OXFORD--MacVector 6.0, the latest version of Oxford Molecular Group's popular Macintosh-platform bioinformatics software, has received a 1997 Most Signifi cant Development Award from the Biotechnology Software and Internet Journal, in recognition of its continued integration of internet databases. Journal editor Kevin Ahern noted, "MacVector is charting out new territory where other packages are afraid to tread. We ap plaud the developers of MacVector 6.0 for their commitment to internet molecular biology computing."
Among the key features of the new version of the software that qualified it for the award are extensions to its intuitive interface that shorten the learning curve for new users; internet access to sequence databases that doesn't require database maintenance or the use of a Unix interface; the fact that it provides researchers with all necessary sequence analysis tools in a single package; and seamless movement of information within the package.