A New Open-Source Tool for Analyzing Complex Health Data

Sort, group, and analyze large, heterogeneous, and complex datasets without any pre-existing hypotheses

13-Sep-2024 - Led by Helmholtz Munich, scientists have developed an accessible software solution specifically designed for the analysis of complex medical health data. The open-source software called “ehrapy” enables researchers to structure and systematically examine large, heterogeneous datasets. The ...

Making sense of the data jungle

A research team develops a tool for visualizing single-cell data

01-Aug-2024 - Modern cutting-edge research generates enormous amounts of data, presenting scientists with the challenge of visualizing and analyzing it. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg and the Technical University of Applied Sciences ...

Cloud-based platform for analyzing cryo-EM data secures pre-seed investment

Dutch biotech start-up aims to accelerate the development of new active ingredients

04-Mar-2024 - CryoCloud, a biotech start-up based in Utrecht in the Netherlands, recently closed a financing round of 500,000 euros. The company has thus reached an important milestone on its way to optimizing cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). CryoCloud was founded in 2021 by Munich-based Robert Englmeier, ...

A major advance in single-cell RNA data analysis

Researchers have developed a computational tool that can carry out accurate comparative analysis of complex single-cell sequencing datasets

25-Oct-2022 - New developments in high-throughput biological studies mean that the genes that are active in just a single cell can now be determined. However, analyzing the complex datasets that result can be challenging. Now, a team at Osaka University has developed CAPITAL, a new computational tool for ...

New software processes huge amounts of single-cell data

Comprehensive analysis of large gene-expression datasets

13-Feb-2018 - Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München have developed a program that is able to help manage enormous datasets. The software, named Scanpy, is a candidate for analyzing the Human Cell Atlas. “It’s about analyzing gene-expression data of a large number of individual cells,” explains lead ...

Scientists Discover New Molecular Markers for Testicular Cancer

Researchers in the Netherlands use new technology from Applied Biosystems to identify different expression patterns of microRNA molecules in normal and cancerous cells

18-Oct-2007 - Scientists at the Erasmus MC-University Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Applied Biosystems, an Applera Corporation business, have made significant advances in testicular cancer research by identifying and analyzing a set of specific microRNA molecular markers that are involved in ...

BioInformatics survey: Affymetrix Dominates DNA Microarrays Market

05-Sep-2005 - A recent survey reveals that Affymetrix continues to be the dominant supplier in the DNA microarray market, which includes DNA microarrays, microarray scanners, and data analysis software. The survey found that 81% of researchers use commercial DNA microarrays, either exclusively or in addition ...

Collaboration on Support for Proteomics Data Standards

24-Aug-2005 - GenoLogics Life Sciences Software Inc. announced its commitment and support for the adoption of a proteomics data interchange standard. Proteomics projects increasingly involve researchers with diverse lab experiments and data exchanges can create compatibility issues affecting interpretation and ...

Zyomyx Sells Protein Profiling Biochip System to Aventis

14-Mar-2003 - Zyomyx, Inc., a leader in the development and commercialization of protein biochip technologies, today announced that Aventis has agreed to purchase Zyomyx' complete Protein Profiling Biochip System, featuring Zyomyx' first protein profiling biochip, the Human Cytokine Biochip. The Zyomyx system ...

Swiss Array Consortium Selects Silicon Genetics GeneSpring® Data Analysis Software

29-May-2002 - Redwood City, CA.May 28, 2002 - Silicon Genetics, a leader in life science informatics, today announced that the Swiss Array Consortium in Switzerland has selected its gene expression software GeneSpring® for microarray-based data analysis. The Swiss Array Consortium members who have licensed ...