CLC bio and Ingenuity Systems integrate
pathway and genomics analysis systems
21 Dec 2010
US life sciences software developer Ingenuity Systems and
Danish bioinformatics company CLC bio are collaborating to provide
interoperability between their software solutions.
The aim of the partnership is to provide researchers with the
ability to easily exchange data between CLC bio's enterprise and
desktop solutions and Ingenuity’s pathway analysis software (IPA),
to perform both array and next-generation sequencing data and
knowledge analyses.
"As our customers begin to utilize additional research platforms
such as next-generation sequencing studies, we see a growing need
for solutions that can address the data bottleneck and provide
relevant biological context to the data being analyzed,” stated Doug
Bassett, Ph.D, Ingenuity’s Chief Scientific Officer and Chief
Technology Officer.
“IPA provides high quality, structured biomedical content and
analytics, both of which are critical to realize the full potential
of high-throughput sequencing data and get to insight quickly. We
are enthusiastic to be part of an integrated solution with CLC bio
that will enable researchers to get maximum value from both array
and NGS data."
Director of Consulting Solutions at CLC bio, Jannick D. Bendtsen,
PhD, adds,"The costs of sequencing full genomes are now at a price
level where we see a lot of industries and research areas moving
into high-throughput sequencing in order to benefit from the added
scientific value these new technologies can provide.
"The interoperability of Ingenuity’s IPA with CLC Genomics Server
and CLC Genomics Workbench is a solution that will provide an
efficient workflow experience for scientists working with large
next-generation sequencing datasets, directly from high-performance
analyses to biomarker discovery and research diagnostic
development."
The first milestone of the partnership is focused upon
streamlined workflows between CLC bio's award-winning CLC Genomics
Server, CLC Genomics Workbench, and Ingenuity’s IPA.