PerkinElmer Informatics Desktop Software

BioAssay Ultra 12.0 Suite

The BioAssay Ultra 12.0 suite includes BioAssay Pro 12.0, BioDraw Pro 12.0, ChemBioFinder Std 12.0, ChemBioViz Pro 12.0, and the ChemDraw and Chem3D ActiveX Pro Plugins & Controls.

BioAssay Ultra 12.0 features now available:

• Excel analysis -- export data into Excel, analyze, and re-import into BioAssay

BioAssay provides flexible storage, retrieval and analysis of biological data. Designed for complex lead optimization experiments, the software supports the quick set-up of biological models.

(W = Windows Only)

Applications Included

• ChemBioViz Pro 12.0 Suite
  The ChemBioViz Pro 12.0 suite includes ChemBioViz Pro 12.0, ChemBioFinder Pro 12.0, BioDraw Pro 12.0 (including the features of ChemDraw Std 12.0), the ChemDraw and Chem3D ActiveX Pro Controls & Plugins.
  
  ChemBioViz Pro 12.0 transforms the numbers in your database into graphics on your screen, allowing users to identify trends and correlations within subsets of data. Retrieve or search for a set of compounds, choose the data you want to see, whether it is biological test results, physical property values calculated automatically or prices in a catalog, and ChemBioViz will generate an interactive window showing a scatterplot, histogram, or other useful data graphic. (W = Windows Only)
  
• BioDraw Pro 12.0
  BioDraw Pro makes drawing and annotating your biological pathways quick and straightforward. Drawing elements include membranes, DNA, enzymes, receptors, reaction arrows, Ribosomes, Helix Proteins, Golgi Bodies, G-Proteins, Immunoglobins, Mitochondrion and more.
• ChemBioViz Pro 12.0
  ChemBioViz Pro is a rich toolkit for visualizing numeric data right in ChemBioFinder. Calculate and display structure activity relationships, clustering relationships, and statistical data, including histograms, scatter, logarithmic plots, dendrograms. Descriptive statistics include minimum, maximum, mean, median, standard deviation and more. Create Compound Profiles and visually compare and rank structures based on values of selected properties and the cost profile associated with each property. Now create plots within ChemBioFinder sub-forms!
• ChemBioFinder Std 12.0
  ChemBioFinder Std is a database management system appropriate for anyone who works with chemical information and chemical structure databases. Browse, create, search, and update databases with structural, numeric, and text data via user-customizable forms, including structural and sub-structural queries, as well as linking to related data in sub-forms. View and edit structures in a variety of modes, automatically create databases and forms for imported data, export and print.
• BioAssay Pro 12.0
  BioAssay Pro supports the quick set-up of biological models, and a flexible data table structure allows users to define the observables and calculations to model any experiment. Defined calculations are performed on any imported data automatically and can be fit to user-defined curves. Validate or invalidate data after import. BioAssay Pro supports both plate based and non-plate based assays, helping scientists integrate chemical and biological data for enhanced research management.
• ChemDraw ActiveX/Plugin Pro 12.0
  This premier ActiveX Control/Plugin allows you to query online databases and view & publish online structures. This installer will automatically install the necessary Plugin or ActiveX controls based on your web browser(s).
  It adds save and print abilities to ChemDraw ActiveX/Plugin Net.
• Chem3D ActiveX Pro 12.0
  This premier ActiveX Control/Plugin allows you to view & publish 3D structures online and in MS PowerPoint presentations. This installer will automatically install the necessary Plugin or ActiveX controls based on your web browser(s). It adds save and print abilities to Chem3D ActiveX/Plugin Net.

Applications Features

(W) - Feature available on Win only

BioDraw Pro 12.0

• Annotations
  Store annotations to include additional reference data for each structure or object in your drawing. Annotation data ranges from manually entered text to attached documents, literature references or links.
• Annotations
  Store annotations for each element in your drawing. Annotation data ranges from manually entered text to attached documents, literature references or links.
• Atom Numbering
  Add sequential numbering indicators to atoms in a structure.
• BioArt
  A ChemDraw palette of customizable common biochemistry symbols including membranes, cellular structures and more.
• Chemical Warnings
  Mouse-over red box to read error description.
• Color Faded Shapes
  Shapes can now be filled with a faded color.
• Drawing Elements
  Draw with common pathway elements such as membranes, DNA, enzymes, receptors, and reaction arrows. tRNA, Ribosomes, Helix Proteins, Golgi Bodies, G-Proteins, Immunoglobins, Mitochondrion and more!
• Expand Generic Structure
  Generate multiple structures from an "abbreviated" generic structure.
• Floating Character Map
  Add special characters from any font instantly to any ChemDraw document.
• Floating Periodic Table
  Element information available at all times with floating periodic table on the desktop.
• Freehand Drawing Tool
  Use the mouse or other pointing device to draw freehand shapes using this intuitive drawing tool.
• High Color Templates
  A set of high color pathway and element templates.
• Integration
  BioDraw works seamlessly with your other desktop programs so you can use your pathways in presentations and publications.
• Mass & Other Fragmentation Tools
  Three fragmentation tools: Mass, Dissociation, & Retrosynthesis.
• Molecule Clean-up
  A completely revised molecule clean up tool rearranges structures in a more consistent way across a wider spectrum of structure types.
• MS Office Integration
  (W) ChemDraw offers full integration via OLE, so you can embed your drawings in any Office document.
• New Arrows Tool
  Control every aspect of arrows drawn, including arc, length, headstyle, dipole, no-go and more.
• Object Specific Settings
  Create drawings with different styles in different parts of the document.
• Pathway Diagrams
  BioDraw includes drawing tools specifically designed for pathway diagrams; you can create beautiful pathway diagrams in a matter of minutes.
• Polymer Draw
  Represent and manipulate polymers in ChemDraw.
• Properties HotLink
  Chemical names, formulas, molecular weights, and other physical properties added to the document are “live”, and will now update automatically as modifications are made to structural diagrams.
• Relative Stereochemistry
  Allows specification of relationships between groups of stereocenters smaller than an entire molecule.
• Rotation & Integration
  Rotate BioDraw objects and combine them with chemical structures.
• Stereochemistry
  Identifies stereocenters using Cahn-Ingold Prelog rules.
• Structure CleanUp
  Improves poor drawings.
• Structure Drawing
  Draw chemical structures.
• Structure Perspective Tool
  Adjust the perspective of ChemDraw molecules with simple horizontal/vertical mouse movements.
• Terminal Carbon Labeling
  Automatic display of atom labels on terminal carbon atoms.
• TLC Plate Tool
  Customizable and crescent-shaped spots available from TLC tool for reproduction of TLC plates for inclusion in ChemDraw Documents.

ChemBioFinder Std 12.0

• ActiveX Control Boxes
  (W) Include third party ActiveX controls on your form.
• Automatic Form Generation
  (W) Automatically build or extend databases by importing structures from collections of structure files, databases, SDFiles, or other sources.
• CAL Programming
  (W) CAL is a simple programming language, accessible to non-programmers allows automation, self-running demos, custom operations; includes debugging features.
• ChemFinder/Office
  (W) Search on your computer or network for chemical structures in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, ChemDraw, ISIS files and more, and browse, search, refine, or export your hit list to any destination.
• Chemical Searching
  (W) Search for (sub)structure, similarity, numeric values, text, chemical formula (including element ranges, element exclusions), date. Support for tautomers and alt groups.
• Hit List and Query Management
  (W) Use a navigation tree to track history of searches between sessions, allow queries to be rerun or reconstituted; merge lists by drag-and-drop in tree. Queries color-coded to relate to ChemBioViz plots.
• List Merge
  (W) Merge hitlists with any logic: intersect, union, subtract, reverse subtract.
• Multiple Data Views
  (W) View records one at a time, in a table view or a multiform view.
• Standardized Handling of Implict Hydrogens
  Conforms to industry standards.
• Subforms
  (W) Link relational data to your main table via subforms.
• Tabbed Forms
  (W) Partition a form into sections using tabbed form pages.

BioAssay Pro 12.0

• Built-in Reporting
  (W) Create reports for data stored in the protocol data tables using the Built-in Report Designer. Reports can be output in a variety of formats for presentations and notebooks. Includes the ability to handle hierarchical datasets, flexible formatting, using conditional text and performing simple calculations.
• Calculations & Graphing
  Calculations are performed automatically whenever new data is entered or imported. Many options including bar, stacked bar, point, and line charts facilitate data analysis.
• Curve Fitting & Validation
  Fit data to any curve equation defined by the user. Remove outliers and tainted results.
• Data Analysis & Visualization
  Data tables are linked allowing you to view associated data in one comprehensive screen. Use BioViz to create custom forms for viewing data. Export data to Microsoft Excel.
• Export to Excel
  Export data into Excel, automatically launch a specified macro or add-in to be run to process the data, and import the manipulated data back into BioAssay.
• External Calculations
  (W) Run external calculations on BioAssay data, and import the results. Users can access their own calculation engines to calculate data in BioAssay.
• Flexible Assay Management / BioAssay
  Even for the most basic protein assays, the independent and dependent variables used by the biologist to quantify efficacy can vary substantially from assay to assay. The underlying requirement that follows from this variability is for a flexible data man
• Plate Template Manager
  (W) Add plates to the Plates table of a protocol. Select from existing plate formats or design new plate formats. Plates inherit well format and concentration related information from the selected template. Includes a graphical representation of an M x N plate where data in the wells can be viewed and modified using Excel-like functions. Simultaneously view/edit multiple data for each well, such as, concentration, compound ID or well format.
• SQL Server Express 2005
  (W) BioAssay works with SQL Server Express 2005, which has self-tuning capabilities that respond to changing usage characteristics. The allowed database size limit is twice the previous limit for MSDE (SQL Server 2000).

ChemDraw ActiveX/Plugin Pro 12.0

• ActiveX Edit in ChemDraw
  Edit your document using your installed version of ChemDraw, rather than your ActiveX, providing greater screen real estate for editing, and also access to the full range of ChemDraw capabilities.
• Annotations
  Store annotations to include additional reference data for each structure or object in your drawing. Annotation data ranges from manually entered text to attached documents, literature references or links.
• Annotations
  Store annotations for each element in your drawing. Annotation data ranges from manually entered text to attached documents, literature references or links.
• Atom Numbering
  Add sequential numbering indicators to atoms in a structure.
• Chemical File Format
  Reading & writing of chemical file formats including spectra & reactions.
• Chemical Warnings
  Mouse-over red box to read error description.
• Color Faded Shapes
  Shapes can now be filled with a faded color.
• Custom Templates & Nicknames
  Ability to create & edit templates & nicknames.
• Expand Generic Structure
  Generate multiple structures from an "abbreviated" generic structure.
• Floating Character Map
  Add special characters from any font instantly to any ChemDraw document.
• Floating Periodic Table
  Element information available at all times with floating periodic table on the desktop.
• Freehand Drawing Tool
  Use the mouse or other pointing device to draw freehand shapes using this intuitive drawing tool.
• Graphic Display & Image
  Adds greater detail to on-screen drawings and saved image files.
• Graphical File Formats
  Import graphics stored in GIF, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, and BMP formats.
• I/Draw Mode
  New compatibility mode allows ChemDraw to look and feel like your legacy drawing package.
• ISIS-style Data SGroups
  Data can be attached to objects.
• LabArt
  Publication-quality EPS glassware art for use within your ChemDraw documents.
• Mass & Other Fragmentation Tools
  Three fragmentation tools: Mass, Dissociation, & Retrosynthesis.
• MDL Molfile
  Read and write files in the Molfile format.
• MS Office Integration
  (W) ChemDraw offers full integration via OLE, so you can embed your drawings in any Office document.
• Multi-Page Docs
  Create multiple page documents and posters within a single ChemDraw file.
• New Arrows Tool
  Control every aspect of arrows drawn, including arc, length, headstyle, dipole, no-go and more.
• Object Specific Settings
  Create drawings with different styles in different parts of the document.
• Online Menu
  (W) Draw a structure or model and immediately get online vendor information ChemACX.Com with the click of a button.
• Polymer Draw
  Represent and manipulate polymers in ChemDraw.
• Properties HotLink
  Chemical names, formulas, molecular weights, and other physical properties added to the document are “live”, and will now update automatically as modifications are made to structural diagrams.
• Relative Stereochemistry
  Allows specification of relationships between groups of stereocenters smaller than an entire molecule.
• SD File Format Support
  Import and export SD files directly from ChemDraw.
• Stereochemistry
  Identifies stereocenters using Cahn-Ingold Prelog rules.
• Structure CleanUp
  Improves poor drawings.
• Structure Drawing
  Draw chemical structures.
• Structure Perspective Tool
  Adjust the perspective of ChemDraw molecules with simple horizontal/vertical mouse movements.
• Terminal Carbon Labeling
  Automatic display of atom labels on terminal carbon atoms.
• TLC Plate Tool
  Customizable and crescent-shaped spots available from TLC tool for reproduction of TLC plates for inclusion in ChemDraw Documents.
• tPSA
  Topological Polar Surface Area (tPSA) provides a fast approximation of the molecular polar surface area, a useful parameter for prediction of drug transport properties, which has been show to correlate with human intestinal absorption and blood-brain barrier penetration.

Chem3D ActiveX Pro 12.0

• Enhanced Graphics
  (W) Chem3D uses openGL to provide high quality graphics display.
• Group Labels
  (W) Display group labels in the Chem3D model view.
• Hydrogen Bonds
  (W) Automatically display hydrogen bonds in the 3D view!
• Kekule / Delocalized Display Mode
  (W) Toggle between dashed line and alternating single-double bond representation of delocalized and aromatic bonds.
• PowerPoint
  (W) Embed Chem3D models in PowerPoint files. Rotate and zoom Chem3D models while giving a presentation.

System Requirements

• Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32-bit only); Excel add-ins require MS Excel 2000, 2003, or XP

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