Transinsight: Bio-Science Search
August 17, 2008
Earlier this year, I watched several “webinars” (man, I hate that term) about life science search. One company was in Denmark. Another outfit was in Michigan. A third company was the German firm Transinsight. Semantic content processing allows assisted navigation to complement the search box. The idea is that a user will recognize useful information. A key word search puts the burden on the user to find the “right” query to get the system to disgorge the need information.
The company has a demo to showcase its technology. GoPubMed here allows you to locate information without entering and refining queries. The interface offers some useful options; for example, here’s the discovered topics and statistics for 1,000 documents about oncology.
The company’s customers include Elsevier, BASF, Unilever, and the Max-Planck-Institut for Biochemistry, among others. The privately held firm has revenues estimated to be about $3.0 million per year. Venture funding has been provided by High Tech Gruenderfonds.
On August 15, 2008, Transinsight announced a deal with Abcam, a specialist in antibodies and reagents, to develop a search solution for antibody targets. You can read more about Abcam here. In today’s search lingo, the new service will be a “vertical search system.” A news release about the new system is here.
The important points about Transinsight and its announcement include:
- The semantic technology originated in Germany
- The system pushes beyond the point and click interfaces available for less specialized content with the addition of the illustrated statistics function in the screenshot
- The technology is an appropriate use for the six or seven synonyms for gene name. Although complex, the application is not a “boil the ocean solution”.
A happy quack to Transinsight and the Beyond Search reader who provided the link to Transight.
Stephen Arnold, August 17, 2008
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Stephen,
thanks for mentioning us! We appreciate comments and critics.
Regarding you comment “it is not a boil the ocean solution”, I agree for GoPubMed.org (and Go3R.org). But keep in mind that these engines are just our demo showcase for the basic features! Our customers like mostly the ontology generation- and editing platform and corporate intranet search on their own content. The engine is also used in oil and gas, car and job search. I’d say we have a hot technology, may be even more than Powerset has.
Michael R. Alvers, CEO Transinsight
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