Life Science

World-class commercial and open source tools for DNA and protein sequence analysis, pathway/expression analysis and structural biology are all available on Mac OS X. Many of these tools are optimized for the PowerPC G5 processor.

Sequence Analysis

Featured Applications:

• 4Peaks by Mekentosj
• A/G BLAST by Apple and Genentech, Inc.
• Bioinformatics Toolbox
• BLAT by Jim Kent
• EMBOSS by UK Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre
• FASTA by William A. Pearson, University of Virginia
• Gene Construction Kit by Textco BioSoftware
• HMMER by Washington University in St. Louis — Department of Genetics
• iNquiry by the BioTeam, Inc.
• Lasergene by DNASTAR, Inc.
• Lucidyx Searcher by Lucidyx, LLC
• MacVector by Accelrys, Inc.
• NCBI Toolkit by National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Peaks by Bioinformatics Solutions, Inc.
• Phred/Phrap/Consed by Phil Green, Brent Ewing and David Gordon
• Prospect Pro by Bioinformatics Solutions, Inc.
• Sequencher by Gene Codes Corporation
• WU-BLAST (Washington University BLAST) by the Washington University School of Medicine

Genome Expression Analysis

Featured Applications:

• ArrayAssist Exon by Stratagene
• BioConductor by BioConductor
• Expressionist Pro by Genedata AG
• Fedora open-source digital repository management system
• GeneSpring by Agilent Technologies
• Genesight by BioDiscovery
• Genedirector by BioDiscovery
• HelixTree by Golden Helix
• ImaGene by BioDiscovery
• Nomad by the University of California, San Francisco, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Osprey, the Osprey Community

Structural Analysis/Visualization

Featured Applications:

• Chimera by UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
• HKL-2000 by HKL Research
• O by Alwyn Jones
• PyMOL Molecular Graphics System by Warren DeLano
• Ribbons by Mike Carson
• Rocs, Shape, VIDA by OpenEye Scientific Software
• VMD: Visual Molecular Dynamics by Theoretical Biophysics Group, University of Illinois

Instrumentation

Featured Applications:

• ACQKnowledge by BIOPAC
• BD (Beckton Dickinson)
• LabVIEW by National Instruments (USA)
• HOBOware Software by Onset Computer
• GeneSuite by GeneMachines
• Plate Readers by Molecular Devices
• Motic Images J by Motic Instruments
• PowerLab by AD Instruments
• ProScope by Bodelin Technologies
• RS Image by Roper Scientific
• Solamere Technology Group

Laboratory Information and Data Management Tools

Featured Applications:

• Biotracker by Ocimum Biosolutions
• Biotrue Collaborative Data Management System by Biotrue
• Catalyzer by Axiope
• Finch Suite by Geospiza
• InfoScribe by ISTL
• Pharmatracker by Ocimum Biosolutions
• Toxcheck by Ocimum Biosolutions