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Dotmatics Introduces Luma Antibody & Protein Engineering Solution for End-to-End Antibody Discovery

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The first in a series of Dotmatics Luma Multimodal R&D Solutions

Geneious has been seamlessly composed into Luma showcasing cross-therapeutic capabilities within a unified platform

BOSTON, Oct. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Dotmatics®, a leader in R&D scientific software connecting science, data, and decision-making, today announced the launch of Dotmatics Luma™ Multimodal R&D Solutions in support of the discovery and development of therapeutics across multiple modalities of biopharmaceutical science. The first solution is the Luma Antibody & Protein Engineering solution, a comprehensive end-to-end solution for streamlining the antibody discovery and development process, with an emphasis on monoclonal and multispecific antibodies.

The Luma Antibody & Protein Engineering Solution and other future multimodal solutions combine the Dotmatics Luma Scientific Intelligence Platform and key Dotmatics scientific tools, thoughtfully composed within Luma. Together, these solutions will offer researchers a multimodal approach to therapeutic discovery supporting CAR-T cell discovery, siRNA, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), CRISPR therapeutics, and vaccine discovery.

“Increasingly our customers are asking for tools that support multiple modalities of therapeutic discovery,” said Michael Swartz, Chief Strategy Officer at Dotmatics. “Scientists want to pick the best therapy or combination of therapies to address a particular target by researching and testing across different domains of science – not just one. Dotmatics gives them a scientific intelligence platform that is natively built to support this.”

These multimodal Luma solutions will leverage capabilities from Dotmatics’ best-in-class scientific software products including Geneious®, GraphPad® Prism, OMIQ®, Protein Metrics Byos®, and FCS Express®, composed to work together harmoniously within Luma, enhancing overall functionality without friction. This approach allows researchers to use familiar tools while eliminating data and process silos, creating a more cohesive and collaborative environment.

Introducing Geneious Luma

The first of these scientific products seamlessly composed within Luma and being introduced today is Geneious Luma. With Geneious Luma, researchers will have access to analyze and visualize DNA, RNA, and protein sequences from Geneious Prime, and the antibody discovery and screening capabilities of Geneious Biologics.

Geneious Luma, and the other future Dotmatics scientific products composed within Luma, will each come pre-configured to work seamlessly within Luma, while allowing IT and scientists to compose their own sequence of sophisticated low-code actions, eliminating the need for lengthy customization or complex integrations. As a result, researchers can benefit from the end-to-end solution immediately. In addition, these products will be available to license together with the Luma platform and will include out-of-the-box Luma applications to fill critical gaps in the end-to-end workflow, including:

Multimodal Registration: Versioned, entity-specific, and extensible registration models driven by linked ontologies allow for the highest levels of scientific depth and precision. Luma links these models to how scientists naturally work, so registration happens automatically and asynchronously, along with the tracking and storage of experimental and product-related information throughout the research and development process. When test results indicate a synthesized molecule does not match the design, Luma can modify the linked registered entity without losing lineage or context of the original.Unified Results: All relevant project data—such as molecule designs, characterization data, assay data, endpoint data, and registered materials—can be correlated and unified into normalized data structures and customizable dashboards to quickly make decisions about which antibodies are best to advance. This happens automatically as people work, eliminating the need for hours of data wrangling currently implicit in activities from registration to analysis.Customer Apps: Customers can safely extend Dotmatics Luma apps or create their own low-code apps to contextualize, flow, and correlate data from disparate sources in ways that suit their needs – with scientifically smart dashboards and visualizations to match. These apps follow industry standard SDLC processes and FAIR data principles to make getting data into and out of Luma in a governed way simple and straightforward. Data integration options include REST, GraphQL, and JDBC.Artificial Intelligence: Luma will include significant generative and predictive ML capabilities for dry lab and wet lab tasks that customers can define and extend. Assistive GenAI will help customers accelerate the introspection, summarization, and visualization of their data. Domain-specific AI will allow Luma to leverage protein prediction, flow cytometry autogating, and other scientifically-focused models within their workflows. Composite AI will allow the use of multiple models or data sets generated from independent models to be brought together for higher order model training, selection, and execution.

The Luma Antibody & Protein Engineering Solution

By composing Geneious Luma and other scientific products within Luma, Dotmatics can offer researchers with a new solution for addressing the complexities of antibody and protein engineering.

“The Luma Antibody & Protein Engineering solution addresses long-standing gaps in the antibody discovery workflow by providing an end-to-end process that seamlessly composes many of scientists’ favorite tools directly into Luma,” said Kalim Sailba, Chief Product Officer at Dotmatics. “Researchers can now streamline workflows from planning and in-silico design to wet lab production, validation, and data analysis, all within a unified AI-native platform.”

The following products, composed within Luma, will support the Luma Antibody & Protein Engineering solution:

Geneious Luma: Enables researchers to use the advanced bioinformatics, molecular biology, and antibody discovery capabilities of Geneious Prime® and Geneious Biologics® to annotate and filter sequences and to design constructs. Then, seamlessly working together with Luma, researchers can execute their cloning, expression, and purification tasks using Luma’s Adaptive Workflow capabilities.

Customers will also have access to BioGlyph®, following Dotmatics’ recent investment, enabling the design and generation of multispecific antibody formats and the execution of predictive machine learning models to score potential multispecific antibodies, allowing researchers to explore all combinations of multispecific formats and proceed with only those that are most promising.

Prism Luma: Leverage GraphPad Prism, the industry-leading data analysis software, for antibody assay development and screening. This product includes native normalization and pre-processing of results prior to analysis in Prism (mitigating the need to use Excel) and contextual linking between assay results, registered materials, and experimental context.Byos & Byosphere Luma: Use Protein Metrics Byos, a comprehensive software for streamlining protein characterization, to characterize protein structures and behaviors for higher fidelity, then feed these characterizations back into predictive machine learning models to drive the next round of synthesis. Also leverage Protein Metrics Byosphere enterprise platform to combine biotherapeutic mass spec data, analysis, and reporting and to curate, interrogate, and share information gained in the analytical lab from Byos.Luma Lab Connect: Automate data ingestion from lab instruments including flow cytometry, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and other data sources. Lab Connect auto-associates instrument results with the correct workflow steps, materials, and endpoint data, mitigating a common manual pain point of SDMS and LIMS systems today.Flow Luma: Use OMIQ, the modern flow cytometry solution, to evaluate the molecular properties of antibody candidates, the cells that produce them, and phenotype their therapeutic outcomes.

Expanding Beyond Biopharma

The future use of Dotmatics Luma extends beyond biopharma and drug discovery into broader scientific domains, like material science and chemistry, industrial biotech, and agritech. Every solution built on the Luma platform ensures a unified user experience and seamless work and data flows, helping organizations achieve scientific breakthroughs faster and with greater accuracy. By delivering a cohesive and scalable platform, Dotmatics aims to support researchers across multiple industries, fostering innovation and collaboration.

Forward Looking Statements  

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are intended to outline our general product strategy. It is intended for informational purposes only and speaks only as of the date the statements are first published. It is not a commitment to deliver any functionality and should not be relied upon for making purchase decisions. You should not put any contractual reliance on these statements. The development, release, and timing of any products or capabilities remains at the sole discretion of Dotmatics.

No representation or warranty, express or implied, is provided in relation to the fairness, accuracy, correctness, completeness or reliability of the information, opinions or conclusions expressed herein. Only those representations or warranties that are made in or pursuant to one or more definitive agreements involving the parties will have any legal effect.

About Dotmatics
Dotmatics is a leader in R&D scientific software connecting science, data, and decision-making. Its enterprise R&D platform and scientists’ favorite applications drive efficiency and accelerate innovation. More than 2 million scientists and 10,000 customers trust Dotmatics to help them create a healthier, cleaner, safer world. Dotmatics is a global team of more than 800 people dedicated to supporting its customers in over 180 countries. Dotmatics has made 14 acquisitions since 2017. The company’s principal office is in Boston, with 14 offices and R&D teams located around the world.

Dotmatics is backed by Insight Partners, a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth technology and software scaleup companies. Learn more about Dotmatics, its platform, and applications including GraphPad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, and LabArchives at https://www.dotmatics.com.

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American Water Charitable Foundation Awards $10,000 Grant to Expand STEM Learning at Putnam Museum

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Funding supports hands-on learning, STEM career exploration and museum access for families facing financial barriers

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The American Water Charitable Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit organization established by American Water (NYSE: AWK), and Iowa American Water announced today that the Foundation awarded a $10,000 STEM Education grant to the Putnam Museum and Science Center. The grant will support the museum’s STEM education curriculum and programming, including expanded middle-school STEM career exploration, hands-on learning experiences and targeted access for children and families who face financial barriers to participating in museum programs.

“We’re honored to receive this American Water Charitable Foundation grant. It will allow us to both partner with schools to enhance STEM curiosity and skills through new units for students in grades K–8 and help us serve students outside of school via means such as new AI Lego workshops for middle schoolers, STEAM Saturdays, and a no-cost event for families with limited financial resources. We are truly grateful for the Foundation’s and Iowa American Water’s commitment to giving kids the skills and knowledge necessary to flourish in modern society,” said Cindy Diehl Yang, president and CEO of the Putnam Museum.

The grant will also support a specially arranged family STEM experience. Invited children and families from low-income and traditionally underrepresented communities will have access to the Science Center and other galleries. The museum has welcomed Iowa American Water employees as volunteers or activity presenters.

“At Iowa American Water, we’re proud to support STEM education that helps young people see what’s possible for their future,” said Brad Nielsen, president of Iowa American Water. “Hands-on experiences at the Putnam Museum can spark an interest in science and technology and help build the pipeline of future professionals our industry and communities need. Through the American Water Charitable Foundation’s support, this grant also helps open doors for children and families facing financial barriers, giving more students the opportunity to explore, learn and envision themselves in a STEM career.”

The STEM Education grant is part of the American Water Charitable Foundation’s Keep Communities Flowing Grant Program, which focuses on three pillars of giving: Water, People and Communities. STEM Education grants support STEM-focused curricular and extracurricular programs for students.

“The American Water Charitable Foundation is proud to support initiatives that provide access to high-quality learning students need to be successful,” said Carrie Williams, president of the American Water Charitable Foundation. “We take pride in supporting Iowa American Water’s continued efforts to be a responsible neighbor and partner in the community.”

Learn more about Iowa American Water’s community impact at iowaamwater.com.

About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886 and celebrating 140 years in 2026, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to approximately 14 million people with regulated operations in 14 states and on 19 military installations. American Water’s approximately 7,000 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders. For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on LinkedIn, Facebook, X and Instagram.

About American Water Charitable Foundation
The American Water Charitable Foundation, a philanthropic non-profit organization established by American Water, focuses on three pillars of giving: Water, People, and Communities. Since 2012, the Foundation has invested over $25 million in funding through grants and matching gifts to support eligible organizations in communities served by American Water. The Foundation is funded by American Water shareholders and has no impact on customer rates. For more information, visit amwater.com/awcf.

About Iowa American Water
Iowa American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, is the largest regulated water utility in the state with approximately 90 dedicated employees working to provide safe, clean, reliable and affordable water and wastewater services to approximately 225,000 people.  

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USOP and Mid State Celebrate Grand Opening of Alexandria ASC

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New Central Louisiana facility begins patient care as USOP advances surgery center development across the Southeast

ALEXANDRIA, La., Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — U.S. Orthopaedic Partners (USOP) and Mid State Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center celebrated the grand opening of Mid State Surgical Center in Alexandria on Nov. 5, marking the latest milestone in USOP’s strategy to expand access to specialized outpatient orthopedic care. The new ambulatory surgery center (ASC), dedicated to orthopedic and pain management care, has begun seeing patients.

“At the grand opening, you could feel how much this center means to the Mid State team and the Cenla community,” said Allen Anderson, Co-CEO of USOP. “These are physicians and staff who care deeply about their community, and we are proud to support them. They have put that same care into every part of this facility. Seeing their vision become a place where patients are now receiving care is a great moment for Mid State and for USOP.”

Specialized Surgical Care for Central Louisiana

Mid State Surgical Center was designed around orthopedic care, with modern operating rooms, dedicated preoperative and recovery areas, and workflows tailored to orthopedic procedures. Its advanced capabilities include robotic-assisted knee surgery and computer-assisted hip surgery, supporting surgical planning and implant positioning.

The center brings physicians, nursing, anesthesia, and recovery teams together in one specialized environment. For joint replacement patients, Mid State’s free Joint Camp also provides education before surgery, helping patients and caregivers understand what to expect during recovery and the transition home.

“Some of the capabilities we are introducing here are a first for our region,” said Jamie Rister, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Mid State and president of Mid State Surgical Center. “We are bringing advanced technology into a setting built around orthopedic patients, with an opportunity to help set the pace for modern orthopedic care across Louisiana and the Southeast. I am grateful to my colleagues and our staff, and to USOP for its support. Most of all, I am excited for our patients in Cenla to have access to this kind of care close to home.”

Advancing ASC Development Across the Southeast

Mid State’s grand opening follows the Oct. 22 groundbreaking for Southern Orthopaedic Surgeons‘ new ASC in Montgomery, Alabama, which is planned to open in spring 2028. SportsMED‘s ASC in Huntsville, Alabama, is expected to break ground in the coming months. Development is also moving forward with Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, extending USOP’s investment in the future of outpatient orthopedic care.

Across the platform, USOP is pairing new development with experienced ASC operating leadership and nationally recognized performance at affiliated surgery centers.

“Our ASC strategy connects the strength of established local practices with the resources to expand how and where they deliver care,” said Graham Young, Co-CEO of USOP. “We are investing in facilities and operating expertise that can create lasting value for our practices while expanding access to high-quality, cost-effective surgery. Mid State’s grand opening, the progress in Montgomery, and the developments ahead in Huntsville and Birmingham show that strategy advancing across our platform.”

About USOP

U.S. Orthopaedic Partners (USOP) is a physician-led orthopedic management services organization supporting a network of 10 practices across the Southeast. USOP partners with physicians and local practice leaders to strengthen operations and expand access to orthopedic care. Through shared resources and expertise, USOP helps practices pursue sustainable growth while preserving the local relationships and clinical leadership their communities trust. For more information, visit us-orthopartners.com.

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Peter Thomas Roth Expands Into RCS Marketing with Listrak

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The prestige skin care brand’s first RCS campaigns beat SMS by 40% on conversion rate and 29% on revenue per send.

LITITZ, Pa., Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Peter Thomas Roth, one of the largest independent prestige skin care brands in the U.S., has collaborated with its ecommerce marketing partner, the cross-channel personalization platform Listrak, to implement Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging, delivering branded, interactive mobile messaging to RCS-enabled devices.

Since 2024, Peter Thomas Roth has partnered with Listrak to grow its ecommerce business and personalize customer communications. The addition of RCS builds upon the retailer’s mobile messaging program, delivering higher conversion rates and revenue per send than SMS.

RCS brings the features of messaging apps into the native texting app on a shopper’s phone. Android phones have supported RCS for years, and Apple added support with iOS 18 in September 2024, opening the channel to brands messaging both iPhone and Android users. Listrak was the first marketing platform provider to launch an RCS marketing campaign in the U.S., during the 2024 holiday season. With RCS, marketers can send creatively dynamic messages featuring carousels, high-resolution images, videos, and interactive buttons, while enabling quick replies and in-message engagement, and enhancing trust with verified sender information and brand styling.

Peter Thomas Roth’s recent RCS campaigns included promotions supporting several of the brand’s key fall shopping moments, including early access to sitewide sales, free gift-with-purchase offers, loyalty rewards messaging, and more.

Early RCS campaign results and program learnings included:

Higher Conversion Rates: RCS outperformed SMS on conversion rate by an average of 40% in 50/50 RCS vs. SMS tests.Increased Revenue: RCS generated 29% higher revenue per send than SMS over the same period.Growing Engagement: Click-through rates increased with each successive RCS send (going from a -14% decline on the first send to a 3% lift), suggesting engagement can strengthen as consumers become more familiar with receiving messages from a verified brand sender.Broad RCS Reach: Approximately 85% of Peter Thomas Roth’s subscribed mobile audience was RCS-enabled, with 15% of the list defaulting to SMS messaging. The results highlight the importance of identifying the RCS-addressable portion of a brand’s subscriber base before testing in order to have even 50/50 test groups across RCS/SMS.Messaging Efficiency: Branded sender names, URLs, and call-to-action buttons don’t count toward an RCS message’s character limit, so content that would be billed as two or more SMS messages can often go out as a single RCS message.

The campaigns also provided an important lesson for brands evaluating RCS: performance should be assessed across multiple sends rather than a single test. As customers become familiar with the verified sender and richer messaging experience, engagement patterns can continue to develop.

“With RCS, we can elevate the mobile messaging experience, showcasing products, highlighting promotions, and delivering tailored, personalized messages,” said Rochelle Jacobs, Managing Director, Peter Thomas Roth. “Together with our partners at Listrak, we are excited to embrace the latest in messaging technology, creating real-time consumer communications that drive results.”

“Listrak was the first marketing platform provider to launch an RCS campaign in the U.S., and we are now at the inflection point where it is becoming imperative for brands who want to build relationships with their customers to adopt RCS,” said Ross Kramer, co-founder and CEO, Listrak. “The team at Peter Thomas Roth is at the forefront, leveraging the latest innovations to connect with consumers in meaningful ways.”

About Peter Thomas Roth

PETER THOMAS ROTH IS CLINICALLY STRONGER. An influential segment leader in the beauty industry for 30 years, Peter Thomas Roth has become one of the largest independent prestige skin care brands in the USA and continues to corner the clinical market as a groundbreaking, results-focused innovator. Ingredients sourced from all over the world are formulated at the highest percentage possible to provide maximum results for flawless, healthier-looking skin. Today, Peter Thomas Roth products are sold globally and nationwide at retailers such as Sephora and Ulta Beauty. Peter Thomas Roth’s clinically stronger formulas have garnered endless awards and a cult following among millions of beauty insiders spanning generations, ethnicities, skin types and concerns.

About Listrak

Listrak is the cross-channel personalization platform for retail. By unifying customer data, identity, AI, and cross-channel marketing in one platform, Listrak enables retailers to deliver relevant, personalized experiences across email, SMS, RCS, app, web, and in-store. Listrak helps brands win new customers, increase engagement, drive conversions, strengthen loyalty, and grow revenue. Listrak publishes quarterly retail marketing benchmarks, drawn from data across its platform, at https://www.listrak.com/quarterly-benchmarks. For more information, visit https://www.listrak.com/.

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