Hello,

This mail is simply to suggest two programs for your wonderful bioinformatics.org site.

massXpert (published in Bioinformatics) is a program that I authored
to simulate/analyse mass spectrometric data on proteins. It is also heavily used by biochemists in the preparation of protein chemistry experiments. This program
run under Windows and is freely available at
http://frl.lptc.u-bordeaux.fr (bottom of page).

This program has been downloaded a huge number of times and I receive
very positive feedback. I find it interesting for the mass spec
community to have at hand a freely available software, free for
download and redistribution.

Reference:
Rusconi F, Belghazi M. Desktop prediction/analysis of mass
spectrometric data in proteomic projects by using massXpert.
Bioinformatics. 2002 Apr;18(4):644-5.

I'd also like to introduce to you a new project that I'm authoring,
which I call "polyxmass" (it is a software suite made of multiple
modules).

This software suite is actually a framework for doing mass
spectrometric simulations or mass spectrometric data analyses on ANY
polymer possibly imagined by a (bio)chemist.

Indeed, the polyxmass framework allows the user to define ANY brand
new polymer chemistry (this is called a "definition" in
polyxmass). Once the definition is performed (in a polyxmass' module),
it becomes available to the user who then can start using it with
polymer sequences complying with the previously elaborated polymer
definition.

Every aspect of the polymer chemistry and graphical representation is
configurable. Hence, this new software program is a MUCH enhanced
program than what is my popular "massXpert" program. Indeed, it is no
more a "proteomics-only" program but a wide spectrum
"any-polymer-chemistry" program.

You can check it at www.polyxmass.org !

Even more interesting, this is free (open source) software (free means
that any user can download it, study its code and modify it, if
necessary, not necessarily that it comes at no cost).

It runs under GNU/Linux, and is being rewritten to target more
computing platforms.

I would be glad if you mentioned both massXpert and polyxmass onto
your mass spectrometry pages, it will almost certainly benefit the
scientific community --at no price.

Thank you for your kind attention.

I would be glad if you would let me know of your editorial decision.

Sincerely yours,

Filippo

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Filippo Rusconi, Chargé de recherches CNRS
UMR 5472 CNRS/Bordeaux I

Present address:

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