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FireFly is a software program that extracts and builds data sets fromproprietary data systems using Indigo BioSystems proprietary data conversionalgorithms into file formats compatible with BioMAP, a third party imagevisualization and processing software program available for free on theinternet.
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"Indigo BioSystems is pleased to partner with Prosolia to integrate ourdata management and open format technology with their breakthrough imagingsystems. Prosolia's tools allow scientists to generate unprecedented amountsof exceptionally valuable data," says Randy Julian, President and co-founderof Indigo BioSystems. "Indigo's tools allow that data to be captured, used andshared. Together we ensure that imaging mass spectrometry data will have asignificant impact on key decisions in biological R&D."
FireFly was created in order to visualize the multi-dimensional data sets,Prosolia's Omni Spray Ion Source can routinely generate in combination withthe Thermo Scientific LTQ series mass spectrometers equipped with theXcalibur(TM) 2.0 data system.
"As Prosolia continues to build upon the Omni Spray Ion Source product andproduce advanced platforms, such as the Omni Spray 2-D, the utilization ofdata management and conversion programs will be essential to integratingProsolia's technologies to the variety of instrumentation that is available toend-users today," says Justin Wiseman, Prosolia's Director of Research andDevelopment. "The release of FireFly(TM) with Indigo BioSystems representsour commitment to developing reliable and universal research tools for massspectrometry that complement our Omni Spray products."
"The key to Indigo's approach is to make lab data accessible by combiningopen data formats with globally accessible data repositories. Imaging massspectrometry represents a special challenge due to the volume and complexityof a typical data," says Julian. "Using open formats ensure that imageanalysis and processing will be possible regardless of the brand of detectorused with the Prosolia source. Having high performance data interchangetechnology means that labs will not be choked by the volume of data generatedin these experiments, and that results can be shared freely with collaboratorsand contractors regardless of locale."
For more information on FireFly or Omni Spray Ion Sources contact Prosoliaat 317.278.6171.
Prosolia, Inc. was established in 2003 to commercialize technology arisingfrom the laboratory of Professor R. Graham Cooks, Aston Laboratories of MassSpectrometry at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Professor Cooksand his research team have been innovators in the field of Mass Spectrometryfor many years. Prosolia's first product line, Omni Spray Ion Source utilizesthe revolutionary ambient ionization technology known as DesorptionElectrospray Ionization (DESI). DESI is a simple, sensitive, gentle, andversatile ionization method that allows for the direct and rapid sampling ofsurfaces without any sample preparation.
Indigo BioSystems is the developer of a new data management infrastructurefor experimental research and especially for work conducted in thepharmaceutical industry. Indigo's primary data solution, known as "Rubicon,"can dramatically increase research scientist productivity and facilitateaccurate, rapid decision-making with complex instrumental methods. Indigo'sapproach is based on technology developed within the pharmaceutical industryand based on open data formats from international standards bodies. Foundedin 2004, Indigo was incubated by the Ventures group of Eli Lilly & Co. untilearly 2006. Indigo is now an independent, privately-held Indiana corporation.
SOURCE Prosolia, Inc.
