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Biomatters announce Geneious Server™ Private Beta
Posted 03 Mar 2010 15:42
Geneious Server™ is a completely new software package designed specifically for high intensity computational needs. It will be sold separately from Geneious Pro™ and is designed to run on a 64-bit Linux computer. Geneious Pro users with access to Geneious Server will be able to...
A Letter from the CEO, Candace Toner
Posted 20 Jan 2010 14:26
Dear Geneious Customers,
I would like you to be the first to know about four big events coming up in Geneious’ evolution. In the next few months, we will be releasing our new license server, launching Geneious Server and Geneious 5.0, and for the first...
Biomatters to donate 5% of the value of purchased licenses in December to help rebuild in Samoa
Posted 15 Dec 2009 15:53
At 6:48:11 local time in Samoa on September 29, 2009, a sub-marine earthquake occurred that devastated parts of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. Biomatters is linked with the people of Samoa through our close geographic location in the South Pacific and particularly through the Chairman...
Geneious Pro 4.8 released - over 15 new features
Posted 01 Dec 2009 09:31
Geneious Pro 4.8 is the second release in a three phase release strategy for Next-Gen sequencing support and now imports SOLiD and Solexa sequences as well as 454 sequences. The new, fast de novo assembler is capable of assembling a 5 mb bacterial genome for...
Biomatters team exhibit in Hannover at Biotechnica
Posted 11 Oct 2009 10:46
Biotechnica, part of a three-day, five-conference expo was held in Hannover, Germany 6-8th October showcasing Europe’s largest gathering of biotech and technology innovators. Biomatters was present, with Candace Toner, CEO, Peter Meintjes, Market Development Manager and Karin Newport, Software Development Manager. The team engaged with...
Biomatters and GenomeQuest announce partnership
Posted 30 Aug 2009 16:00
New Zealand-based scientific software company Biomatters Ltd, creators of Geneious Pro, and GenomeQuest, the leader in sequence data management (SDM), announce an alliance to offer researchers a landmark “top-down” discovery methodology for next generation sequencing (NGS) projects.
Specifically, the companies will integrate Biomatters’ desktop analysis...
Biomatters wins the 2009 Westpac Emerging Exporter of the Year at the Air New Zealand Exporter Awards!
Posted 11 Aug 2009 09:52
Geneious was honoured at a gala event on Friday, 7 August at the Hyatt Regency in Auckland as the winners of the Exporter of the Year for New Zealand. The annual awards are run by Export New Zealand and have been showcasing leading and ‘emerging’...
Geneious team goes to Japan
Posted 26 Jun 2009 10:06
July 1st-3rd 2009 marks the largest Biotech Conference event in Asia. The 8th International Bio Forum & Bio Expo Japan is where life science professionals will gather to showcase their technology. There are opportunities aplenty with an expected 700 exhibitors and 23,000 attendees at this year’s...
Research Note: Mining Global Ocean Sampling (GOS) Expedition metagenome data
Posted 30 Apr 2009 03:50
The explosion of metagenomic projects has opened the door for delineating the vast number of protein sequences obtained from a large diverse population of organisms. The wealth of sequence data is now available for any scientist who wants to identify homologous proteins sequences related to...
American Museum of Natural History Licenses Geneious Sequence Analysis Software From Biomatters, Ltd.
Posted 01 Apr 2009 02:56
Biomatters, Ltd., a global provider of bioinformatics software for the management, visualization and interpretation of sequence data for laboratory scientists, announced today that the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City has chosen Geneious software to support research at the Sackler Institute...
Geneious Pro 4.6 Beta Release - Here Now
Posted 09 Mar 2009 22:42
We are pleased to announce that the Beta version of Geneious 4.6 is now available for testing! Download it from the beta section of our download page – www.geneious.com/download. A video demo for the new features is coming soon!
New features in Geneious Pro 4.6...
New Teaching Tutorials for Geneious Pro 4.5!
Posted 08 Feb 2009 23:35
With the release of Geneious 4.5, Dr Shane Sturrock has recently written two tutorials to introduce the powerful new capabilities of the revamped Sequence Search Interface, and the 3D Structure Viewer. The sequence searching capabilities now include the ability to easily perform batch searches and...
We wish you a Geneious Christmas
Posted 23 Dec 2008 03:08
We hope you all had an enjoyable and productive year! We've certainly have been busy here at Biomatters.
Geneious version 4.5 was delivered this week, just in time to put in your Christmas Stockings. You'll need an extra-big stocking though, because we've packed Geneious with...
Geneious Pro 4.5 beta now available!
Posted 27 Nov 2008 21:55
Geneious Pro 4.5 has arrived and it's one of our most exciting releases yet! We have just made the beta version available for all you keen Geneious enthusiasts to let you have a sneak preview of what's coming. Be sure to check it out and...
‘Batch Rename’ plugin released - the must-have for renaming
Posted 22 Oct 2008 20:22
This week Biomatters released the ‘Batch Rename’ plugin for Geneious, the must-have for renaming sequences! The ‘Batch Rename’ plugin is perfect for exporting to a basic format like FASTA and saves you the hassle of working with accession codes in later analyses.
**How does it...
Cutting edge recombination detection - DualBrothers plugin released
Posted 20 Oct 2008 08:30
In partnership with Dr Marc Suchard of UCLA, Biomatters has released a plugin for DualBrothers – a freely available program for detecting recombination in multiple alignments. DualBrothers employs the most accurate method available to researchers today: the dual Multiple Change-Point (MCP) model.
Our plugin makes...
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...
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...
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...
Citing Geneious in your Published Work
Posted 13 Apr 2007 14:24
We have had quite a few queries recently from users wishing to cite Geneious in their publications. Here are a few options to make it easy:
For Geneious 2.5 and above:
Drummond AJ, Kearse M, Heled J, Moir R, Thierer T, Ashton B, Wilson A,...
Geneious “Summer of Science World Tour 2007”
Posted 26 Mar 2007 14:18
We have booked our flights, packed our bags and are heading to a location near you! Over the next few months, we will be crossing the globe to attend conferences, visit with our customers, and meet the users who love Geneious.
We would love to...
Geneious selected as front-end for BeSTGRID and KAREN networks to serve all New Zealand researchers!
Posted 19 Mar 2007 14:16
The BeSTGRID Project (Broadband enabled Science and Technology GRID) and KAREN network (Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network) will serve thousands of researchers and educators, initially at 18 member New Zealand Crown Research Institutes, universities and the National Library, and eventually at thousands of libraries,...
Bayesian phylogenetics without tears!
Posted 09 Feb 2007 11:14
I am pleased to announce the availability of a free MrBayes plugin for the Geneious molecular sequence platform. Running on top of Geneious (version 2.5.4 or greater), this plug-in provides An easy-to-use graphical interface for performing Bayesian phylogenetic reconstruction using MrBayes.
One can seamlessly integrate...
Top US Bioinformatician visits Biomatters
Posted 15 Jan 2007 11:02
Internationally esteemed bioinformatician Dr. Marc Suchard, from the University of California Los Angeles' David Geffen School of Medicine, recently visited Biomatters during November and December 2006. This visit was part of Biomatters' ongoing commitment to foster collaboration with top research scientists, and assist us to...
PHYML and Shannon Entropy plugins win Geneious Plugin competition
Posted 24 Oct 2006 10:06
Thanks to everyone who sent in plugins to Biomatters. With over 300 developers who have registered as Biomatters' plugin developers, Geneious is now developing even more rapidly than ever with the world adopting Geneious both as the desktop bioinformatics platform of choice, and now their...
The BIG NEWS: Geneious Pro 2.5 is coming in November
Posted 11 Oct 2006 14:30
Unique to Geneious Pro:
- Artificially Intelligent searching
- Load, view and edit full chromosomes or up to 10,000 HIV genomes
- Primer design & basic contig assembly
- Publication-quality image export
- Full collaboration with Google Chat integration
- Interoperability with other tools like DNAStar,...
This month, 10% of sales to help fight Malaria
Posted 03 Oct 2006 10:58
Last month, Geneious users were given the opportunity to vote for 5 disease research organizations that Biomatters would donate 10% of Geneious sales revenue to in October. The response was huge, and the vote was won by Malaria Foundation International (www.malaria.org) with 41.1% of the...
Win Return Trip to NZ for top plugin - deadline extended
Posted 11 Aug 2006 11:35
Over the next month, get cranking on coding! Biomatters is giving away free stuff.
2nd prize: All plugins that we think are cool we will put on
our website. Very cool plugins will result in the plugin writer
getting a free copy of Geneious Pro,...
A cool new model for bioinformatics development – first plugins to Geneious announced
Posted 11 Aug 2006 11:40
Imagine the best bioinformatics applications in the world running on a single platform, with all your data stored, organized and integrated, and a single highly visual interface for accessing all plugins that is as easy to operate as email.
With the integration of the world’s...
Geneious pro 2.0 has arrived
Posted 02 Aug 2006 15:30
Geneious pro, available from www.geneious.com features collaboration, sequence alignment editing, ClustalW and more. The original Geneious has also been enhanced and is free for academic use, forever. With our new API you can now plugin new modules to both Geneious versions yourself.
Improvements to Geneious...
Geneious Hits No1 on Apple website
Posted 26 Apr 2006 17:22
Geneious 1.0 hit the No 1 spot as the most downloaded software on Apple’s Math & Science website, just two days after its launch.
“The high download rate matches the already very positive endorsement we have had on the beta version of Geneious from scientists all...