PiMS now has a commercial partner, Emerald Bio. They will distribute PiMS
Pro(TM) for commercial use. STFC will use the royalties from this agreement to
continue supporting PiMS for use both in industry and in universities, and
proposals by academics for support for new methods will keep PiMS current for
industrial use. PiMS will continue to be available free for academic use, to
support data management in academic protein production and structural biology
laboratories.
The interests of academic users of PiMS will be represented by a board
consisting of:
Peter Nollert (Emerald Bio, co-chair), Chris Morris (STFC, co-chair), Ray
Owens (OPPF-UK), Mark Mixon (Emerald Bio)
I would like to thank CCP4 for its generous support of PiMS over the years.
This has enabled us to reach this point, which makes PiMS truly sustainable for
the first time.
There are more details in this press release:
http://pims.structuralbiology.eu/docs/PiMS%20Press%20Release%20Final.pdf
regards,
Chris
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Chris Morris
chris.mor...@stfc.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1925 603689 Fax: +44 (0)1925 603634
Mobile: 07921-717915
Skype: chrishgmorris
http://pims.structuralbiology.eu/
http://www.citeulike.org/blog/chrishmorris
STFC, Daresbury Laboratory, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Keckwick Lane,
Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AD UK
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