DNAstar
DNASTAR is a leader in software for life scientists, providing intuitive bioinformatics tools trusted worldwide for accuracy, versatility, and ease of use. Their applications support a wide range of workflows including molecular cloning, sequence analysis, genome assembly, transcriptome analysis, and protein structure prediction. They also offer services such as protein and genomic analysis, and host a variety of resources, webinars, and training to support scientific discovery. The company actively updates its software with new features, including advanced algorithms for genome and transcriptome assembly, variant analysis, and protein structure prediction using AlphaFold 2 and NovaFold AI. DNASTAR's tools are widely adopted in academia, industry, and government, with a strong emphasis on user-friendly interfaces, automation, and integration with cloud computing resources. They have a history of innovation spanning over four decades, with recent releases including Lasergene 17.6 and 17.4, featuring improvements in sequence alignment, variant analysis, and support for long-read sequencing technologies.
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Nr. of Employees
medium (51-250)
DNAstar
Patents
Systems and methods for de novo assembly of nucleotide sequence reads using a modified string graph
US-11557374-B1
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Systems and methods for de novo assembly of nucleotide sequence reads using a modified string graph
US-11557374-B1
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Integrated sequence analysis software suite
Desktop and cloud-capable software suite for sequence assembly, alignment, variant analysis, transcriptomics and molecular biology workflows, including interactive visualization and export features.
Protein structure prediction and modeling applications
Applications for protein structure prediction (including deep-learning multimer prediction), antibody modeling, docking and structural analysis with per-model confidence metrics and visualization tools.
Genomic visualization and multi-sample viewer tools
Visualization applications for exploring assemblies, aligned reads, variants, phasing and annotation across multiple samples with exportable figures and configurable tracks.
Integrated sequence analysis software suite
Desktop and cloud-capable software suite for sequence assembly, alignment, variant analysis, transcriptomics and molecular biology workflows, including interactive visualization and export features.
Protein structure prediction and modeling applications
Applications for protein structure prediction (including deep-learning multimer prediction), antibody modeling, docking and structural analysis with per-model confidence metrics and visualization tools.
Genomic visualization and multi-sample viewer tools
Visualization applications for exploring assemblies, aligned reads, variants, phasing and annotation across multiple samples with exportable figures and configurable tracks.
Services
Turnkey remote services for assembling, annotating and analyzing sequencing data, including variant calling, metagenomic profiling and delivery of analysis reports.
Remote computational services for protein structure prediction, antibody model generation, docking and custom pipeline integration for structural biology projects.
Turnkey remote services for assembling, annotating and analyzing sequencing data, including variant calling, metagenomic profiling and delivery of analysis reports.
Remote computational services for protein structure prediction, antibody model generation, docking and custom pipeline integration for structural biology projects.
Expertise Areas
- Sequence assembly and alignment for short- and long-read data
- Variant calling, annotation and multi-sample variant analysis
- Transcriptomics, RNA‑Seq and small RNA quantitation
- De novo assembly and hybrid polishing workflows
Key Technologies
- Next-generation sequencing (short-read)
- Long-read sequencing (high-fidelity and nanopore-style reads)
- Sanger sequencing data processing
- Haplotype phasing algorithms
News & Updates
Webinar on February 14, 2020, showcasing new features in Lasergene 17 including sequence assembly and downstream analysis.
Webinar on April 12, 2024, demonstrating the gene homology pathway in MegAlign Pro for analyzing entire genomes.
Webinar on May 6, 2024, introducing NovaFold AI-Multimer for predicting multimeric protein structures using AlphaFold-Multimer.
Details of the latest updates in Lasergene 18, including new workflows for long-read viral genome assemblies and improvements in sequence alignment and variant analysis.
Celebrating four decades of groundbreaking software development in bioinformatics by DNASTAR.
Webinar on February 14, 2020, showcasing new features in Lasergene 17 including sequence assembly and downstream analysis.
Webinar on April 12, 2024, demonstrating the gene homology pathway in MegAlign Pro for analyzing entire genomes.
Webinar on May 6, 2024, introducing NovaFold AI-Multimer for predicting multimeric protein structures using AlphaFold-Multimer.
Details of the latest updates in Lasergene 18, including new workflows for long-read viral genome assemblies and improvements in sequence alignment and variant analysis.
Celebrating four decades of groundbreaking software development in bioinformatics by DNASTAR.