WOLFENBÜTTEL, GERMANY and BEVERLY, MA USA - 05/22/2007: BIOBASE announced today that it has joined the Affymetrix GeneChip-compatible Applications Program, and its ExPlain™ Analysis System and TRANSFAC® database has achieved GeneChip-compatible™ status with the Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) GeneChip® microarray platform. As a GeneChip-compatible software provider, BIOBASE is committed to seamlessly integrating its applications with the Affymetrix GeneChip platform.
BIOBASE’s award winning ExPlain™ Analysis System provides a novel, fully integrated analysis pipeline for explaining biology on the levels of transcription regulation and pathway analysis. In addition, TRANSFAC® provides data on transcription factors, their experimentally-proven binding sites, and regulated genes. Both products offer the ability to analyze high throughput experimental data such as Affymetrix microarrays for the identification of future research targets.
According to Holger Karas, Senior Vice President of Business Development, “Combining the vast repository of information available in our products with Affymetrix and the GeneChip-compatible Applications Program offers our customers an unparalleled opportunity to advance their current research and quickly develop experimental direction for future study.”
“Affymetrix is pleased to welcome BIOBASE to the family of GeneChip-compatible software providers,” said Steve Lincoln, vice president of Informatics at Affymetrix. "The coupling of the rich content of TRANSFAC with the analytical methods in ExPlain can result in a greater understanding of disease states and their associated biological processes to users of GeneChip microarrays."
ABOUT THE AFFYMETRIX DEVELOPERS’ NETWORK (ADN)
Through one of the largest third-party software developer communities within the life science industry, Affymetrix works with its software developers to provide a broad spectrum of solutions for leveraging gene expression and genetic variation analysis in both biomedical research and development. Membership in ADN is free of charge for both commercial and academic software developers. For more information please visit www.affymetrix.com/genechip/developer. View the GeneChip-compatible Software Solutions Catalog at www.affymetrix.com/genechip/compatible.
About Affymetrix
Affymetrix GeneChip® microarray technology is the industry-standard tool for analyzing complex genetic information. After inventing microarray technology in the late 1980s, Affymetrix scientists have been dedicated to developing innovative products that provide researchers with a more complete view of the genome. These products continue to accelerate genetic research and enable scientists to develop diagnostics and tailor treatments for individual patients by identifying and measuring the genetic information associated with complex diseases.
Today, Affymetrix technology is used by the world’s top pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies, as well as leading academic, government and not-for-profit research institutes. More than 1,500 systems have been shipped around the world and more than 8,500 peer-reviewed papers have been published using the technology.
Affymetrix is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and has manufacturing facilities in Sacramento, Calif., and Singapore. The company has about 1,100 employees worldwide and maintains sales and distribution operations across Europe and Asia. For more information about Affymetrix, please visit the company’s website at www.affymetrix.com.