, UBI is the only company in Canada that specializes in distributing bioinformatics software. UBI provides software for Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), sequence analysis, data warehousing, microarray image and results analysis, and proteomics (1D and 2D gel image analysis). This includes sales, demonstrations of the products, post sales support, training, integration, software development, and consulting. Additional information about UBI can be found at http://www.ubi.ca.
