Insilicos

Coordinates: 47°37′07″N 122°21′25″W / 47.61873°N 122.356915°W / 47.61873; -122.356915
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Insilicos
IndustrySoftware, life science
Founded2002
FounderErik Nilsson, Brian Pratt and Bryan Prazen
Headquarters,
U.S.
ProductsInsilicos Proteomics Pipeline InsilicosViewer
Websiteinsilicos.com

Insilicos is a life science software company founded in 2002 by Erik Nilsson, Brian Pratt and Bryan Prazen. Insilicos develops scientific computing software to provide software for disease diagnoses.

Technology[edit]

Insilicos' key technologies includes pattern recognition techniques to interpret proteomics mass spectrometry data. Insilicos products include InsilicosViewer and Insilicos Proteomics Pipeline (IPP). These products support the mzXML, mzDATA and mzML file formats.[1] In 2007, Insilicos received a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute to further develop software allowing for studies to be conducted more quickly.[2] The open-source software, developed in connection with the Institute for Systems Biology, has been referred to as the Trans Proteomic Pipeline.[3] IPP is commercial version of the Trans-Proteomic Pipeline

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pedrioli, Patrick G A (2004). "A Common Open Representation of Mass Spectrometry Data and its Application to Proteomics Research". Nature Biotechnology. 22 (11): 1459–1466. doi:10.1038/nbt1031. PMID 15529173. S2CID 25734712.
  2. ^ John Cook (August 30, 2007). "Insilicos Works with Amazon, ISB on Biotech Service". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
  3. ^ "Insilicos Gets $1 Million Grant for Software Project". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. August 30, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2008.

47°37′07″N 122°21′25″W / 47.61873°N 122.356915°W / 47.61873; -122.356915