RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–ArtusLabs, Inc. (www.artuslabs.com), the leader in scientifically-aware data management systems, today announced that Icagen, Inc. (www.icagen.com), a leading biopharmaceutical company, has selected ArtusLabs’ Ensemble Electronic Lab Notebook™ (E2LN™) platform for use with its Chemistry organization.

“The Ensemble ELN is accessible via a Web browser and may provide opportunities for integration with other databases within Icagen. In addition, we are looking into using the Ensemble platform for other applications within chemistry such as bioanalytical data.”

Icagen will use the Ensemble Electronic Lab Notebook™ (E2LN™) platform to capture experimental data, results and decision support needs for Icagen’s medicinal chemistry and bio-analytical departments.

“We successfully used another ELN system for several years and decided to change to the Ensemble Electronic Lab Notebook. The ArtusLabs team made the transition easy. All of our chemistry legacy information was brought over to the new system seamlessly,” says Mark J. Suto, Ph.D., vice president of chemical and pharmaceutical sciences. Dr. Suto continues, “The Ensemble ELN is accessible via a Web browser and may provide opportunities for integration with other databases within Icagen. In addition, we are looking into using the Ensemble platform for other applications within chemistry such as bioanalytical data.”

Ensemble Electronic Lab Notebook™ (E2LN™) is the leading ELN technology for addressing the changing needs of the scientific workplace. ArtusLabs CEO, Robin Smith, says, “Icagen needed a system that was easy to deploy, easy to use and met its changing needs. Our E2LN is a second-generation product that supports a much broader base of scientists and enables scientific knowledge management across the organization. We’re excited to have been selected as Icagen’s new partner and look forward to continuing a rich relationship.”

About ArtusLabs, Inc.

ArtusLabs is a business intelligence and document management company focused on providing Web 2.0 enabled software solutions to life science organizations. Its flagship product, Ensemble for Life Science™ blends social networking, collaboration, and refined scientific data mining to drive the research process, leading to faster time to market. Ensemble meets the regulatory and security requirements of the life science enterprise. The ArtusLabs team has been building software solutions for scientists for nearly a decade. Solutions such as Optical Structure Recognition™, Method Genius™, Research Decision Models, Sub Structure Search, Chemical Logistics, Ensemble Electronic Lab Notebook™ systems are examples of technologies developed by ArtusLabs and are in use by thousands of users around the globe. To learn more about ArtusLabs, Ensemble Electronic Lab Notebook™ (E2LN™), please visit: https://www.artuslabs.com/enotebook.html

About Icagen, Inc.

Icagen is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel small molecule drugs that modulate ion channel targets. The company has developed an integrated technology platform that allows for the efficient discovery of drug leads.