a-tune software, Inc. announces technology partnership with University of Oregon

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- a-tune software, Inc., a leading global software solution provider to the medical research community, announces a technology partnership with the University of Oregon (UO). The institution has chosen the company's tick@lab software application as the primary tool to provide administrative oversight for many of its research studies. 

"a-tune software's suite of products will help the university enhance productivity and reduce compliance risk throughout the research community," said Monte Matthews, the UO's Director of Animal Care Services.

"We will utilize this software suite to increase efficiencies for our Animal Care and Use Committee processes, animal procurement, veterinary care, transgenic breeding and overall operations management," Matthews said.  

The partnership between the university and a-tune comes at a time when research institutions like the UO are facing increasing demands from regulatory bodies and policy makers, such as the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW). The recent adoption of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Eighth Edition) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has created additional requirements for documentation and self-regulation. a-tune software will help ease the administrative burden for the UO by providing researchers with audit trailing, electronic signatures and other compliant features. The use of latest hardware such as iPad and tablet technology will also be realized through the partnership.

"We are very excited about being selected by the University of Oregon as their technology partner," said Andreas Staubi, President and CEO of a-tune software. "Working with a world-renowned organization such as the Zebrafish International Resource Center (ZIRC), which is located at the University of Oregon, is an incredible opportunity."

As the use of zebra fish in research increases at the UO, a-tune will provide critical technology tools to assist with the rapid expansion of the model, Staubi said. a-tune technology will increase efficiency and reduce compliance risk at the institution by seamlessly integrating the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Institutional Biosafety Committee and vivarium operations.

About a-tune software, Inc.
a-tune software provides tools for comparative medicine, human safety and biological safety. a-tune is focused on further building upon its global network of clients. Adding world leading research organizations within the academic, government and private research markets.

a-tune provides programs which administer IACUC, IRB, IBC, Vivarium Management, Capacity Planning, Training, Animal Records and Transgenic Breeding.

With support services to foster greater enterprise adoption of tick@lab, the implementation process takes months not years. a-tune's latest technology accomplishments include enhancements to tick@lab that provide support to the IPAD and mobile devices. www.a-tune.com

About University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is among the 108 institutions chosen from 4,633 U.S. universities for top-tier designation of "Very High Research Activity" in the 2010 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The UO also is one of two Pacific Northwest members of the Association of American Universities.

a-tune software, Harvard Square, One Mifflin Place, Cambridge MA. 02138 / (617) 401.7930.

a-tune contact:  J. Patrick Guider, Jr. General Manager, [email protected] / (512)589.5431

UO contact:  Monte Matthews, Director, Animal Care Services, [email protected]/(541) 346-4957

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