Biomatters News
Green Button - Supercomputing Unleashed!
Posted 13 Oct 2008 02:27
Imagine having the power of thousands of CPUs configured especially for your analysis right on your desktop!
"...It's amazing to have such an easy-to-use supercomputer sitting on my laptop..." — Marc A. Suchard, assistant professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Green...
Geneious Pro 4.0 - Cloning, plasmid mapping and superfast computing, the way they were meant to be!
Posted 22 Sep 2008 04:45
It's finally here, the reason you've been looking for to ditch your out-of-date cloning software and evolve to the 'next generation' in ease of use and efficiency.
Geneious Pro 4.0 is now available for download, and even if you have tried Geneious before, you can...
Green Button - Supercomputing on your desktop from Geneious
Posted 30 Jul 2008 21:48
Biomatters has been working with InterGrid to bring supercomputing power to Geneious on the desktops and laptops of researchers around the world.
Candace Toner, CEO of Biomatters, said: 'This service will give all biologists, from students through professional researchers anywhere in the world, the ability...
Geneious Pro 3.8 brings the features you have been waiting for
Posted 08 Jul 2008 23:06
Geneious Pro 3.8 has just been released and it's sure to be a hit! We have taken all our most hotly requested features and added them all to this great new release of Geneious Pro:
GenBank format export – Now you can export fully annotated...
Geneious Grid-Aware Bioinformatics Software Version 2 Now Available for BeSTGRID
Posted 30 May 2008 01:26
The Bioinformatics Institute New Zealand http://www.bioinformatics.org.nz at the University of Auckland and Biomatters Limited http://www.biomatters.com announce Version 2 of Geneious software for grid computing on BeSTGRID. BeSTGRID is the Broadband enabled Science and Technology Grid running on the Kiwi Advanced Research & Education Network (KAREN) to...
Teach with Geneious Pro
Posted 14 Apr 2008 09:39
Geneious Pro is proving very popular as a teaching tool. In recognition of this, Biomatters is pleased to announce the new Geneious Education page where we have gathered our tutorials and other useful information. In the coming months we will be adding more tutorials and...
Two new plugins for Geneious Pro: Vector NTI import and EMBOSS integration
Posted 04 Mar 2008 20:25
Due to popular demand, EMBOSS tools and Vector NTI file importers have been added to Geneious.
EMBOSS Tools
The EMBOSS package is a popular set of tools used for analysis of molecular data in biology. The Geneious EMBOSS Tools plugin will initially include seven of...
Share the love without commitment: Geneious now available on video clips
Posted 14 Feb 2008 08:51
With all the love around this Valentine's Day, we understand you may want to taste before making a commitment. That's why we now offer you four short, less-than-five-minutes video clips showcasing some of Geneious Pro's most popular features without the need to download and install...
Grid-Enabled Geneious Released for National Kiwi Science Network
Posted 21 Dec 2007 00:31
Biomatters and the University of Auckland New Zealand's Bioinformatics Institute announce the first release of Geneious Pro for grid computing on BeSTGRID, the Broadband enabled Science and Technology Grid running on KAREN (Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network).
With the release of the new grid...
Kiwi software evolves to get to top of family tree
Posted 06 Nov 2007 21:27
The Kiwi (New Zealand) success story of Biomatters and Geneious recently featured in Auckland's National Business Review: Read the full article
See us in Germany at BioEurope & Medica2007, in Germany in November!
Posted 30 Oct 2007 09:24
Once again, our bags are packed and we are heading off to visit our customers and see what there is to see at BioEurope in Hamburg from 12-14 November, and at Medica2007 in Dusseldorf from 14-17 November.
Our experience at Bio2007 in Boston earlier this...
Linnaeus lives as part of Geneious Pro 3.5!
Posted 24 Oct 2007 09:21
Everyone around here loves science, and of course we owe our livelihoods to scientists from the past, present and future. It seemed only fitting that we name our newest plug-in for phylogenetic mapping after Linnaeus, the 'father of taxonomy.'
We released the stand-alone version of...
Biomatters' CSO and Founder Wins the 2007 Hamilton Memorial Prize for Science
Posted 05 Oct 2007 09:18
Dr. Alexei Drummond, Chief Scientific Officer and Founder of Biomatters has been awarded the 2007 Hamilton Memorial Prize for significant contribution to computational modeling by the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Dr. Drummond, the "Father of Geneious," has been recognized for his work in population...
Geneious Pro – Evolving Science Globally wins International Award for e-Science
Posted 29 Sep 2007 09:15
The Grand Jury of the World Summit Awards has declared Geneious Pro as a winner in the category of e-Science, and Best Practice of high quality e-Content for 2007!
The World Summit Award was launched as part of the United Nations Summit on the Information...
Geneious Nominated for the World Summit Awards 2007
Posted 25 Aug 2007 20:54
The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global initiative to select and promote the world's best e-Content. The WSA was started in 2003 in the framework of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). See www.wsa-awards.org.nz/ for the NZ site and www.wsis-award.org...
Computerworld Excellence Winner: Most Innovative Use of ICT!
Posted 20 Aug 2007 23:35
Have you ever seen developers play hacky sack in tuxedos? On the afternoon of the awards evening, the eh-hem, gentlemen of Geneious gathered 'round for the traditional 3pm hacky circle dressed in bow ties and tux's. It truly is a sight to behold, and in...
Geneious has left the building… ISMB a Huge Success!
Posted 04 Aug 2007 22:44
This year Biomatters attended its first European conference and couldn't have chosen a better debut than ISMB in Vienna.
With 2000+ delegates and a world-wide draw from the crème of bioinformatics developers and users, it was a great opportunity to showcase Geneious Pro in action...
Best Innovation in ICT Finalist for the Computerworld Excellence Awards
Posted 12 Jul 2007 09:29
They say that it's the thought that counts, not the actual present itself. However in the case of being recognized as the most innovative thing to come out of New Zealand in information and communication technology for the year is a pretty cool present indeed!...
The Hills are Alive with – Geneious! Come see us at ISMB 2007 in Vienna!
Posted 10 Jul 2007 10:24
What a fabulous recipe for success! In late July, combine one of our lead developers, Amy Wilson, linguistics major with a penchant for German with Dr. Shane Sturrock, a recent addition to the Biomatters stable of talented bioinformaticians and a stellar technical consultant to boot,...
Geneious 'Evolves' at Evolution Conference in Christchurch
Posted 28 Jun 2007 11:31
The Evolution 2007 conference had many firsts. The first time being held outside of the US, the first time being showcased by the reknown Allan Wilson Centre and the first debut of Linnaeus, an exciting new plug-in for advanced phylogenic tree visualization for Geneious Pro,...
Biomatters CEO Completes Coast to Coast Trip of USA
Posted 16 Jun 2007 10:19
Starting in Boston and ending in San Francisco, Biomatters CEO Candace Toner visited with universities and institutions to talk to users of Geneious Pro.
The Bio IT World and BIO 2007 conferences kicked off in Boston in early April, showcasing the best and certainly the...
Evolution of Geneious is a success for bioinformatics worldwide
Posted 01 May 2007 14:29
New Zealand based software company Biomatters Ltd announces the release of version 3.0 of Geneious Pro, the bioinformatics application with more than 50,000 downloads worldwide.
Auckland, New Zealand 30 April 2007
The new release of Geneious Pro 3.0 , by kiwi scientific software company Biomatters...
Geneious Selected as Top Choice for National Science and Research Network
Posted 26 Apr 2007 10:04
Biomatters Ltd, a New Zealand software company specializing in bioinformatics and molecular biology software, has learned their flagship application Geneious™ is the top choice for the New Zealand national science and research network. Biomatters, working with the Bioinformatics Institute at The University of Auckland will...
Geneious Pro 3.0 'Beta' release this weekend!
Posted 13 Apr 2007 14:38
Only a few short days to go and the biggest and best version of Geneious Pro will be available for public viewing and feedback prior to our 'official' release at the end of April.
It's your chance to 'sneak preview' Geneious Pro 3.0 and check...
Are you a 'Real Geneious?'
Posted 10 Apr 2007 14:26
Did you know that there are over 50,000 users of Geneious worldwide? Half of our users are in the States, about a third are in Europe, and the rest are in Asia, the Pacific and Australia/New Zealand. How's that for distributed software!
Geneious users are...