3. Ludesi corporation
Ludesi is a global provider of bioinformatics
solutions to the life science industry and the first
company to offer 2D Gel Image Analysis as a
service, reducing turnaround time and labor costs.
The company is also first in the industry to offer 2D
gel image analysis on a pay-per-sample basis,
utilizing a web based, credit card payment system,
together with a new and extremely user-friendly
image and data management software.
Ludesi's service and technology produces the
highest quality results for increasing the number of
true positives and reducing the number of false
positives in 2D gel image analysis.
4. Introduction
Ludesi Basic is a light-weight version of Ludesi's
2D gel image analysis service that still significantly
outperforms other 2D gel software in terms of data
quality. Furthermore it is easy to learn, easy to use,
and offers a fast turnaround time.
Ludesi is the pioneer field of the 2D gel image
analysis through its introduction of a specialized
image analysis center.
5. Basic purpose
Ludesi Basic is specifically designed to meet
the needs and requirements of research
groups that need a high discovery potential
compared to conventional 2D gel software,
but who have budget restrictions that limit
their use of the top-of-the-line Ludesi Pro
offering.
Ludesi Basic is also excellent for certain
proteomics experiments where the extensive
data quality control of Ludesi Pro might not
be fully needed.
6. "Many researchers, institutions, and
corporations are under severe budget
pressure.
Resources are scarce and research funding is
hard to get," said Ola Forsstrom-Olsson,
founder and CEO of Ludesi.
"We created Ludesi Basic so that these groups
could still do their important proteomics
research by using Ludesi's technologies and
service."
7. Main goal
The proteomics industry world-wide is
currently at a stage where it is absolutely
imperative that researchers be able to get
reliable data quality from their experiments.
One aspect of this is to establish relevant and
functional metrics for data quality that can be
used throughout the field.
Ludesi is in the process of introducing these
metrics. Another important factor to the
industry is to make the best analysis
technologies affordable to a greater number
of researchers. This is the goal for Ludesi
Basic.
8. Image analysis
Ludesi's 2D gel image analysis technology has
been shown to significantly reduce error rate and
increase the number of true findings compared to
all other 2D gel image analysis software on the
market.
On average Ludesi's image analysis has been
shown to give a 4-fold increase in number of true
findings, and a 40% decrease in error rate.
9. Key features
- Leverages Ludesi's powerful, award-winning 2D
Gel Image Analysis Service and Technology.
-- Uses the free, downloadable Ludesi REDFIN
Image and Data Management software for sending
and receiving experiments to and from the Ludesi
Analysis Center.
-- Experiments can easily be shared or un-shared
by clicking on a button using the sharing feature.
-- Automatic backup and data storage included.
10. Conclusion
"Our in-house research has shown that in
many analyses done using conventional 2D gel
image analysis software a great deal of
important scientific information is never found.
It is extremely important that scientists have
access to the best tools for their research. By
making Ludesi's software technologies
available to a broader market, we hope to
facilitate just that," concludes Ola Forsstrom-
Olsson.
