DNA Software Receives Michigan Life Sciences Corridor Award
to Commercialize Software for Advanced PCR Assay Design
Ann Arbor, Mich. – May 29, 2003 — DNA
Software finalized the terms of its second Michigan Life Sciences
Corridor (MLSC) award from the Michigan Economic Development
Corporation. $364,000 willl be used to commercialize software
for microarray and advanced PCR assay design.
DNA Software will use the award to apply the
company’s existing software platform, the Oligonucleotide Modeling
Platform (OMP), to the field of advanced PCR assay design. The
new software builds on OMP’s precise modeling engine and will
be used by scientists to design microarray experiments.
In 2002, DNA Software received a MLSC Award
in the amount of $932,000 to develop software that designs DNA
Microarrays.
Donald A. Hicks, the COO of DNA Software expresses
his thoughts upon receiving the award. "We are very pleased
that the state recognized all of the tremendous progress we
have made in the research and development phase during our year
one. It's especially gratifying that after an initial investment
the state evaluated that our success and progress was more than
sufficient to warrant a further investment to help us commercialize
these advances."
The thrust of this investment is going to help
DNA Software get the word out and reach a wider audience, now
that a world leading platform in Visual OMP, the only software
platform that integrates simulation and design for nucleic acids
for a varity of formats, has been developed.
"With this grant, we will be able to focus
on commercialization and developing the business and it should
result in increased economic activity and job growth for DNA
Software, one of the small, but world leading, companies located
here in Ann Arbor" states COO of DNA Software Donald A.
Hicks.
CONTACT:
DNA Software, Inc.
204 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Office: +1 (734) 222-9080
Toll-Free: +1 (877) 362-7638
Fax: +1 (734) 222-9087
Email: info@dna-software.com
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