University of Calgary Selects TimeLogic DeCypher to Accelerate Bioinformatics Computation within the Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.012803/bb9 CALGARY, Canada & CRYSTAL BAY, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2003 DeCypher on Sun Solution Speeds Study of Genetic Disease Through Visual Immersion System The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary has selected TimeLogic's DeCypher system running on the Sun platform to supply critical bioinformatics capability to their Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics. DeCypher compresses bioinformatics computing time from weeks to minutes, and will be deployed in the Center's Java3D-enabled CAVE Automatic Visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all Environment, an immersive graphics-based research environment available to scientists throughout Canada. "Unraveling the genetic components of complex diseases--such as diabetes, Alzheimer's and cancer--requires the analysis of huge data sets," explained Dr. Christoph Sensen. "TimeLogic's DeCypher solution, running on Sun systems, delivers the powerful bioinformatics analysis capabilities that allow us to visualize pathways of cellular metabolism," he added. "DeCypher's revolutionary processing speed See MHz. for BLAST, Smith-Waterman and Hidden Markov Model A hidden Markov model (HMM) is a statistical model in which the system being modeled is assumed to be a Markov process with unknown parameters, and the challenge is to determine the hidden parameters from the observable parameters. analysis make it an ideal solution for projects of this magnitude," commented Jim Lindelien, TimeLogic's CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and founder. "Real time exploration of genomic data requires tremendous computing throughput, and TimeLogic is pleased to be enabling this phase of genomic analysis." "Visualizing tremendously complex genomic data is a key challenge for discovery research today," said Loralyn Mears, market development manager for Life Sciences Market Development at Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. "The TimeLogic on Sun solution will help enable the University of Calgary to speed the mining and interpretation of genomic data in order to provide a clearer picture of the mechanisms of genetic-based diseases." About University of Calgary The University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine's Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics is the first node of the Canadian Bioinformatics Resource in Alberta - a network linking universities and government research labs across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. . Total investment into the Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics to date is more than $6 million. Funding partners include Sun Microsystems, Fakespace Inc., Western Economic Diversification Canada Western Economic Diversification Canada is a Canadian government agency responsible for improving the economy of Western Canada both locally and nationally. The Minister of Western Economic Diversification is the Honourable Rona Ambrose. , the Alberta Science and Research Authority, the Alberta Network for Proteomics Innovation, Genome Prairie and the University of Calgary. For more information, please contact Christoph Sensen, Ph.D., at 403-220-4301, csensen@ucalgary.ca About TimeLogic TimeLogic Corporation produces DeCypher, a reconfigurable acceleration solution for high performance sequence analysis. DeCypher speeds BLAST, Framesearch, Smith-Waterman algorithms The Smith-Waterman algorithm is a well-known algorithm for performing local sequence alignment; that is, for determining similar regions between two nucleotide or protein sequences. as well as Hidden Markov Model analysis. TimeLogic's headquarters are at 22 State Route 28, Crystal Bay, NV 89402. For further information, visit the company's website at http://www.timelogic.com or contact Christopher Hoover, Director of Marketing (Tel. 775-832-3104, chrish@timelogic.com). Editors note: Sun, Sun Microsystems and the Sun logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. DeCypher is a registered trademark of TimeLogic. Note: A photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.012803/bb9 |
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