Basel, 2002/09/25
Genedata AG today announced the launch of version 4.0 of the Genedata Expressionist Suite, Genedata's acclaimed software system for life science professionals committed to large-scale microarray processing. The Expressionist Suite, comprised of three tightly integrated modules, is designed for the enterprise-wide analysis and management of gene expression data. The first of these modules, Expressionist Refiner, is a comprehensive data quality assessment tool with numerous normalization and correction functions. The relational database module, Expressionist CoBi, is a specially tuned Oracle application for large-scale data storage and management. Expressionist Analyst, the third module, contains a comprehensive statistical package for the sophisticated analysis of complex data sets.
Version 4.0 of the Genedata Expressionist Suite features many new functionalities, including:
+ Proprietary classification methods enabling prediction of toxic effects from novel chemical entities or the classification of biological samples, such as cancer tissues, based on gene expression profiles.
+ Simultaneous multi-array processing capability, affording the most powerful error detection and correction of microarray data available, while facilitating high-throughput quality assessment and reporting.
+ Innovative scripts to eliminate the tedium of repetitive tasks, providing timesaving automation in the streamlining and standardization of data analysis procedures.
+ Annotation for all Affymetrix GeneChip layouts, including GenBank and Unigene accession numbers, LocusLink, MapLocation, Gene Symbol, as well as Gene Ontology biological processes, cellular components, and molecular functions.