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.
Sequence Analysis
Featured Applications:
- 4Peaks by Mekentosj
- Bioinformatics Toolbox
- BLAT by Jim Kent
- CLC Combined Workbench by CLC Bio
- 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 MacVector, 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
Genomics
Featured Applications:
- ArrayAssist Exon by Stratagene
- BioConductor by BioConductor
- Expressionist Pro by Genedata AG
- Fedora open-source digital repository management system
- Array Results Manager by BioDiscovery
- GeneSpring by Agilent Technologies
- GeneDirector by BioDiscovery
- SNP and Variation Suite by Golden Helix
- ChipInspector, BiblioSpere, ElDorado and GEMS Launcher by Genomatix
- Pathways Analysis (IPA) by Ingenuity
- Genchek by Ocimum
- Drug Discovery Suite 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
- Plate Readers by Molecular Devices
- PowerLab by AD Instruments
- ProScope by Bodelin Technologies
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
