The partnership is part of "biosaxony," a Saxon biotech initiative endorsed by the state government of
MPI-CBG was the first institute to publish a genome-scale analysis using RNAi in C. elegans, and will now provide the assays, location and laboratory facilities for the study. The Institute will use Evotec's confocal optics-based fluorescent imaging platform Opera to collect data and Definiens' object-oriented image analysis platform called Cognition Network Technology to analyze the data.
The group hopes to commercialize the methods they develop for industry use.