Protogene has developed the technology to manufacture custom oligonucleotide DNA microarrays through the unique combination of three technologies: in situ synthesis of oligonucleotides, inkjet printing and patented surface tension array technology.
Silicon Genetics’ flagship product, GeneSpring(TM), is a leading desktop solution for conducting comprehensive microarray-based gene expression analyses. Using GeneSpring(TM), researchers can go from analyzing single gene/single experiments to whole genomes and classes of experiments involving thousands of genes and multiple parameters such as time, strains, phenotypes, tissue types, disease state, and developmental stage. Users can export the results of analyses to external application programs or databases, including the web-based GeNet(TM), for storing, sharing and comparing results with other colleagues.
The availability of high quality oligonucleotide arrays that are customized to the user’s needs and delivered within days of ordering will help remove restrictions to widespread use of microarrays in life science research, noted Dr Peter Christey, vice president of business development at Protogene in a media commentary. This new relationship with Silicon Genetics will allow us to provide a high quality analysis solution to Protogene customers, and also ensure that current users of Silicon Genetics’ software can use their current software to analyze data from Protogene arrays.
Dr. Christey added, This partnership demonstrates Protogene’s commitment to ensuring that our products and technology are fully compatible with widely available microarray software and peripherals, thus ensuring their ready integration into research laboratories worldwide. This strategy will benefit our customers by reducing the overall investment that they must make to use array technology in their research and will enable them to select the product combination that best matches their needs.
