Bio::Neos News

We just sent out our first quarter newsletter for 2010, go on over and check it out! This issue discusses the impact of next-generation sequencing on microarrays.

Thanks to all the PAG attendees who visited us at the 2010 Plant and Animal Genome Conference. This was our first stop at PAG and we enjoyed the conference, enjoyed the venue, enjoyed the weather and especially enjoyed meeting everyone and discussing interesting research topics, ideas and ways that we at Bio::Neos can help. If you were not able to stop by our booth but have questions, don't hesitate to contact us. We look forward to seeing you all again next year at PAG 2011!

Come visit us at the 2010 Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG), set to take place January 9th - 13th in San Diego, California. This will be our first time at PAG and we are excited to exhibit so stop by our booth, #612, and welcome us!

It's the middle of another Quarter which means another Bio::Neos newsletter! Checkout the Q4 2009 newsletter, which focuses on the training new bioinformaticians.

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Bio::Neos, Inc. will be exhibiting at the inaugural BioConference Live Virtual Conference, set to take place November 17th - 19th. Just like a normal conference, there will be speakers, sessions and even poster presentations. But there is one big difference between a normal conference and this virtual conference, BioConference Live is FREE for attendees! Talks and exhibit hours are from 10am - 6pm, EST. Visit our booth to see whats new with us! We will also be hosting live chat hours if you have any questions for us.

"BioConference Live is the first of its kind free, online-only event, focused on a wide array of scientific disciplines, bringing together researchers, thought leaders, and professionals from around the world. Making it easier and more cost-effective than ever before for the community to come together online, transcending time and distance."

It's the middle of another Quarter which means another Bio::Neos newsletter! Checkout the Q3 2009 newsletter, which focuses on the Semantic Web.

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Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at this years American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting in Philadelphia! Getting the opportunity to meet face to face and discuss current research is truly a pleasure. If you have any questions for us please contact us. We look forward to following up with those we had a chance to meet. And for those who missed us this year feel free to shoot us an email, we would love to discuss how Bio::Neos can help you further your work.

Keep an eye out for our upcoming newsletter that will feature a review of this years ASHG from one of our senior scientific officers, Dr. Terry Braun.

We will be exhibiting at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting, November 11th - 15th, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. If you are planning on attending, stop by our booth, #833, and say hello! If you can't make the conference this year but have colleagues that will, feel free to send them our way. We look forward to any opportunity that allows us to meet with researchers and discuss current research and how we could help. See you in Philly!

If you have been to our website before, you will notice that we just updated our site! If you have never visited us before, welcome to a brand new site!

We thought a makeover was overdue. We also adjusted the site navigation and brought everything to the navigation frame on the left side of the page. We hope you like the new look and that the new navigation makes it that much easier to find exactly what you are looking for. If you happen to notice a broken link or a problem with the site, please let us know!

Version 1.1.0 of our free gene browser, GANT, has just been released and is now available for download. This release features many internal improvements that enhance the stability and usability of GANT.

If you have previously downloaded GANT, you can go to the Help menu in GANT and select 'Check For Updates' to download the update. After you press the Download button it can take 1-2 minutes to download. After the update has been downloaded, GANT will close and the installer for version 1.1.0 will run.

If you have never used GANT before, you can visit the GANT product page for more information and to download. Contact support@bioneos.com with any questions or support issues.

We are proud to announce the publication of the "Transcript Annotation Prioritization and Screening System (TrAPSS) For Mutation Screening" article (Pubmed ID: 18172923) in the December Issue of the Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (vol. 5, issue 6). Our product Bio::POD has been integrated into the TrAPSS application through a plugin interface we designed. TrAPSS and Bio::POD are used on a daily basis for research ongoing at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. The system, and the use of Bio::POD, is described at length in this article.

We are proud to announce the release of our free gene browser, GANT. GANT (Gene and Annotation Navigation Tool) is a desktop deployed gene-centric genome browser. It has the unique ability to gather gene structure and annotation from multiple sources and present them together in an easy-to-navigate interface. Additional features are included such as the ability to add your own custom annotation and design primers with lightning speed.

GANT is available for free to all users. Visit the GANT product page for more information and to download.

A detailed description of the Prioritization of Annotated Regions (PAR) algorithm, which is used exclusively in Bio::POD, has been published in the February issue of Human Mutation. The article, entitled "Prioritizing regions of candidate genes for efficient mutation screening" (Pubmed ID: 16395665) was authored by our Senior Scientific Officer, Dr. Terry Braun.