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Genetic Engineering News July 17, 2006 Illumina Launches New Software Support Program for Downstream Analysis of Microarray Data "A partnership program…with several leading bioinformatics software vendors...facilitates data exchange between Illumina data and third-party software applications [including] GeneSifter" from VizX Labs. © 2007 Genetic Engineering News NeuroRX May 1, 2007 The Microarray Data Analysis Process: from Raw Data to Biological Significance ...microarray data analysis has largely been treated in the past as a set of separate steps...In reality, the process can be expanded to include...aspects...that are not traditionally thought of...but that nonetheless can have profound effects on statistical analysis. © 2006 The American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, Inc. Dice April 5, 2006 Hiring qualified IT staff has become as important as landing top-notch scientists, according to [VizX Labs SVP] Gasper. "Software has become extraordinarily important in labs nowadays," Gasper said "Today a life science lab is likely to have more computers than refrigerators," [and] money is driving cutting edge innovation and new technologies [since] "The prosperity of others has been a very successful catalyst." © 1990 - 2006 Dice Inc. All rights reserved Microsoft April 4, 2006 Microsoft Forms BioIT Alliance With Life Science Industry Leaders to Help Accelerate Pace of Drug Discovery and Development “Advances in our understanding of the human genome promise to revolutionize medicine and open the door to therapies that are tailored to individuals,” said Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft. “By bringing together people from innovative life sciences organizations that span the biomedical industry, the BioIT Alliance will play an important role in the development of solutions that transform today’s data into knowledge and improve the quality of millions of lives." © 2006 Microsoft Corporation American Biotechnology Laboratory March 31, 2006 How to Achieve Successful Microarray Data Analysis Understanding how to perform successful microarray work is paramount in this new era of DNA technology. Like every other experimental process, ti should be analyzed methodically, via proper analysis and study. This article is intended to maximize the potential of microarray experiments by describing the seven keys to successful microarray data analysis developed by Dr. Eric Olson, Chief Science officer at VizX Labs. © 2006 International Scientific Communications Inc. Seattle Post-Intelligencer March 15, 2006 John Cook's Venture Blog Mark your calendar Investors, entrepreneurs and scientists from the Pacific Northwest biotechnology industry will gather next week for the annual Invest Northwest conference... More than 50 companies are scheduled to make presentations, including Spiration, Nura, VizX Labs, SonoSite and Dendreon. © 2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Genetic Engineering News February 15, 2006 Sticky Ends National Human Genome Research Institute bought fifteen-seat site license of VizX Labs’ GeneSifter Core Edition online microarray data analysis system for use in the NHGRI Computational Genomics Unit. © 2006 Genetic Engineering News Bio-IT World January 30, 2006 Bio-IT Briefs VizX Labs today announced that the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has purchased a fifteen-seat site license of the GeneSifter Core Edition online microarray data analysis system, for use in the NHGRI Computational Genomics Unit. © 2006 Bio-IT World Inc. GenomeWeb Daily News January 30, 2006 NHGRI Licenses VizX Genesifter The National Human Genome Research Institute has purchased VizX Lab's Genesifter software, VizX announced today. NHGRI bought a 15-seat license of the online microarray data-analysis tool, the company said. © 2006 GeonomeWeb LLC Seattle Times January 30, 2006 On the move Biotechnology N. Eric Olson was promoted to vice president and chief scientific officer, David Audley to vice president of sales, Jeff Kozlowski to director of GeneSifter development and Anna Boone to Eastern-region sales manager at VizX Labs. Also, Monika Kovacs was hired as the company's Western-region sales manager. © 2006 The Seattle Times Company GenomeWeb Daily News January 18, 2006 VizX Labs’ GeneSifter to be Used Campus-Wide at OHSU Oregon Health and Science University has purchased an academic core license for VizX Labs' GeneSifter to offer the microarray data-analysis software to OHSU researchers, VizX announced yesterday. © 2006 GeonomeWeb LLC Bio-IT World October 17, 2005 The Russell Transcript VizX Labs’ Incremental Victories Don’t tell Tom Ranken he can’t sell informatics software on a seat basis successfully — although even Tom would agree that a great many, perhaps even the majority, of early informatics hopefuls who’ve tried have foundered. It doesn’t matter. He hasn’t. © 2005 Bio-IT World Inc. BioArray News September 14, 2005 VizX, Partners Launch Website For Array Informatics Advice VizX Labs, a Seattle-based bioinformatics company, together with several commercial and academic partners this week launched a free web resource that the group hopes will serve as a "how to" for researchers getting into microarray data analysis, according to a VizX official. Eric Olson, director of science at VizX, said that the website, www.MicroarraySuccess.com, went live this week... Commercial and academic partners have agreed to sponsor the resource, including ArrayIt manufacturer Telechem International, expression profiling service Genome Explorations, and the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, which will use the resource to educate faculty about microarray research. © 2005 Genome Web LLC Bio-IT World September 13, 2005 Bio-IT Briefs A group of commercial and academic institutions on Monday unveiled MicroarraySuccess.com, a new informational website devoted to helping researchers new to microarrays make the most of their research. The site's "Seven Keys to Successful Microarray Data Analysis," provides training and guidelines for all aspects of microarray data analysis, from experiment design to data publication. © 2005 Bio-IT World Inc. Seattle Times September 6, 2005 Business & Technology $9.5 million is raised by Teranode Biotechs sorely need information-technology products, said Tom Ranken, CEO of VizX Labs, one of two other independent companies locally in the field, which is sometimes called "bioinformatics." © 2005 The Seattle Times Company Bio-IT World September 6, 2005 Bio-IT Briefs VizX Labs announced that the Oregon Cancer Institute purchased a license for VizX Labs' GeneSifter microarray data analysis system, capping a successful summer for the bioinformatics company. Recent months also saw sales of GeneSifter licenses across the nation and world, plus a Best Practices award and a growing GeneSifter Data Center repository and training resource. © 2005 Bio-IT World Inc. GenomeWeb Daily News September 6, 2005 VizX Labs Sells GeneSifter Microarray Analysis Software to Labs in US, UK, and Australia VizX Labs has recently sold its microarray data-analysis software to academic groups in the US, the UK, and Australia, the Seattle-based bioinformatics company said today. Among the new customers of VizX's GeneSifter software are groups at the Oregon Cancer Institute, the University of Leeds, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, the Baylor University School of Medicine, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the University of Western Australia. © 2005 Genome Web LLC Genetic Engineering News June 27, 2005 GeneSifter Receives 2005 Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award for Product Innovation - Bioinformatics in Drug Discovery Deemed "a uniquely accessible product solution that stands apart from its competitors," the GeneSifter microarray data analysis system will be honored with the 2005 Frost & Sullivan "Best Practices Award for Product Innovation" in its Bioinformatics in Drug Discovery category. © 2005 Genetic Engineering News Puget Sound Business Journal March 18, 2005 In Depth: Biotech and Science Report The Puget Sound region's life-science industry is enjoying some bright spots...ElonGasper, senior vice president of Seattle's VizX Labs, said he thinks it'sgetting easier to find venture capital... Bioinformatics is a relative newcomer to the biosciences industry, but thesector is poised for significant growth... © 2005 American City Business Journals Inc. Bio-IT World March 8, 2005 Business Strategy Debating Business Models for Bioinformatics Companies A few companies, notably... VizX Labs (GeneSifter), are succeeding [with a subscription model], but, Barrett warned, "You have to pick a big enough niche, and you really have to understand the customer." © 2005 Bio-IT World Inc. WBBA Newsfacts February 28, 2005 Life Science News VizX Labs announced that... sales of GeneSifter havebroken records for the third quarter in a row. Also, according to research funded by VizX Labs,microarray technology capabilities are advancing even faster than expected and will increase to80,000 laboratories spending $3 billion by 2010. © 2005 Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association Genome Web February 4, 2005 VizX Sells GeneSifter to UCLA, Temple University, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Others in Q4 The University of California Los Angeles, Temple University, the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Cardiff University, Wake Forest University, and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montreal were among customers who purchased the company's flagship software product, GeneSifter, during the fourth quarter of 2004... Sales of GeneSifter have broken records for the third quarter in row, the company said. © 2005 Genome Web LLC Wired News February 2, 2005 Software Taming Gene Data Pool According to research funded by VizX Labs, the makers of GeneSifter...the capabilities of microarray technologies... are advancing even faster than Moore's law, and will increase to 80,000 laboratories spending $3 billion by 2010... Scientists using GeneSifter have made several significant discoveries. © 2005 Wired News Washington State University January 24, 2005 Infant Hearts Contain the Body’s Largest Protein Veterinary research conducted at Washington State University... was able to make great strides studying heart development in a short period of time. What would have taken months in the past was reduced to hours... “The software and the technical expertise afforded us helped the routine number crunching go very quickly, giving me more time to focus on the biology behind those numbers.” [Dr. Sunshine] Lahmers said. © 2005 Washington State University Bio-IT World January 21, 2005 IT+Informatics News Blast Library Collection (Second article down) VizXLabs has rolled out the public version of GeneSifter: GeneSifter Data Center, an online library of microarray data. Users will have access to statistical and biological analysis tools to explore the data sets. The library, available at www.genesifter.net/dc, also provides tutorials for researchers new to microarrays. © 2005 Bio-IT World Inc. BioInform News January 10, 2005 Patents Roundup US Patent 6,836,733. Biological sequence pattern probe (Subscription required, third article down) Covers a method and apparatus for determining biological sequence sites of interest using client-server computer architecture. In the method, one or more users use a computer client to select a biological sequence database of interest, and determine the search parameters that control the specificity of results to be returned... Once the server has received and processed the request, results are returned to one or more remote clients and viewed according to the previously selected search parameters. © 2005 GenomeWeb LLC Bio-IT World December 16, 2004 Bio-IT Bulletin VizX Labs’ Online Service Lowers Barriers to Data Analysis Eric Olson, director of science, says this service aims to lower the barriers for researchers. “There is a lot of microarray data available but most researchers don’t have access to this great resource,” he says. “The public databases do a really good job of storing and annotating the data, but researchers still have to have their own tools to store and analyze data.” © 2004 Bio-IT World Inc. BioArray News December 15, 2004 New Product Watch (site requires subscription) VizX Labs has launched the GeneSifter Data Center, an online library of microarray data available through the firm’s web-based GeneSifter microarray data analysis system. The firm said the data center continually adds datasets from microarray studies in vascular biology, neurology, cancer biology, and immunology. © 2004 GenomeWeb LLC BioWorld Today December 15, 2004 Other News to Note (site requires subscription) VizX Labs, of Seattle, announced the launch of the GeneSifter Data Center, an online library of microarray data available through the web-based GeneSifter microarray data-analysis system. © 2004 Thompson Bioworld Reveille November 22, 2004 The Emerging Age of Biology GeneSifter is the integration of biology, software and the Web... It allows [researchers] to collaborate with their colleagues throughout the world on this web-based system. As Ranken said, "This is Genome analysis software that speeds up the learning process. A scientist can now do projects in hours instead of months." © 2004 Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club BioInform News November 22, 2004 Downloads and Upgrades (site requires subscription) The Jumpstart product provides microarray researchers with basic analysis of their microarray data, in the form of statistical reports, tools, and initial interpretation of biological data. It moves researchers past the hurdle of preliminary analysis, enabling them to pursue their research more quickly. © 2004 GenomeWeb LLC Bio-IT World November 15, 2004 Bio-IT Bulletin Bio-IT Briefs (third down) "The Jumpstart product provides microarray researchers with basic analysis of their microarray data, in the form of statistical reports, tools, and initial interpretation of biological data. It moves researchers past the hurdle of preliminary analysis, enabling them to pursue their research more quickly." © 2004 Bio-IT World The Seattle Times November 15, 2004 Business & Technology Technology Briefs "VizX Labs...said it is releasing a new product called Jumpstart, to analyze data from genetic experiments... One option will enable experimental results to be posted to public databases because many scientific journals now require it for publication." © 2004 The Seattle Times Company Nature Methods November 1, 2004 Bioinformatics--from genes to pathways "VizX Labs caters to 'biologists working at the bench...' Its GeneSifter product is entirely Web-based, avoiding the need for high-power hardwarein-house." © 2004 NaturePublishing Group Genome Web September 22, 2004 William Barna Joins VizX Labs as Sales Director "William Barna has been named director of sales of bioinformatics software provider VizX Labs... Barna joins VizX Labs in this newly created position from Cytyc, where he was a district sales manager." © 2004 GenomeWeb LLC BioInform News September 6, 2004 Agilent buys Silicon Genetics (site requires subscription) "[VizX CEO Tom] Ranken said, “There is always the demand to refocus on the needs of the ‘mothership’ following an acquisition” — a situation that could leave the Agilent/ Silicon Genetics business vulnerable and open the market to smaller players like VizX." © 2004 GenomeWeb LLC Washington CEO August 24, 2004 Biotechnology Gambling on the Future (PDF) "VizX, the company [CEO Tom] Ranken started three years ago, provides software that he describes as 'an intersection of the Internet, biology, and software engineering' to help researchers understand how genes work in disease and other kinds of conditions." © 2004 Washington CEO ECplanet August 24, 2004 Bioinformatica Bioinformatica, via ai giochi "GeneSifter offre anche la possibilità ai ricercatori di caricare i dati dei microarray on-line sul server della VizX e compararli con tutti i vari database genomici." By Alessio Mannucci © 2004 EC Planet Science August 20, 2004 Products The Magic of Microarrays "Suppliers have also begun to use the Internet to enable data analysis. 'One trend I’m particularly fond of is analysis software available over a web browser, such as Gene Sifter, so that users are not required to upkeep powerful computer systems and software versions on site,' TeleChem’s [founder Todd] Martinsky explains." © 2004 American Association for the Advancement of Science. nPost.com August 2, 2004 Interviews "nPost.com Interview with J. Thomas Ranken" "Our anecdotal results imply that our customers are seeing efficiency improvements up to a factor of ten. It is quite extraordinary. We receive comments all the time from researchers who say hat that they receive results in two hours, whereas other systems required up to two months." © 2004 nPost.com Genetic Engineering News August 1, 2004 Sticky Ends... Editorial Highlights "VizX Labs is marketing GeneSifter Core Edition microarray analysis system for microarray core facilities." © 2004 Genetic Engineering News Bio-IT World July 28, 2004 Bio-IT Bulletin Bio-IT Briefs (Second item) "VizX Labs has announced the release of the latest edition of its GeneSifter microarray analysis system, version 2004.3. In this upgrade, GeneSifter’s power and flexibility for Affymetrix users has been expanded with new features, including compatibility with native Affymetrix data files." By Bernadette Toner © 2004 Bio-IT World, Inc. BioInform July 19, 2004 Downloads and Upgrades "VizX Labs has released GeneSifter Core Edition..." (site requires subscription) "Core Edition adds administrative tools that allow core facilities to provide and manage GeneSifter accounts for their clients, the company said. Computing and storage resources are provided via off-site secure servers and the facility staff can assign these resources to multiple user accounts." © 2004 GenomeWeb LLC BioArray News July 14, 2004 New Product News "VizX Labs rolled out GeneSifter Core Edition..." (site requires subscription) "The new product adds flexible administrative tools to its GeneSifter Lab Edition that allow core facilities to provide and manage GeneSifter accounts for their clients." © 2004 GenomeWeb LLC University of Washington OnTech News July 9, 2004 Online Technology News Software by UW PhD Grad Used at UW "Web-based GeneSifter runs on any operating system and has proven useful at the UW. Research assistant professor Eileen Mulvihill, for one, uses it to share pathology research data around the world." © 2004 University of Washington The Scientist July 5, 2004 Technology Expanding Options in Data Analysis (Free registration required) "VizX Labs in Seattle recently upgraded its easy-to-use GeneSifter.net, a Web-based analysis package. The product includes new features specific for Affymetrix platform users, incorporating a new pathways report, CLARA clustering analytics, a boxplot option for use in quality control, enhanced dendrograms, additional sorting and searching options, and improved ability to construct gene lists." By Emma Hitt © 2004 The Scientist LLC. Wired News June 28, 2004 Med-Tech Better Science Through Gaming "When Eric Olson was a grad student at the University of Washington, his adviser abandoned several projects because it was too difficult to manage the data. So Olson and some of his colleagues left academia in 2001 to create their own software and start a company. The result is the Web-based GeneSifter, possibly the first user-friendly genome analysis software. It can shorten a project from months to hours." By Kristen Philipkoski © 2004 Lycos Inc. Dow Jones VentureWire Lifescience June 23, 2004 Bioinformatics VizX Labs' GeneSifter Added To IBM Laboratory Computers (site requires subscription) "VizX CEO Tom Ranken told VentureWire that 'a deal like this has not been done before,' and he described an enormous market potential for the combined product in a 'brand new space...' VWR currently distributes a variety of products to over 250,000 lab customers in Europe and North America. IBM benefits from the addition of VizX in the deal because VizX's GeneSifter adds to the desirability of its computer." By John Galante © 2004 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. The Seattle Times June 23, 2004 Business and Technology VizX Signs Distribution Deal with Two Big Biotech Suppliers "Under the agreement, VizX's software for analyzing genetic information will be bundled as an option with thousands of IBM computers sold each year to biological scientists… Edward Sapp, VWR's director of life sciences, said his company is including VizX's product in its lineup because his technical staff tested it and considered it intuitive. 'I think it will catch on with a large group of scientists, and we want to be a part of that,' Sapp said." By Luke Timmerman © 2004 The Seattle Times Company GenomeWeb News June 23, 2004 Newsbriefs VWR International Links IBM Computers, GeneSifter Software, in Distribution Bundle (site requires subscription) "Scientific supplies distributor VWR International today announced its VWR In Silico program, a product bundle of IBM computers and VizX Labs' GeneSifter microarray data analysis software, and other products." © 2004 GenomeWeb, LLC Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 Fully Equipped - Tools Transforming Discovery Microarray Analysis Reaches the Desktop "VizX Labs' GeneSifter package aims to provide a straightforward, easy-to-navigate Web-based solution for microarray analyses that does not require an expert's understanding of statistical software." [VizX CTO Bob] Cottingham says "Desktop alternatives like Windows freed users to wield the power of computing themselves. Web-based GeneSifter gives scientists access in a venue they are already familiar with to a solution that not only provides lists of genes, but also helps them understand the biology." By Robert M. Fredrickson © 2004 Bio-IT World Inc. The Seattle Times May 25, 2004 Business and Technology Biotech's Godmother Is Ready To Retire "Ruth Scott led Washington state's biotech trade organization…Tom Ranken, CEO of VizX Labs and Scott's predecessor, said she succeeded 'on a grand scale' in membership and finances but that the association is at a point where it could attract a political heavyweight." By Luke Timmerman Copyright © 2003 The Seattle Times Company BioArray News May 5, 2004 Hot New Products "The release of version 2004.2 of GeneSifter…includes a new pathways report, streamlined support for Affymetrix GEO datasets, CLARA clustering analytics, Boxplot visualization graphics and enhanced Gene Ontologies operations." Copyright © 2004 GenomeWeb, LLC The Scientist March 29, 2004 Array Analysis Online Affymetrix Showcases Third-Party Microarray Analysis Software (Site requires subscription) "VizX Labs is 'aiming to move the power of microarray technology into smaller laboratories,' according to CEO and founder Tom Ranken…'there's not until now been anything for the individual scientist'…VizX Labs' GeneSifter is entirely Web-based…and it is strong on visualization. Microarray analysis packages are not mutually exclusive and may work well together...The Affymetrix series proves that it pays to narrow the choice to software that has already been used successfully for similar workloads." By Philip Hunter. Copyright © 2004, The Scientist Inc. Puget Sound Business Journal March 12, 2004 Washington's Life-Sciences Industry Bioinformatics natural fit in Microsoft's back yard "…the growing need for data analysis is unmistakable. The Human Genome Project created a huge volume of information, and every gene that is analyzed adds to that. "Any company that wants to be competitive in biology in the future needs to have this core technology," [VizX CEO Tom] Ranken said. By Heidi Dietrich, Copyright © 2004 American City Business Journals Inc. Courtesy of bizjournals.com/seattle Puget Sound Business Journal Bio-IT World February 18, 2004 Correspondence Bioinformatics: Reasons to Believe (second article on page) "Bioinformatics remains a huge challenge and opportunity… companies must develop products delivering power to the nonspecialist user [and] solving customer problems. To be successful, companies must understand their customers, solve a problem that they have, and carry that message into the marketplace." by Tom Ranken BioInform February 9, 2004 Affymetrix to Host First-Ever 'Bake-Off' Webcast for Microarray Software Vendors (site requires subscription) "Affymetrix plans to host the bioinformatics community's first 'bake-off' style software comparison via a series of webcast presentations Feb. 9-19. Such comparisons are…rare in the scientific computing world…Nat Goodman, a bioinformatician, said the webcast is a 'cool idea' for providing customers a level playing field to judge…different software packages…VizX Labs welcomed the opportunity…" by Bernadette Toner, Copyright © 2004 GenomeWeb, LLC More information is available here, and all 8 recorded webcasts are available here. Biospace January 19, 2003 VizX Labs Releases GeneSifter.Net™ Version 2004.1 "…includes features specific to Affymetrix users such as the Robust Multi-array Average (RMA) probe-level analysis method, a unique Gene Ontology report using z-score statistics to 'zero-in' on particular families of genes, MIAME-compliant protocols, and statistical analysis techniques." Copyright © 2004 Biospace MSNBC and Puget Sound Business Journal November 29, 2003 $250M Eyed to Grow Biotech Here "The Bio 21 committee has been developing a strategy for [Washington] statewide biotech funding…The governor is very excited about the promise of biotech and supportive…Collaboration between two or more organizations would be required…The Bio 21 steering committee includes…executives from a range of companies such as Vizx Labs and Microsoft Corp..." By Heidi Dietrich, copyright © 2003 American City Business Journals Inc Courtesy of bizjournals.com/seattle Puget Sound Business Journal Biospace September 24, 2003 Genome Explorations Chooses GeneSifter.Net "VizX Labs and Genome Explorations today announced a partnership to better provide scientists with microarray analysis services and bioinformatics tools. The companies have agreed to an alliance to enhance VizX Labs' existing GeneSifter.Net on-line microarray analysis system and deliver it as the preferred tool for Genome Explorations' scientific clients." Copyright © 2003 Biospace Seattle Times September 24, 2003 Business Digest VizX Labs signs agreement with Memphis genome firm "VizX Labs… signed a partnership with Memphis-based Genome Explorations to combine its experiment preparation and analysis service with VizXLabs' software to help biologists run more efficient experiments. Genome Explorations has sold its services to more than 70 research institutions." Copyright © 2003 The Seattle Times Company August 18, 2003 Life Science News "Christian B. Wade, PhD, has joined the staff of VizX Labs…from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. [Dr. Wade] has broad experience in the use of microarrays and computer systems. In other news, the company has moved its office to Queen Anne Square in anticipation of further growth. VizX Labs has also added several new investors in recent months…" Copyright © 2003 Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association Washington CEO July, 2003 Top | Washington Top 25 Biotechnology and Biomedical Firms in Washington State "25 - VizX Labs LLC Bioinformatics - CEO J. Thomas Ranken" by Dacia Ray Copyright © 2003 Washington CEO WBBA Newsfacts July 28, 2003 Life Science News "VizX Labs…GeneSifter.Net…Version 2003.3…delivered complete and ahead of schedule…adds important new features that take advantage of its web-based design by integrating information from diverse online sources…links to metabolic pathway diagrams…a new Ontology Overview Report [and] powerful statistical techniques." Copyright © 2003 Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association GenomeWeb July 24, 2003 VizX Aims at Becoming Cash-Flow Positive by End of Year "Reached by telephone in VizX's Seattle, Wash., headquarters, [CEO J. Thomas] Ranken said the firm intends to increase its sales staff and enter into new distribution deals…He said the company's "top priority" is to "build sales" for [its GeneSifter.Net] software, which he said is responsible for the lion's share of the company's revenue." Copyright © 2003 Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association BioArray News July 16, 2003 Hot New Products "GeneSifter.Net 2003.3 includes metabolic pathways diagrams and new statistical techniques…" Copyright © GenomeWeb, LLC Biotech Tech May 2003 VizX Labs Releases GeneSifter.Net Update "…designed to keep researchers ahead of the curve on …ever-changing genomic data. Of note is the Dynamic Gene Ontology Navigation…enabling researchers to automatically apply the most current knowledge of molecular function, cellular component and biological process to their microarray research." Copyright © 2003 Biotech Tech Seattle Post-Intelligencer May 30, 2003 Signs point to a great year for biotech Many believe biotech is the economic engine of the future…"VizX Labs CEO Tom Ranken, a member of the WBBA board, thinks [that] "The potential seems enormous...real dollars flowing into research could do a heck of a lot..." by John Cook Copyright © 2003 Seattle Post-Intelligencer WBBA Newsfacts March 31, 2003 Life Science News " 'Scientists love GeneSifter.Net because it brings the power of highly sophisticated bioinformatics tools to the rank-and-file biologist,' said Tom Ranken, CEO of VizX Labs. GeneSifter.Net is now in used in 19 states and in 19 countries in North America, Western Europe, and Asia." Copyright © 2003 Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association BioInform March 17, 2003 Consolidation Hits the Array Analysis Sector [site requires subscription] "For newer players,the gene expression analysis market still appears promising…VizX Labs reported a three-fold increase in customers and is…relying on revenues, rather than venture capital…said CEO Tom Ranken. [He] predicted that the company's easy-to-use software would gain popularity...Ranken's optimism may be warranted…" by Bernadette Toner Copyright © 2003 GenomeWeb, LLC Northwest Science & Technology The Scientist Bio-IT World Puget Sound Business Journal Genetic Engineering News Bio-IT World Seattle Post-Intelligencer Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle Post-Intelligencer Puget Sound Business Journal Genetic Engineering News BioArray News Small Times Seattle Times Washington CEO MacReport SCJ Online Northwest Entrepreneur Network Lycos Genealogy: Dick Eastman Online Venturewire People Genetic Engineering News Invest Northwest News Seattle Times BioExchange Puget Sound Business Journal Small Times Puget Sound Business Journal Genetic Engineering News Washington Biotechnology and Medical Technology Online
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