PEAKS Studio

A fully functional desktop-based proteomics workbench, PEAKS Studio performs automatic and manually assisted de novo sequencing, protein identification (PEAKS DB), multi-engine protein identification (PEAKS inChorus), PTM Finder, Sequence Homology Searching (SPIDER) and Quantification (as an optional node). PEAKS Studio's graphical user interface is slick and easy to use, allowing beginners to accomplish simple tasks without hesitation, or advanced users the freedom to finish tricky projects on time. PEAKS Studio reads all standard supported mass spectrometry data formats and the majority of instrument vendor's native formats, such as RAW, .D, etc. Each copy of PEAKS Studio is meant to be installed on a single computer with up to 4 CPUs and used by one user at a time.

For standard desktop application, PEAKS Studio provides these tools with every license. This ensures researchers always have access to the necessary tools.

• Protein Database Search Engine (PEAKS DB)
• De Novo Sequencing
• Multi-Engine Protein Identification Tool (inChorus)
• PEAKS DB
• Mascot
• Sequest
• X!Tandem
• OMSSA
• PTM Search
• Homology Searching (SPIDER)
• Tag Match
• Homology Match
• Quantification
• (ICAT, iTRAQ, SILAC, N-Terminal Labeling, Label Free, User Defined Labeling)
• Large Data File Support ~450GB sample proof
• Support public and custom FASTA databases
• Load and Process (RAW) Instrument Data

Researchers with a need for accurate quantification use PEAKS Q as an optional module for PEAKS Studio.

PEAKS Online (High Throughput) with PEAKS Client

PEAKS Online, the server edition, means high-throughput on a shared resource. It is fully parallelized with the ability to run on any cluster or multi-CPU machine. Since the release of PEAKS 5.3, users get the same detail-oriented results as PEAKS Studio. The interactive tool used to send/retrieve data to/from the server is called PEAKS Client.

You can try our cluster software, PEAKS Online, over the web using our PEAKS Online public server.

PEAKS Viewer

PEAKS Viewer offers a two fold approach. On the one hand users who receive data from core labs processed by PEAKS, can use this to view and interact with the original results. This improves user understanding and ensures data accuracy.

In a situation where many users, colleagues or customers need to share and examine results simultaneously, PEAKS Viewer is an ideal solution. This data viewing tool reads all supported mass-spectrometry data formats and PEAKS' native project files, for the purpose of distributing results. PEAKS Viewer allows data to be viewed, exported and even manually de novo sequenced. PEAKS Viewer does not contain the auto de novo sequencing, database search protein identification or quantification algorithms. This also grants users with unlimited distribution capabilities.

The diagram to the right shows 2 standard workflows; the top method is utilizing PEAKS Studio, while the bottom is utilizing the PEAKS Online/Client model, to analyze data before sending the results to colleagues and/or customers with PEAKS Viewer.

Another usage is for those with the interest to viewing PEAKS results, perhaps out of the office or with colleagues who don't normally require a fully functioning license for mass spectrometry proteomics.

You can obtain a copy of PEAKS Viewer here: