Date: May 06, 2013 Source: (
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MADISON, Wisconsin
--
May 6, 2013
--
DNASTAR
®
announce
d
the release of Lasergene
11
today
. The major news
in this release
is that Lasergene, the most published sequence
analysis software in peer
reviewed journals
for each of the past 28 years
,
is now available
on the Amazon C
loud.
Other significant improvements to Lasergene, which is an integrated suite of software for
Sanger and next
-
gen
eration
sequence
assembly and
analysis
, include the introd
uction of a
new application, MegAlign Pro, which includes the Muscle sequence
alignment algorithm;
new 16S
rRNA and host
-
viral integration workflows in support of next
-
generation
sequencing platforms and technologies; enhanced Copy Number Variation
analysi
s
capability
,
and numerous improvements to Protean 3D, the integrated protein structure,
sequence
,
and bioinformatic
application within
the Lasergene software suite.
Tom Schwei, Vice President and General Manager of DNASTAR,
said,
"
DNASTAR has been
brea
king new ground in the molecular biology software market for the past 30 years. We
were the first commercial company to enter this market and we are now the first company
to have an integrated desktop
computer
/cloud offering that includes all of our softw
are
capabilities on both
the ground and the cloud
. By us
ing the
cloud, our customers can m
ore
easily collaborate globally;
access powerful hardware for
occasional
large projects that
re
quire it;
run as many assembly projects as desired sequentially or con
currently
;
and
take full advantage of the flexibility offered by our software for any application anywhere,
anytime. We are very pleased to take this major step forward to support life scientists.
We look forward to continuing to
lead
the market with add
itional breakthrough
innovations in the future."
About DNASTAR
DNASTAR,
Inc.,
Madison, Wisconsin
,
(
www.DNASTAR.com
)
is
a pion
eer in the
development and sale
of software used to increase
life scientist
s
'
productivity
using their
desktop computer or on the
Amazon
Cloud
.
DNASTAR
's comprehensive
software suite
,
Lasergene
,
supports molecular biologists and geneticists in meeting virtually all of their
DNA, RNA
,
and protein sequence needs, including Sanger and next
-
generat
ion
sequence
assembly and analysis and protein sequence and structure analysis
,
with easy to use,
affordable
, flexible
computer software.
Contact
Tom Schwei
VP &
General Manager
DNASTAR
, Inc.
Telephone: 608
-
237
-
3082
U.S.
Toll Free: 866
-
511
-
5090
toms@dnastar.com
