Global project provides a customized, enterprise-wide solution for integrating, analyzing and sharing genomic data assets
Reno, NV, Aug. 31, 2007 - Biotique Systems announced the completion of a client-tailored data integration project for Monsanto, a leading provider of agricultural products. The BLIS (Biotique Local Integration System)-based solution will provide Monsanto with a new bioinformatics infrastructure for managing data from their global genomic and biotechnology research efforts.
Integrating large-scale genomic data from a variety of technologies like bioinformatics, microarray analysis, pathways, and genetic analysis is a significant challenge facing research organizations of all sizes. By providing Monsanto a customized solution, Biotique Systems helped the company replace existing legacy systems and deploy an accessible and integrated environment to hundreds of scientists across the world. “We expect that Monsanto’s capacity to collect, manage and integrate large data sets will be greatly enhanced by this new customized solution,” said David Kovalic, Bioinformatics Project Manager, Monsanto.
BLIS is a flexible, cost-effective, and customizable framework with a series of modules designed to facilitate common functions, such as transcript profiling (BEAM) and comparative genomic tools (BMOD, BAGM), as well as a data refinery tool (BEDR) for the generation of novel intellectual property through splice variant detection. The product’s open framework also provides a customizable environment for users to easily link in-house developments, such as content repositories, algorithms and protocols, into the system.
“The completion of this project represents a validation of the BLIS platform and Biotique Systems’ significant investment in the development of agriculture related genomic data management technologies,” said Stephen H. Sanders, Chairman and CEO, Biotique Systems. “By providing a customized data integration solution that is specifically adapted to the structure of an organization BLIS helps our customers achieve more productivity in their research and discovery efforts.”
About Biotique Systems
Biotique Systems is a privately held company that helps pharmaceutical, agriculture and biotechnology companies increase productivity by providing customizable, enterprise-wide solutions for integrating, analyzing and sharing knowledge assets. By bringing together people, projects, disparate data sources and workflow applications Biotique Systems is helping leading companies such as Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Monsanto and Affymetrix integrate information from discovery programs across disparate research disciplines and geographic locations to facilitate innovation and discovery.
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