Basel, 2005/07/28
DSM, a leading provider of life science products, has signed a co-operation agreement with Genedata, which includes a worldwide license for Genedata Phylosopher® and Genedata Expressionist® to support DSM's research and development activities in life sciences. Genedata's solutions will be deployed at DSM's major research sites to serve as a central computational infrastructure for all biologically driven research and will support the interdisciplinary projects in the area of production strain optimization, mode-of-action studies, nutrigenomics and systems biology.
"With Genedata's technology we have found a solution that addresses our scientific and organizational challenges in the area of metabolic engineering" says Dr Manfred Eggersdorfer, Head of Research & Development of DSM Nutritional Products. "DSM's rapidly growing life science activities span across food, feed, personal care, pharmaceutical and agrochemical domains, with goals ranging from development of new compounds to production processes. Given our diverse goals, the versatility and quality of Genedata's technologies and services have been the main factors for our decision to adopt their solution".
"We are proud to collaborate with such a valuable partner as DSM" says Othmar Pfannes, Ph.D., CTO of Genedata. "This collaboration validates our computational platform as a system which can be used for in-silico support of research processes in the area of metabolic engineering. It is yet another market segment for which Genedata has excellent computational solutions to match the new evolving scientific requirements."
Contacts
Genedata AG
Michael Brueckmann
Marketing Communications
Phone +41 (0)61 697 7701
Fax +41 (0)61 697 7244
Michael.Brueckmann@genedata.com
www.genedata.com
DSM Nutritional Products
Dr Thomas Breisach
Phone +41 (0)61 688 8514
Fax +41 (0)61 688 1810
Thomas.Breisach@dsm.com
www.dsm.com
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