ST. LOUIS, April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich , a leading $1.7 billion Life Science company, announces the launch of PathFinder, an innovative online resource that offers a free and comprehensive collection of interactive biological pathways.
PathFinder presents biological signaling and metabolic pathways in an interactive, graphical representation of the cell that researchers can use to explore the relationships between different pathway components. The online tool provides links to appropriate, high-quality products from Sigma-Aldrich's first-in-class range, including small molecules, antibodies, enzymes, QPCR components and siRNAis for gene knockdown. Additional support is provided through links to detailed product descriptions and technical articles. PathFinder, developed in conjunction with bioinformatics specialist Protein Lounge, will be launched initially with some 20 pathways. Once completed later this year, the application will contain over 100 signal transduction pathways.
"As we move from genome to proteome to fully integrative biological approaches, the importance of exploring and exploiting the interrelationships of cell signaling and metabolic pathways in both basic and drug discovery research is increasing," said Keith Watling, Director of Strategic Marketing, Cell Signaling at Sigma-Aldrich. "Our online PathFinder resource provides a tool to help integrate products across complex signaling and metabolic pathways. It will help users visualize the components involved, along with the links between pathways, and will build a valuable tool to accelerate the pace of discovery. It will provide scientists with a quick overview of pathways they are working on, and will enable them to find products for their target molecules efficiently and with relevant additional information."
To learn more about PathFinder, please visit Sigma-Aldrich at the Experimental Biology Conference in San Francisco April 1-5, 2006, at booth #522 or online at http://sigma-aldrich.com/pathfinder .
For a high-resolution image of the PathFinder interface, please contact Diane Gaige of Sigma-Aldrich by telephone at 314-301-2066 or by email at dgaige@sial.com.
About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company. Our biochemical and organic chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical and other high technology manufacturing. We have customers in life science companies, university and government institutions, hospitals, and in industry. Over one million scientists and technologists use our products. Sigma-Aldrich operates in 35 countries and has over 6,800 employees providing excellent service worldwide. We are committed to accelerating Customer success through leadership in Life Science, High Technology and Service. For more information about Sigma-Aldrich, please visit our award-winning Web site at http://www.sigma-aldrich.com .
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