The latest version offers several new features, including platform support for Solaris 10 (32 bit and 64 bit) and installer support for RPM (Red Hat Package Manager), Linux and Sun Solaris 10. Corrected reported default settings and handling discrepancies for adjusting defaults to better match BLAST parameters are also included.

Features suited for Comparative Genomics, Genome Assemblies, Orthogonal Gene Mapping, Phylogenetics and  SNP Analysis including the ability to search all possible interactions and reciprocal pair-wise matches and whole genomes should also prove to be of use.

Additionally, SLIM Search employs the alignment mode of Blast to calculate trusted statistics, gap penalties, alignments and provide options to improve the methods.

Taking all these features into account along with the additional ability to deliver daily updates of an orthogonal-comparison, comparative-genomics database of every known gene on a single PC and sensitivities comparable with BLAST, the latest version of SLIM Search looks ready for much wider application in the genomics industry.

Cartesian also point out that additional gains are made through decreased hardware requirements and associated savings in maintenance costs and power usage. A factor of increasing importance in an evermore environmentally conscious society.  

System Requirements:
SLIM Search can be run on any computer, but it is highly RAM dependent. The producers of the product test SLIM Search on Pentium laptops with 512 MB of RAM and suggest that most databases like Eukaryotic genomes, Unigenes, and Swissprot can be run with less than 4 GB of RAM.

To estimate the RAM requirements for the size of any given subject database SLIM Search offers the following formula as a guide: R=24D/k (where R=RAM, D=Database size in nucleotides or amino acids, and k=word size).

SLIM Search runs on 32 bit machines and single processors but has improved performance on 64 bit machines and with dual CPUs.

Additionally, SLIM Search 1.3 can run on any platform capable of running JAVA version 1.5

Pricing and Availability:
SLIM Search 1.3 is available immediately, directly from the SLIM Search website.
Prices start from US$199.00 for a single core academic license, with discounts available for multiple licenses. Trial software is also available for download from the SLIM Search website.

>> www.slimsearch.com