PREMIER Biosoft
International; the leading provider of software solutions for
molecular and cell biology research scientists, released a free
online tool for analysis of primers and probes used in real time qPCR
assays.
The Beacon Designer free
edition tool is a unique solution for the research community working
with the advanced version of the PCR chemistry; qPCR. This web-based qPCR design tool predicts the important properties of the SYBR® Green
primers and TaqMan® primer/probe sets using the latest
thermodynamic algorithms. It analyzes primers and probes for all
important undesired interactions including hairpins, dimers, runs
and repeats and calculates the Tm, GC% and length.
The full version of the
software is a standalone product of designing real time PCR assays and includes design support for all the popular
real time PCR chemistries and is used in the laboratories around the
world.
With the release of this
tool, Premier Biosoft has added to its existing offering of free
tools that research scientists working in the molecular and cell
biology field can use to accelerate their research. Premier Biosoft
already has an oligo properties calculator called NetPrimer and a desktop tool to design primers for Stratagene's QuikChange®
site directed mutagenesis kits, called MutaPrimer.
"Beacon Designer free
edition is a token of our appreciation towards the scientific
community and the researchers who have long supported our products
and have made them a part of their research." says Kay Brown,
V.P. Business Development and Marketing.
About
PREMIER Biosoft International:
Founded
in 1994, the company is a group of computer scientists and molecular
biologists dedicated to producing cutting edge intuitive software for
the molecular biologist. The goal of the company is to study the most
recent innovations in molecular biology and translate them into
software products that aid biologists.