Company accelerates regional leadership position in next-generation sequencing analytics

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12 — Appistry, Inc., the world's best company at solving complex, data-intensive problems, today announced the opening of its new corporate headquarters in The Art of Living Building — located in downtown St. Louis. The relocation signifies the growth and momentum achieved by Appistry in 2011 as the company focused new efforts on solving Big Data challenges in the life sciences by developing High-Performance Pipeline Automation solutions to accelerate Next Generation Sequencing. The company's momentum has also elevated St. Louis' profile as a regional hub for the public and private sector advancement of high performance and cloud computing capabilities for genomics and other data-intensive industries.

"It is great to see that Appistry is applying their extensive expertise in manipulating large data systems to work with the massive databases generated by sequencing whole genome," said Marcia Mellitz, vice president, Program Development, BioSTL. "St. Louis is an ideal location for the company given the presence of so many organizations advancing genetics research such as The Genome Institute at Washington University, University of Missouri, Monsanto and the Danforth Center."

Appistry continues to bolster its industry leading capabilities through the development of new pipelines for genomic research, including advanced RNA-Seq solutions for the rapid analysis of sequencing data. In the fall of 2011, Appistry officially launched a dedicated life sciences group to develop and commercialize technologies to transform unstructured next generation sequencing data into medically actionable intelligence. Appistry was frequently cited as a leading provider of genomic data analysis solutions in 2011 and continues to anticipate substantial growth in this market in 2012.

Appistry's new office is located in a 52,000-square-foot contemporary building well-suited for Appistry's recent expansion and future growth plans. In 2011 the company nearly doubled in size — reaching 50 employees. Appistry plans to continue aggressively identifying and hiring the world's most talented and experienced engineering and computer science professionals, such as Harlee Sorkin, the former Director of the Bio Entrepreneur Development Program at the Center for Emerging Technologies in St. Louis, who was recently hired to spearhead the company's business development efforts.

"2011 was a crucial year for Appistry as we successfully positioned ourselves to achieve significant growth in the life sciences market through product development and employee acquisition," said Kevin Haar, CEO of Appistry. "It is quite clear to us that the life sciences market continues to invest significantly in the genomics, translational and personalized medicine spaces. In 2012 and beyond, we are committed to harnessing this industry's growth by developing the most cost-effective, accurate and highest quality solutions for genomic analysis to accelerate a more personalized approach to medicine.

About Appistry

Appistry is the world's best company at solving the world's most challenging, data intensive problems. For researchers in life sciences, Appistry's Omics pipeline service generates the most cost-effective and highest quality results for the analysis of next generation sequencing data. For a wide-range of industries, Appistry solutions enable our customers and partners to transform complex analytics pipelines into actionable intelligence. Appistry's platform supports data-intensive applications for some of the world's leading life sciences research institutions including Stanford University School of Medicine, The University of California-Davis, CHOP – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The Jackson Laboratory, The University of Colorado-Boulder and Emory Winship Cancer Institute. Appistry's extended customer list includes FedEx, State Street, Tygart, Next Century and Northrop Grumman. Founded in 2001 and privately-held, Appistry is headquartered in St Louis. For more information, visit www.appistry.com and follow us on Twitter (@appistry).

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Source: Appistry