PerkinElmer’s Columbus data-management system and IDBS’ ActivityBase XE software will be combined.
PerkinElmer entered a collaboration with IDBS that will focus on improving data analysis and interpretation of high-content screening (HCS). The companies will integrate PerkinElmer’s Columbus™ image data-management system with IDBS’ ActivityBase XE screening data-management software.
A unified interface is planned that will allow access to Columbus’ image data-storage capabilities and ActivityBase XE’s screening data-analysis and interpretation features. “The future of high-content screening lies in an increased synergy between technologies that integrate vast image content with large compound sets, to generate actionable research data,” says Richard M. Eglen, Ph.D., president, Bio-discovery, PerkinElmer.
“We feel this collaboration with IDBS is a timely and highly promising advance in giving researchers access to greater insights into the cell-based mechanisms of disease as well as development of novel therapies based on greater understanding of the origins of diseases.”
PerkinElmer’s Columbus software is a solution for high-volume image storage and management. Designed as a partner product for the Opera™ system, PerkinElmer’s confocal microplate imaging reader, the software has the added benefit of full compatibility with a wide range of image file formats. The Columbus software can be used to archive and manage images from confocal and standard research microscopes and acts as a central repository for all image data.
IDBS’ ActivityBase XE delivers ultrahigh-performance data analysis, data visualization/interpretation, and storage in one working environment. The new features in ActivityBase XE enable users to analyze rich, multivariant data, perform curve fitting and complex statistics within each well of a MTS, HTS, or uHTS experiment. The software enables domain-aware interpretation through intuitive visualization, featuring a wide selection of data views not available in generic spreadsheet packages or nonspecialist solutions.
