Biomax Informatics AG
Encyclopedia
Biomax Informatics is a Munich
-based software company specializing in research software for bioinformatics
. Biomax was founded in 1997 and has its roots in the Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences
(MIPS). The company's customer base consists of companies and research organizations in the areas of drug discovery
, diagnostics, fine chemicals
, food and plant production. In addition to exclusive software tools, Biomax Informatics provides services and curated
knowledge base
s.
In September 2007, Biomax Informatics acquired the Viscovery software business of the Austrian data mining
specialist Eudaptics Software.
Biomax Informatics and Sophic Systems Alliance Inc. (USA) participate in the Cancer Gene Data Curation Project with the National Cancer Institute
(USA). This project maintains a public data set
of cancer-related genes
and drugs
. This data set has been integrated with the NCI's caBIO (cancer Bioinformatics Infrastructure Objects) domain model
which is part of the CaBIG
Integrative Cancer Research (ICR) workspace. This Cancer Gene Index can be obtained separately from an NCI web site.
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
-based software company specializing in research software for bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...
. Biomax was founded in 1997 and has its roots in the Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences
Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences
The Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences is a research center hosted at the Institute for Bioinformatics at Neuherberg, Germany with a focus on genome oriented bioinformatics, in particular on the systematic analysis of genome information including the development and application of...
(MIPS). The company's customer base consists of companies and research organizations in the areas of drug discovery
Drug discovery
In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which drugs are discovered or designed.In the past most drugs have been discovered either by identifying the active ingredient from traditional remedies or by serendipitous discovery...
, diagnostics, fine chemicals
Fine chemicals
Fine chemicals are pure, single chemical substances that are commercially produced with chemical reactions for highly specialized applications. Fine chemicals produced can be categorized into active pharmaceutical ingredients and their intermediates, biocides, and specialty chemicals for technical...
, food and plant production. In addition to exclusive software tools, Biomax Informatics provides services and curated
Digital curation
Digital curation is the selection, preservation, maintenance, collection and archiving of digital assets.Digital curation is generally referred to the process of establishing and developing long term repositories of digital assets for current and future reference by researchers, scientists,...
knowledge base
Knowledge base
A knowledge base is a special kind of database for knowledge management. A Knowledge Base provides a means for information to be collected, organised, shared, searched and utilised.-Types:...
s.
In September 2007, Biomax Informatics acquired the Viscovery software business of the Austrian data mining
Data mining
Data mining , a relatively young and interdisciplinary field of computer science is the process of discovering new patterns from large data sets involving methods at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics and database systems...
specialist Eudaptics Software.
Biomax Informatics and Sophic Systems Alliance Inc. (USA) participate in the Cancer Gene Data Curation Project with the National Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health , which is one of 11 agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S...
(USA). This project maintains a public data set
Data set
A data set is a collection of data, usually presented in tabular form. Each column represents a particular variable. Each row corresponds to a given member of the data set in question. Its values for each of the variables, such as height and weight of an object or values of random numbers. Each...
of cancer-related genes
Gênes
Gênes is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Italy, named after the city of Genoa. It was formed in 1805, when Napoleon Bonaparte occupied the Republic of Genoa. Its capital was Genoa, and it was divided in the arrondissements of Genoa, Bobbio, Novi Ligure, Tortona and...
and drugs
DRUGS
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. This data set has been integrated with the NCI's caBIO (cancer Bioinformatics Infrastructure Objects) domain model
Domain model
A domain model in problem solving and software engineering can be thought of as a conceptual model of a domain of interest which describes the various entities, their attributes, roles and relationships, plus the constraints that govern the integrity of the model elements comprising that problem...
which is part of the CaBIG
CaBIG
The cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid is an open source, open access information network with the mission of enabling secure data exchange throughout the cancer community...
Integrative Cancer Research (ICR) workspace. This Cancer Gene Index can be obtained separately from an NCI web site.
Products
- BioXM Knowledge Management Environment
- BioRS Integration and Retrieval System
- Pedant-Pro Sequence Analysis Suite