A private technology start-up company, Teranode Corp. of Seattle, has licensed two technologies developed at the UW.

The first, Labscape, is the foundation for TeraLab, a laboratory assistant that helps gather, organize, and analyze data, and predict results. Larry Arnstein, a former UW professor of computer science and engineering, invented Labscape. He is now chief technology officer at Teranode and an affiliate faculty member in bioengineering. Arnstein worked with Gaetano Borriello, professor of computer science and engineering, and Bob Franza, director of Cell Systems Initiative and research professor of bioengineering.

The second, JSim, is a mathematical simulation platform for modeling biological systems and analyzing experimental data. Teranode has licensed the computational engine of JSim, and is developing a commercial product, TeraSim.

JSim was designed in the National Simulation Resource Facility at the UW. James Bassingthwaighte, professor of bioengineering and radiology, directs the facility. Zheng Li, chief science officer and founder of Teranode Corp., was the associate director of the facility and a research assistant professor of bioengineering. Li led the JSim design team, which included Erik Butterworth, software engineer, and Mike Kellen, former graduate student and now a senior scientist at Teranode.

Labscape was made available through a Technology Access Program (TAP) created by the UW Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer for Borriello’s Portolano project. The project is a test bed to investigate invisible computing, devices that are so optimized to tasks that they blend into the woodwork and require little technical knowledge to operate. TAPs give industry access to technology in a membership format designed to accelerate public adoption of new technology.