Invitrogen Corporation has announced the release of Vector NTI Advance 10. Centering on Vector NTI sequence analysis software, this new issue is the latest Windows version of the application. To coincide with the release, Invitrogen is also launching the Vector NTI Open Access policy and the online Vector NTI User Community. The Open Access policy allows researchers in not-for-profit laboratories to obtain their own annual, renewable licenses of Vector NTI at no cost. The Vector NTI User Community is designed as an online meeting place for researchers to acquire the latest versions of the software, obtain technical resources, and communicate with Invitrogen and with other users. Two major research institutions have reviewed the Open Access policy and have utilized Vector NTI software across their campuses. All the basic sequence data and all software tools developed at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute are released freely into the public domain. Invitrogen Corp. 800-955-6288 www.invitrogen.com