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Broad Institute Receives Large Gift For Psychiatric Research (The MIT Tech)
The Broad Institute, the genomics powerhouse in Cambridge, Mass., announced Wednesday that it will receive what it believes is the biggest gift ever for psychiatric research to a single US institution: $100 million to decipher the genetics of severe mental illnesses.
(Mar 9, 2007)
Asian Biosecurity Policies and Practices Highlighted by BioInformatics at Global Biosecurity Conference (PR Web)
Dr. Tamara Zemlo, Director of Syndicated Research at BioInformatics, LLC, highlighted biosecurity policies and practices of Asian life science labs at the recent conference "Developing Options for Global Biosecurity: Assessing Progress and Evaluating New Mechanisms." The event, held March 6 and 7, was sponsored by the Partnership for Global Security and supported by The Carnegie Corporation of ...
(Mar 9, 2007)
$100M boosts Harvard/MIT psychiatric research (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
CAMBRIDGE - A joint Harvard/MIT genomics research venture is getting a $100 million private grant to gather and analyze thousands of DNA samples from people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to determine the genetics behind severe mental illnesses.
(Mar 9, 2007)
$100M boosts Harvard/MIT psychiatric research (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
CAMBRIDGE - A joint Harvard/MIT genomics research venture is getting a $100 million private grant to gather and analyze thousands of DNA samples from people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to determine the genetics behind severe mental illnesses.
(Mar 9, 2007)
Migao Corporation Appoints Paul Haber to the Board of Directors (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Migao Corporation, a leading producer of specialty potash fertilizers for the Chinese market, is pleased to announce that Mr. Paul Haber has been appointed to the Board of Directors.
(Mar 9, 2007)
Migao Corporation Appoints Paul Haber to the Board of Directors (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Migao Corporation , a leading producer of specialty potash fertilizers for the Chinese market, is pleased to announce that Mr. Paul Haber has been appointed to the Board of Directors.
(Mar 9, 2007)
Thermo Fisher Scientific's New ETD Mass Spectrometry Technology Wins Silver Award At PITTCON 2007 (BioresearchOnline)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, received the Silver Editors' Award at PITTCON 2007, the largest North American conference and exposition on laboratory science and instrumentation
(Mar 9, 2007)
BIOBASE ExPlain(TM) Analysis Platform Selected for Top Honors (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WOLFENBUTTEL, Germany & BEVERLY, Mass.----BIOBASE announced today that their ExPlain analysis platform was chosen as Best of Show at Cambridge Healthtech Institute's 14 Annual Molecular Medicine Conference in San Francisco, CA USA.
(Mar 9, 2007)
BioTeam Names SGI, Mitrionics and Accelerated BLAST in Top Ten BioIT Trends for 2007 (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SGI, manufacturer of FPGA-based SGI® Altix® family servers with SGI® RASC(TM) RC100 computation blades, and Mitrionics(TM), Inc., developer of the Mitrion(TM) Virtual Processor and software-centric Mitrion-C programming language for FPGA Supercomputing acceleration, were named as one of the Top Ten BioIT Trends for 2007 that was published in the industry publication BioIT World.
(Mar 9, 2007)
Cross-Talk Between Probiotic Bacteria and the Host Immune System1,2 (RedNova)
By Corthsy, Blaise; Gaskins, H Rex; Mercenier, Annick Abstract Among the numerous purported health benefits attributed to probiotic bacteria, their capacity to interact with the immune system of the host is now supported by an increasing number of in vitro and in vivo experiments.
(Mar 9, 2007)
Franklin Institute Honors Outstanding Achievements in Science and Technology (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Uncommon insight and out- of-the-box thinking will be acknowledged and celebrated this April, during a week-long series of events and activities, culminating in the prestigious 2007 Franklin Institute Awards. Nine preeminent trailblazers in the fields of science, business and technology will be recognized for their significant discoveries and achievements, which directly impact our daily lives ...
(Mar 9, 2007)
Broad Institute gets $100M research grant (North Adams Transcript)
CAMBRIDGE (AP) — A joint Harvard/MIT genomics research venture is getting a $100 million private grant to gather and analyze thousands of DNA samples from people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to try and determine the genetics behind severe mental illnesses.
(Mar 9, 2007)
Hydrogel Particles Pave Way For New Bedside Diagnostics (Science Daily)
MIT researchers have created an inexpensive method to screen for millions of different biomolecules (DNA, proteins, etc.) in a single sample-a technology that could make possible the development of low-cost clinical bedside diagnostics.
(Mar 10, 2007)
Biotech training program exceeds goals, plans to expand (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
An Alameda County Workforce Investment Board program slated to train 190 new biotechnology manufacturing and quality control workers by December 2006 ended up preparing 242 local workers at companies like Novartis AG and Amgen Inc.
(Mar 10, 2007)
Lung cancer screening test called exciting (Women's Cancer Network)
Scientists may be close to being able to predict who will develop lung cancer, a development that could prevent tens of thousands of deaths a year in the U.S.
(Mar 10, 2007)
Thermo Fisher Scientific's ETD Mass Spectrometry Technology Wins Silver Award At PITTCON 2007 (ChemicalOnline)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the North American conference and exposition on laboratory science and instrumentation. PITTCON editors voted the new Thermo Scientific LTQ XL linear ion trap mass spectrometer featuring Electron Transfer Dissociation (ETD) technology, one of the best new product innovations of the event, which featured more than 1000 exhibitors
(Mar 10, 2007)
Growing Medical Jobs Careersite Partners with GeneEd to Offer Online CME and CE Courses (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
BioHealthRx, a fast-growing medical jobs careersite announced today it has signed a partnership agreement with GeneEd, a leading provider of continuing medical education, to offer CME and CE courses for the biotechnology, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.
(Mar 10, 2007)
Growing Medical Jobs Careersite Partners with GeneEd to Offer Online CME and CE Courses (PR Web)
BioHealthRx, a fast-growing medical jobs careersite announced today it has signed a partnership agreement with GeneEd, a leading provider of continuing medical education, to offer CME and CE courses for the biotechnology, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingp
(Mar 10, 2007)
Gene Transfer Between Species Is Surprisingly Common (Science Daily)
Bacteria are known to share genes, spreading drug resistance, for example. But how common is it in other organisms, including mammals like us? Two new studies show that most bacteria have genes or large groups of genes shared by other bacteria. Even among higher organisms, shared genes are the rule rather than the exception, UC Berkeley and LBNL researchers say.
(Mar 11, 2007)
Mine Runoff Continues to Provide Clues to Microbial Diversification (RedNova)
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- Pink slime at the surface of water trickling through an old mine in California is proving to be a treasure for researchers in their quest to learn more about how bacterial communities exist in nature.
(Mar 11, 2007)
Illumina Launches the Human CNV370-Duo DNA Analysis BeadChip for Copy Number Variation Research (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. today announced the launch of a new DNA Analysis BeadChip developed in collaboration with deCODE genetics. The new product, called the HumanCNV370-Duo, is the world's first microarray designed to specifically target novel regions of the genome that show copy number variation .
(Mar 12, 2007)
The Portland Group Announces PGI 7.0 Optimizing Compilers for Multi-core 64-bit Processors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Portland Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics, today announced the general availability of Release 7.0 of its suite of Fortran, C and C++ compilers and development tools.
(Mar 12, 2007)
Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patents for Encrypted Media & (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) (Nasdaq:CBMX) announced today that Acacia Patent Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary that is part of the Acacia Technologies group, a leader in technology licensing, has acquired rights to patents relating to encrypted media and playback devices.
(Mar 12, 2007)
Alethia Biotherapeutics Inc. Announces Collaborative Agreement With Biosite for Antibody Development in Ovarian Cancer (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Alethia Biotherapeutics Inc., a privately held biotechnology company, announced today that it has signed an exclusive collaborative agreement with Biosite Incorporated of San Diego for the development of recombinant monoclonal antibodies against validated targets in ovarian cancer.
(Mar 12, 2007)
Renewable Petroleum Company LS9 Announces Series A Funding and Scientific Advisory Board Members (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
In a series of announcements today, LS9 Inc., the Renewable Petroleum Company, announced it secured $5 million in Series A funding from Flagship Ventures and Khosla Ventures, two top-tier early-stage investment firms, and has established its Scientific Advisory Board .
(Mar 12, 2007)
Rosetta Genomics Announces Allowance of Patents Covering Human and Viral MicroRNAs (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a 'Notice of Allowance' for two of the company's patent applications on human and viral microRNAs.
(Mar 12, 2007)
BioSystems International Announces Appointment of a New CEO (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
EVRY, France----BioSystems International is a French biotechnology company with research laboratories in France and Hungary . BSI's business is focused on the discovery and diagnostic development of biomarkers, based on its proprietary high throughput monoclonal antibody technology.
(Mar 12, 2007)
Broad Institute’s Psychiatric Genomics Center Topped Most-Read GenomeWeb News Stories Last Week (GenomeWeb News)
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(Mar 12, 2007)
A Proposed Standard for the Scholarly Citation of Quantitative Data (D-Lib Magazine)
An essential aspect of science is a community of scholars cooperating and competing in the pursuit of common goals.
(Mar 12, 2007)
DiaGenic ASA 2007 Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award on DiaGenic ASA in the European Molecular Diagnostics Market (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Frost & Sullivan honours DiaGenic ASA with the 2007 Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award in the European molecular diagnostics market for its superior entrepreneurial ability in the in vitro diagnostics industry.
(Mar 12, 2007)
Cosmic Log: Five frontier technologies (MSNBC)
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: How is the technological frontier shaping up for the next five years? Prognosticating progress is a popular pastime among high-tech types.
(Mar 12, 2007)
Incoming GW President Addresses Loudoun Science Cabinet (Leesburg Today)
The George Washington University trustees are interested in having its 95-acre Virginia campus in Ashburn "live up to its promise," Steve Knapp said in one of his first public events as the university's incoming president.
(Mar 12, 2007)
State's bioscience gains capture national attention (The Arizona Republic)
At first, the idea of nurturing cutting-edge science and research in the land of cattle, citrus and cotton seemed like a real stretch.
(Mar 13, 2007)
Connecting Computing to Science (Bio-IT World)
March 12, 2007 | Perhaps the two most important technologies of the 21st century will be information technology and biotechnology. Certainly they have become the most rapidly expanding domains of our era.
(Mar 13, 2007)
Keeping the body in sync -- The stability of cellular clocks (EurekAlert!)
A study in Switzerland uses the tools of physics to show how our circadian clocks manage to keep accurate time in the noisy cellular environment.
(Mar 13, 2007)
Infection Detectives Use Disease 'Fingerprints' to Track Common Infections in Children (Newswise)
Infectious disease specialists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a new method for identifying suspect viruses and bacteria that cause some of the most common acute infections in children.
(Mar 13, 2007)
Darwin's Famous Finches and Venter's Marine Microbes (Newswise)
Although the Galapagos finches were to play a pivotal role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection, he had no inkling of their significance when he collected them during his voyage on the HMS Beagle.
(Mar 13, 2007)
5 local businesses honored (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Medical-device businesses dominated the field of first-phase winners in this year's EnterPrize Business Plan Competition, managed by the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
(Mar 13, 2007)
Incoming GW President Addresses Loudoun Science Cabinet (Leesburg Today)
The George Washington University trustees are interested in having its 95-acre Virginia campus in Ashburn "live up to its promise," Steve Knapp said in one of his first public events as the university's incoming president.
(Mar 13, 2007)
Onsemble 2007 Spring Conference Highlights Opportunities to Work Together (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
For people concerned with excellence in cancer clinical research operations, the third face-to-face gathering of Onsemble built on past successes with more content, new breakout sessions, and the highest attendance to date. Presentations highlighted key industry trends affecting the community along with several opportunities for collaboration that are evolving.
(Mar 13, 2007)
Onsemble 2007 Spring Conference Highlights Opportunities to Work Together (PR Web)
For people concerned with excellence in cancer clinical research operations, the third face-to-face gathering of Onsemble built on past successes with more content, new breakout sessions, and the highest attendance to date. Presentations highlighted key industry trends affecting the community along with several opportunities for collaboration that are evolving. (PRWeb Mar 13, 2007) Post ...
(Mar 13, 2007)
Tilghman: Capital campaign to begin in fall (Daily Princetonian)
The University will launch a capital campaign this fall, President Tilghman said yesterday at the monthly meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC).
(Mar 13, 2007)
State's bioscience gains capture national attention (The Arizona Republic)
At first, the idea of nurturing cutting-edge science and research in the land of cattle, citrus and cotton seemed like a real stretch.
(Mar 13, 2007)
Schools applause (Everett Herald)
EWU scholars
(Mar 13, 2007)
CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics Launches Nationally Its Technical Only Program for Reference Laboratories (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.----Acacia Research Corporation announced today that, after a successful beta test, its CombiMatrix group's subsidiary, CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics , has launched its innovative, Bacterial Artificial Chromosome array Comparative Genomic Hybridization Technical Only Program for reference laboratories and other clients.
(Mar 13, 2007)
GeneGo Wins Frost & Sullivan Award for Bioinformatics Outsourcing and Competitive Strategy Yielding Significant ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that they have been awarded a 2006 competitive strategy and bioinformatics outsourcing leadership award from Frost & Sullivan, competing with 150 other companies in Life sciences.
(Mar 13, 2007)
Cellzome Receives First Milestone Payment for Alzheimer's Program from Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Cellzome Inc. announced today that it has received the first milestone payment for its Gamma Secretase Modulator program in connection with the selection of a lead compound by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. under its agreement with Cellzome.
(Mar 13, 2007)
More than Six Million New Genes, Thousands of New Protein Families, and Incredible Degree of Microbial Diversity ... (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) today announced the publication of several studies from the Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition (GOS) in PLoS Biology ( www.plosbiology.org ) detailing the discovery of millions of new genes, thousands of new protein families and specifically the characterization of thousands of new protein kinases from ocean microbes using whole ...
(Mar 13, 2007)
X PRIZE Taps Marc Hodosh to Lead $10 Million Genomics Competition (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----Marc Hodosh has joined the X PRIZE Foundation as senior director. He will lead the $10 million Archon X PRIZE for genomics that is challenging teams of scientists and entrepreneurs to develop high-speed genome sequencing to enable personalized medicine.
(Mar 13, 2007)
Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at Lehman Brothers Healthcare Conference (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Affymetrix, Inc. today announced it will webcast its presentation at the Lehman Brothers Healthcare Conference in Miami Beach, FL. Doug Farrell, Vice President of Investor Relations, will provide a company overview at 4:45 p.m.
(Mar 13, 2007)
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