March 7, 2008 — Genedata’s Expressionist platform has expanded GeneChip-compatible status for exon expression with the Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) GeneChip microarray platform.

Genedata Expressionist is a modular enterprise system for biomarker discovery. It represents a single point-of-access for experimental, proprietary and public data, including sample information, raw and preprocessed transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and lab chemistry data, analysis results, reports and documentation.

Expressionist’s Refiner Array module performs high-throughput automated quality assessment and processing of Affymetrix GeneChip exon data.

“The Affymetrix exon arrays provide a more complete and accurate view of a gene’s total transcription activity compared to traditional expression array designs,” Greg Fisher, Affymetrix associate director of product marketing, systems and software, said in a news release. “The data management and analysis capabilities of Genedata’s Expressionist allow researches to make more informed decisions based on the roles alternative splicing and gene expression play in biology.”