DNA Software Launches Visual OMP 3 for Designing and Simulating
DNA- and RNA-based Assays
Genomic researchers can now design more specific
and sensitive nucleic acid experiments and reduce trial and
error bench work
Ann Arbor, Mich. – July 10, 2003 –
DNA Software, a leading provider of software, scientific consulting
and lab research for genomic researchers, announced today the
launch of Visual OMP 3™. This product is the latest advancement
of the company’s proprietary Oligonucleotide Modeling Platform
(OMP) which provides researchers with an in silico laboratory
environment for designing PCR and microarray based experiments.
With Visual OMP 3, genomic researchers are able to design more
sensitive and specific assays and reduce trial and error bench
work.
“Visual OMP3 provides researchers with
the ability to automatically design multiple sets of primers
and probes that are optimized for specific experiments yet reduce
cross-hybridization and mis-hybridization between oligos and
targets,” stated Don Hicks, COO and vice president of DNA
Software.
Unlike existing software products, DNA Software’s
proprietary ThermoBlast algorithms evaluate the thermodynamic
energy associated with every possible competitive reaction and
predicts the concentration each will form in a reaction. Probes
and primers can be tailored to emphasize specificity, sensitivity,
melting temperature or length. Visual OMP 3 is the outcome of
nearly ten years research by Dr. John SantaLucia, chief science
officer of DNA Software and associate professor at Wayne State
University.
“We’ve been using OMP to solve real-world
assay design problems on a consulting basis for over two years.
Visual OMP 3 brings together all that we’ve learned about
using in silico technology to design better assays with less
effort,” noted Mark Kielb, president of DNA Software.
Visual OMP 3’s integrated folding engine
allows scientists the ability to visualize target and oligo
structure much faster than other available products and includes
the first sequence dependent hairpin model. Visual OMP 3’s
in silico laboratory is further enhanced by integration of the
third-party tools BLAST™ and ClustalW.
DNA Software also offers a Developer Edition,
OMP DE, that allows programmers to integrate OMP into high-throughput
applications. OMP DE provides an application programming interface
(API) for scripting OMP access and linking it with existing
databases and supports client/server, distributed (GRID), and
network installation.
DNA Software’s Visual OMP 3 is available
for the Windows operating environment. OMP DE is available for
Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Alpha operating systems.
Academic pricing is available for all products.
For more information or to schedule a demonstration, please
contact DNA Software at +1
(734) 222-9092.
About DNA Software, Inc.
DNA Software, Inc. combines science and software
to enable industrial genomics through advances in technologies
based on nucleic acids. The company’s first software platform,
OMP (Oligonucleotide Modeling Platform,) models in silico
the folding and hybridization of single-stranded nucleic acids
with great accuracy. The company combines OMP with scientific
consulting, custom software development, and custom laboratory
research to deliver state-of-the-art support for designing and
developing of nucleic acid based technologies. For more information
on DNA Software, Inc., visit our website at http://www.dnasoftware.com.
CONTACT:
DNA Software, Inc.
204 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Office: +1 (734) 222-9080
Toll-Free: +1 (877) 362-7638
Fax: +1 (734) 222-9087
Email: info@dna-software.com
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