LION bioscience announces partnership with ACE BioSciences

08-Nov-2001

LION bioscience AG and ACE BioSciences A/S today announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement in the field of proteomics. LION has granted several user licenses for its software products to ACE BioSciences. ACE BioSciences will apply these modules to conduct its own proteomics research in the field of pathogenic microorganisms and deliver proprietary content for LIONs SCOUT™ software for the analysis of protein-protein interactions on an exclusive basis. As protein interactions are key for the understanding of molecular functions, analyzing these interactions will support the understanding of disease development and will be instrumental in the development of new drugs.

ACE BioSciences has gained access to LIONs integration platform SRS, its software for the automated genome annotation bioSCOUT®, the analysis of protein-protein-interactions SCOUT™ and genome comparison genomeSCOUT™. By comparing theoretical networks with experimental data ACE BioSciences will develop simulated protein interaction networks assisting the researcher in the prediction of interactions between different proteins. The information will be accessible solely via LIONs SCOUT™ module to industrial partners of ACE BioSciences and LION. “With the integrated software solutions of LION we can most efficiently link theoretical information from comparative genomics with the scientific data of the “real world” experimental or functional proteomics results. This provides us with a competitive edge in the identification and development of novel drug targets,” said Dr. Angus King, Chief Scientific Officer at ACE BioSciences.

“ACE BioSciences expertise in the field of functional proteomics makes them a key partner in this area for us,” said Dr. Reinhard Schneider, Chief Information Officer of LION bioscience. “The partnership with ACE BioSciences is a perfect example in exploiting LION’s modular und integrated information management functionality for their research. Our collaboration with ACE BioSciences will strengthen our own expertise in the proteomics area.”

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