First public release of ABE, a bioassay analysis program

Gordon Webster — Thu, 09 Jan 2003 17:52:01 -0000

ABE Version 1.0 (stable), released today on sourceforge.net, is the first public release of ABE, a bioassay analysis program for cell biologists and molecular biologists working in biotechnology companies or academic laboratories.

ABE visualizes and analyzes the data from biossay experiments such as cell proliferation assays, and allows the user to model the experimental data using either polynomials, or a more specific sigmoidal dose-response model.

ABE reads the experimental data in XML format, constructs mathematical models of the data and allows the user to graphically compare the observed and modeled data. A complete record of the analysis is kept in a comprehensive activity log and any generated graphs can be saved in PostScript (TM) format, allowing the user to include detailed and accurate records of the analysis as part of his/her laboratory notes.

Since many excellent data-graphing packages already exist, the graph options in ABE were deliberately kept to a minimum to keep the code simple and to focus on the mathematical part of the analysis.ABE does however allow the user to export a data table containing a summary of the analysis into programs such as Microsoft Excel (TM) for further analysis, visualization and archiving.

The ABE homepage can be found at http://abe-module.sourceforge.net

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