Xi: cross linking analysis software

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Salman Tahir

Xi:cross linking analysis software

University of Edinburgh

The market opportunity that we have identified is that there is no commercially available software to study cross-linking interactions in proteins. In order to perform crucial data analysis on cross-linking experiments, molecular and structural biologists need to collaborate with academics with specialist knowledge. This places a considerable barrier to progress research in both academia and industry.  Key technical advances of our software are:  1. Speed: A typical analysis of 1000 proteins can be searched in 5.5 minutes versus 1 week of computation when considering alternative approaches.  2. Innovative visualization components to interrogate the large volume of results.