Bioinformatics News Jan 2008: bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, microarray, etc.

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Seattle research to map disease with U.S. grant
The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will use the money to unlock the structures of toxins that could pave the way to design new drugs and vaccines. (Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:18:27 GMT)

New plant study reveals a 'deeply hidden' layer of the transcriptome
La Jolla, CA — Cells keep a close watch over the transcriptome — the totality of all parts of the genome that are expressed in any given cell at any given time. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the University of Missouri-Kansas City have now teamed up to peel back another layer of transcriptional regulation and gain new insight into how genomes work. (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:07:00 GMT)

Resilience concepts poised to aid management of coastal marine ecosystems
The January 2008 issue of BioScience includes a special section entitled “Managing for Resilience in Coastal Marine Ecosystems.” (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:04:17 GMT)

Who's your daddy? Kit tells you
When it comes to a baby, how do you prove who the father is? Short of calling the Maury Povich show, which seems to specialize in paternity tests, you now can do some of the DNA legwork yourself. (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:14:33 GMT)

Turning Anthrax Toxin Into A Cancer Killer
Most people wouldn't consider anthrax toxin to be beneficial, but this bacterial poison may someday be an effective cancer therapy. Anthrax toxin has actually been shown to be fairly selective in targeting melanoma cells, although the risk of non-cancer toxicity prevents any clinical use. [click link for full article] (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:16:24 GMT)

DNA test kits now in the consumers' hands
When it comes to a baby, how do you prove who the father is? (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:13:00 GMT)

Resilience concepts poised to aid management of coastal marine ecosystems
Journal devotes section to how new approaches can benefit economically vital yet ecologically complex areas The January 2008 issue of BioScience includes a special section entitled “Managing for Resilience in Coastal Marine Ecosystems.” The four articles in the section highlight different aspects of attempts to incorporate modern concepts from mathematical ecology into ecosystem-based management ... (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:34:21 GMT)

Koshland Science Museum Announces Winter Events
The Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences has lined up an exciting new slate of events to engage the public in some of today's most fascinating science. (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:01:12 GMT)

TV Show ReGenesis Generates Interest in Science
A science consultant for the show spills secrets on the truth behind the fiction. Battlestar Galactica. Star Trek. Doctor Who. Television is good at science fiction. It's not so good at science fact. Some of the most popular shows today, like House and CSI, sacrifice accuracy to entertainment. While that might make fans happy, it makes scientists cringe.Canadian series ReGenesis, entering its ... (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:01:30 GMT)

Model Developed That Predicts Molecular Response Of Living Cells To Genetic Or Environmental Change
Scientists at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), in collaboration with researchers from New York University (NYU), have developed a model which rapidly characterizes and accurately predicts the molecular-level, mechanistic response of a free-living cell to genetic and environmental changes (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:09:08 GMT)

Austrian Govt invites Dr Coonar for international symposium
Chandigarh, Jan 2: Punjab Medical Education and Research joint director Dr PPS Coonar has been invited by the Austria Government to attend the 5th International Symposium of the Austrian Proteomics Platform in Innsbruck from January 20 to 25. (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:27:59 GMT)

Jolley: Five Minutes With Craig Huffhines, American Hereford Association
Craig Huffhines has been the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Hereford Association (AHA) since 1997.He joined AHA in 1992 fresh from completing a master’s degree in meat science from Colorado State University earned under the tutelage of Dr. Gary Smith. (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:27:05 GMT)

Biotech has Positive Year Despite Weak Fourth Quarter Performance
"The biotech industry finished the year in good shape with the Burrill Biotech Select Index, a price-weighted index tracking 20 of biotech's "blue chip" companies, gaining 9% in 2007 ahead of the Dow, which finished up 6.4% and on par with the Nasdaq, which closed up 9.8%," said G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company, a San Francisco based global leader in life sciences with activities in ... (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:02:07 GMT)

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols features methods for visualizing protein dynamics
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Wed., Jan. 2, 2008) – This month’s release of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols highlights methods that permit scientists to observe protein dynamics in chromosomes and embryos. (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:13:36 GMT)

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute Lands $30.6M to Establish Structural Genomics Center
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Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Affymetrix Inc. today announced that Stephen P.A. Fodor, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer, and Kevin M. King, president, will provide a company overview at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference on January 9th in San Francisco, CA. (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:00:00 GMT)

Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
Affymetrix Inc. (367;NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that Stephen P.A. Fodor, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:17:38 GMT)

Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that Stephen P.A. Fodor, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer, and Kevin M. King, president, will provide a company overview at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference on January 9th in San Francisco, CA. A live webcast of the presentation will take place at 9:30 a.m. PT. (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:29:17 GMT)

He Plants Himself Firmly In The Way Of Hunger
Just don't tell Norman Borlaug. He has no use for pessimists. (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:11:52 GMT)

He Plants Himself Firmly In The Way Of Hunger
World hunger won't go away. (Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:11:52 GMT)

Global warming and other research from UCLA summit featured in journal
Global warming and other human-caused ecological changes are outpacing the ability of species to adapt, resulting in greater threats of disease, reduced diversity in plant and animal communities, and an overall loss of natural heritage, according to research presented at a University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) summit and published in the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Ecology. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:28:18 GMT)

Methods For Visualizing Protein Dynamics Featured In Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
This month's release of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols highlights methods that permit scientists to observe protein dynamics in chromosomes and embryos. These methods are freely accessible online (http://www.cshprotocols.org/) first protocol, available here, describes how to insert multiple copies of the bacterial lac operator sequence into the chromosomes of mammalian cells. [click link for ... (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:16:56 GMT)

GeneGo Integrates with Cytoscape
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Dec. 18 -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading provider of databases, software and services in systems biology, announced today that its platforms for functional data analysis, MetaCore and MetaDrug, are now integrated with Cytoscape. MetaCore users will now be able to use Cytoscape network visualization tools and have access to dozens of its open source and commercial plug-ins. The ... (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:39:44 GMT)

Higher Sales of Monsanto's Roundup, Seeds and Traits Businesses in Latin America Drive First-Quarter Results
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Rosetta Genomics Selects PCR as Platform for its microRNA-based Diagnostics to be Launched in ...
First microRNA-based Diagnostic Tests are Expected to be Launched in 2008 and Will Incorporate Nanogen's MGB Probe Technology Rosetta Genomics Will use the Licensed Technology in its Custom Designed Real-Time PCR Diagnostic Assays That Allow for Sensitive Detection and Quantification of microRNA in Tissues and Body Fluids REHOVOT, Israel; NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, December 11 -- Rosetta ... (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:03:47 GMT)

Xilinx Powered SGI RC100 Reconfigurable Computing Platform Accelerates Bioinformatics ...
SGI Altix System with 70 Xilinx FPGAs Sets New Performance Record SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 10 -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), the world's leading provider of programmable solutions, today announced that an SGI® RASC(TM) (Reconfigurable Application Specific Computing) enabled SGI® Altix(TM) system from Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) (NASDAQ:SGIC), featuring Xilinx® Virtex-4 high performance FPGAs, can ... (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:07:42 GMT)

Monsanto 1Q Profit Nearly Triples
Seed company Monsanto Co. said Thursday its fiscal 2008 first-quarter earnings nearly tripled, led by the strong performance of its Latin American business. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:22:26 GMT)

Monsanto profit nearly triples
The global seed company says revenue surged 36 percent on strength in Latin American business; raises '08 outlook. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:53:30 GMT)

Higher sales of Monsanto's Roundup, seeds and traits businesses in Latin America drive first-quarter results
"Our results in the first quarter represent a solid start to the fiscal year and highlight the strong performance of our Latin American business. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:17:35 GMT)

Monsanto Q1 sales up 36%
International sales increased Monsanto's first-quarter revenue by more than 36 percent leading to the company nearly tripling its net income from the prior year's first quarter, Monsanto reported Thursday. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:08:00 GMT)

Monsanto Profit Nearly Triples in 1st-Quarter, Boosts Outlook, Shares Jump
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Seed company Monsanto Co. said Thursday that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled, tied to the strong performance of its Latin American business. It boosted its forecast for the year, and its shares leapt 6 percent in morning trading. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:44:16 GMT)

Monsanto 1Q profit nearly triples
Monsanto Co. reported Thursday that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled because of surprisingly strong pesticide and seed sales in Latin America. It boosted its earnings forecast for the year, and its shares leapt 7 percent in midday trading. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:52:11 GMT)

Giganto Monsanto
The agricultural giant soars in the first quarter. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:27:06 GMT)

Monsanto Profit Nearly Triples
The company said it earned $256 million in the first quarter, tied to the performance of its Latin American business, and it raised its forecast for the year. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:38:50 GMT)

Luminex Corporation Receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration Clearance for xTAG(TM) Respiratory Viral Panel
AUSTIN, Texas----Luminex Corporation , the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced that it has received 510 clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its xTAG™ Respiratory Viral Panel . xTAG RVP is the first FDA-cleared assay to simultaneously detect and identify 12 viruses and viral subtypes that together are responsible for more than 85 percent of respiratory ... (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:17:00 GMT)

Luminex Corporation Receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration Clearance for xTAG(TM) Respiratory Viral Panel
Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its xTAG(TM) Respiratory Viral Panel (RVP). xTAG RVP is the first FDA-cleared assay to simultaneously detect and identify 12 viruses and viral subtypes that together are responsible for more than 85 percent ... (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:43:39 GMT)

Monsanto 1Q profit nearly triples
Monsanto Co. reported Thursday that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled because of surprisingly strong herbicide and seed sales in Latin America. It boosted its earnings forecast for the year, sending its shares up by 8.5 percent. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:22:48 GMT)

Monsanto's Bountiful Harvest
Maker of bio-engineered agricultural products beats Q1 earnings expectations. (Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:42:06 GMT)

Profit Tripled at Monsanto Late in 2007
Monsanto increased its earnings forecast for the year after reporting that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled due to strong sales in Latin America. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:34:15 GMT)

Indian biotech companies focusing more on export to Europe: ABLE
Indian biotech companies are increasingly exploring the possibilities of stepping up their business in the European countries, as per an assessment made by the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE), the apex body of biotech companies in the country. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:33:08 GMT)

Illumina Announces Corporate Reorganization
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. today announced that it has reorganized its operating structure to further leverage the synergies between its sequencing and genotyping businesses. Under the new structure, a newly created Life Sciences Business Unit will include all products and services related to the research market namely the BeadArray, BeadXpress and Sequencing product lines. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:00:00 GMT)

Illumina Announces Corporate Reorganization
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it has reorganized its operating structure to further leverage the synergies between its sequencing and genotyping businesses. Under the new structure, a newly created Life Sciences Business Unit will include all products and services related to the research market namely the BeadArray, BeadXpress and Sequencing product lines. The Company has ... (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:13:49 GMT)

Illumina Announces Corporate Reorganization
Illumina, Inc. (7884;NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it has reorganized its operating structure to further (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:17:07 GMT)

AutoGenomics Invited to Present at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
AutoGenomics announced today that the Company has been invited and has accepted to present at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, which is being held January 7-10, 2008 at the Westin St. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:00:00 GMT)

Hannon-Elledge shRNA Library Standardizes Barcode Technology on Agilent Technologies Microarrays
SANTA CLARA, Calif., and COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Nov. 14, 2007 Gregory Hannon, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Stephen Elledge, Ph.D., pioneers in the construction of short hairpin RNA interference (shRNAi) libraries, have adopted the Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) microarray platform to read out the individual barcodes present in the ... (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:31:57 GMT)

Life-saving advances, medical mishaps mark 2007
Milestones and miscues characterized medical news in Florida in 2007. A new heart-valve procedure spared a 13-year-old Hollywood boy from another open-heart surgery and had him at home text-messaging his friends within hours. Stem cells from a donor mother's cord blood battled a 9-year-old Kendall boy's leukemia. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:13:23 GMT)

Luminex Corporation to Present At JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) today announced that management will present at the 26th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference to be held January 7-10, 2008, in San Francisco. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:29:19 GMT)

Scientists re-examine soy diversity
An Agricultural Research Service-led team of scientists has challenged the widely held assumption that two "genetic bottlenecks" have drastically reduced genetic variability in soybean varieties grown in farmers' fields. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:21:16 GMT)

Researchers Uncover Key Trigger for Potent Cancer-Fighting Marine Product
Discovery could lead to new versions of drug being tested as a cancer treatment in humans. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:27:28 GMT)

Study Examines Media Preferences of Life Scientists in Applied Markets
Faced with modest growth in the traditional life science market, suppliers are turning their attention to opportunities in agricultural, biodefense and molecular diagnostics. To help companies navigate these unfamiliar waters, leading research and advisory firm BioInformatics, LLC today released its latest report examining the marketing and media preferences of scientists working in these ... (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:36:00 GMT)

Study Examines Media Preferences of Life Scientists in Applied Markets
ARLINGTON, Va. ( Map ) - ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Faced with modest growth in the traditional life science market, suppliers are turning their attention to opportunities in agricultural, biodefense and molecular diagnostics. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:46:13 GMT)

Key Trigger For Potent Cancer-fighting Marine Product Discovered
An unexpected discovery in marine biomedical laboratories has led to new, key information about the fundamental biological processes inside a marine organism that creates a natural product currently being tested to treat cancer in humans. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:12:52 GMT)

Assembling the jigsaw puzzle of drug addiction
Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers from the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common to four different addictive drugs. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:21:37 GMT)

Assembling The Jigsaw Puzzle Of Drug Addiction
Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common to four different addictive drugs. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:12:42 GMT)

Brains at work to trace human evolution by 2013
Scientists have mapped human genome, but the next step remains to understand the human evolution and also to prescribe suitable medicines to individuals based on their genetic make up. (Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:58:04 GMT)

Local job outlook not bleak
Economists predicted slow, yet steady job growth in the Charlotte area, following the Labor Department's release Friday showing U.S. unemployment in December rose to 5 percent -- the highest since 2005. The unemployment rate for Mecklenburg County dropped to 4.5 percent in November, from 4.6 percent in October, the N.C. Employment Security Commission reported Friday. Local and state unemployment ... (Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:06:58 GMT)

Plant Study Reveals New Insights Into How Genomes Work
Cells keep a close watch over the transcriptome -- the totality of all parts of the genome that are expressed in any given cell at any given time. Researchers have peeled back another layer of transcriptional regulation and gain new insight into how genomes work. (Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:13:52 GMT)

Products to evolve from synthetic DNA
WASHINGTON - It has been 50 years since scientists first created DNA in a test tube, stitching ordinary chemical ingredients together to make life's most extraordinary molecule. Until recently, however, even the most sophisticated labs could make only small snippets of DNA - an extra gene or two to be inserted into corn plants, for example, to help the plants ward off insects or tolerate drought. (Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:11:37 GMT)

The Year in Biotech
January 02, 2008 | 2007 may be remembered as the turning point for personal genomics, when broad gene testing for individuals finally came within reach. (Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:30:57 GMT)

Bio-IT Briefs
January 02, 2008 | Orion Genomics announced the discovery and validation of the most frequent DNA alterations detected in breast cancer to date. (Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:33:11 GMT)

Assembling The Jigsaw Puzzle Of Drug Addiction
Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers from the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common to four different addictive drugs. This novel paper appears in PLoS Computational Biology on January 4, 2008. (Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:03:27 GMT)

Not Only Lipids and Inflammation: Insight Into a New Cause of Heart Attack and Other Vascular Disease
deCODE scientists today report that the genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 that the company has linked to increased risk of heart attack is also associated with up to 70% increase in risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm . (Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:05:00 GMT)

Not Only Lipids and Inflammation: Insight Into a New Cause of Heart Attack and Other Vascular Disease
deCODE scientists today report that the genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 that the company has linked to increased risk of heart attack is also associated with up to 70% increase in risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and intracranial aneurysm (IA). This is the first common genetic variant ever found to associate with either condition. The paper, entitled 'The same sequence variant on 9p21 ... (Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:15:10 GMT)

Opening up the university to everyone, via the Web
WASHINGTON -- Berkeley's on YouTube. American University's hoping to get on iTunes. George Mason University professors have created an online research tool, a virtual filing cabinet for scholars. And with a few clicks on Yale's Web site, anyone can watch one of the school's most popular philosophy professors sitting cross-legged on his desk, talking about death. (Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:26:53 GMT)

La Jolla, California December 27, 2007
Cells keep a close watch over the transcriptome – the totality of all parts of the genome that are expressed in any given cell at any given time. (Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:32:33 GMT)

Collaboration key to success for sheep genome
In less than five months AgResearch has completed its share of an international sheep genome mapping project that will help farmers identify genes associated with important production, quality and disease traits in sheep. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:14:14 GMT)

Chinese scientists sequence 1st volunteer's genome
The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has sequenced the first Chinese volunteer's genome as part of a project to create a database of Asian genomes. The Yanhuang Project, named after two legendary ancient emperors who are believed to ... (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:03:21 GMT)

Chinese scientists sequence first volunteer's genome
BEIJING - The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has sequenced the first Chinese volunteer's genome as part of a project to create a database of Asian genomes. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:17:57 GMT)

A special issue of the International Journal of Plant Sciences
Recent inquiry into variation and evolution of reproductive systems of flowering plants has produced exciting and ground-breaking work within the plant sciences. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:13:33 GMT)

Agresearch mapps sheep genome
Agresearch has completed work on an international project mapping the sheep genome which will allow it to start identifying markers for valuable traits in yield, quality and disease-resistance. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:38:19 GMT)

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-01-07 08:29 GMT: NextGen Group enters alliance with Paragon Bioservices to co-market services
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - NextGen Sciences, a unit of NextGen Group PLC, said it entered into an alliance with Paragon Bioservices, which provides research and manufacturing services in support of developing biologics. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:57:18 GMT)

First Chinese volunteer's genome mapped
New Delhi, January 7 (ANI): As part of a project to create a database of Asian genomes, the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has sequenced the genome of a Chinese volunteer for the first time. Dr. Wang Jian, the Director of BGI's Shenzhen branch, has revealed that it was a researcher whose genome had been sequenced by his team. The Yanhuang Project is aimed at mapping the genomes of 100 ... (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:05:18 GMT)

Not Only Lipids And Inflammation: Insight Into A New Cause Of Heart Attack And Other Vascular Disease
deCODE scientists report that the genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 that the company has linked to increased risk of heart attack is also associated with up to 70% increase in risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and intracranial aneurysm (IA). This is the first common genetic variant ever found to associate with either condition. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:17:27 GMT)

Gaze into the career crystal ball
Q As a career coach, I'm asked about promising careers of the future. Can you help me out? - M.J. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:51:34 GMT)

Key Trigger Uncovered For Potent Cancer-Fighting Marine Product
An unexpected discovery in marine biomedical laboratories at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has led to new, key information about the fundamental biological processes inside a marine organism that creates a natural product currently being tested to treat cancer in humans. The finding could lead to new applications of the natural product in treating human diseases. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:16:26 GMT)

Global Service Providers Select Applied Biosystems' Next-Generation Sequencer for Genomic Services Offerings
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Applied Biosystems , an Applera Corporation business, today announced that it has established a next-generation genomic analysis service provider program for scientists interested in using the SOLiD™ System to answer biological questions that currently cannot be addressed with existing technologies. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:30:00 GMT)

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Global Service Providers Select Applied Biosystems Next-Generation . Sequencer for Genomic Services Offerings Sequencer for Genomic Services Offerings 07/01/2008 12:30:00 Business Wire US3612681052 Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced that it has established a next-generation genomic analysis service provider program for scientists interested in using ... (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:43:25 GMT)

Exit sweeter without venture capitalists
While the deal that sees genomics equipment developer, Genapta being acquired by a mystery US buyer remains shrouded in mystery, founder Julian White says that a Cambridge presence will be retained for the forseeable future. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:45:01 GMT)

Global Service Providers Select Applied Biosystems' Next-Generation Sequencer for Genomic Services Offerings
Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced that it has established a next-generation genomic analysis service provider program for scientists interested in using the SOLiD(TM) System to answer biological questions that currently cannot be addressed with existing technologies. The SOLiD System Service Provider Program is intended to provide the scientific ... (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:59:00 GMT)

Plexera Bioscience to Showcase Kx(TM) Array Technology
BOTHELL, Wash.----Plexera Bioscience LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lumera Corporation , announced today that it will present the latest developments of its commercially branded Kx™ array technology at the upcoming PepTalk 2008 meeting on January 7-9 in San Diego. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:45:00 GMT)

Rosetta Genomics Licenses Roche PCR Technology for use in its MicroRNA-Based Diagnostics
Rosetta Genomics announced today its wholly owned subsidiary, Rosetta Genomics Inc., has received a license from Roche Molecular Systems to use its PCR technology in Rosetta Genomics' microRNA-based diagnostic tests. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:57:00 GMT)

Genizon BioSciences Secures $31 Million in Additional Financing
MONTREAL----Genizon BioSciences today announced the closing of its Series E financing in the amount of CAD$31 million. The lead investor is BTF B.V. of Haarlem, The Netherlands, a venture capital fund focused on late stage biotechnology companies. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:00:00 GMT)

Researchers Discover New Biomarker for Predicting Liver Cancer Spread and Survival
New research has shown that a unique pattern of microRNAs, small RNA molecules that regulate gene activity, can accurately predict whether liver cancer will spread and whether liver cancer patients will have shorter or longer survival, even patients with early stage disease. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:28:26 GMT)

Plexera Bioscience to Showcase Kx(TM) Array Technology
Plexera Bioscience LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lumera Corporation (NASDAQ:LMRA), announced today that it will present the latest developments of its commercially branded Kx(TM) array technology at the upcoming PepTalk 2008 meeting on January 7-9 in San Diego. Plexera's Director of Application Development, Dr. Michael Cicirelli, will present a poster entitled "Accelerating Proteomics ... (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:30:03 GMT)

Efficient Biofuel Made From Genetically Modified E. Coli Bacteria
Researchers have developed a new method for producing next-generation biofuels by genetically modifying Escherichia coli bacteria to be an efficient biofuel synthesizer. The method could lead to mass production of these biofuels. The research team modified key pathways in E. coli to produce several higher-chain alcohols from glucose, a renewable carbon source. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:13:12 GMT)

Smallpox vaccine alternative identified
University of California, Irvine infectious disease researchers have shown the effectiveness of a potential alternative to the existing smallpox vaccine that can replace the current biodefense stockpile for this lethal virus. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:35:25 GMT)

Opening up the university to everyone, by way of the Web
WASHINGTON -- Berkeley's on YouTube. American University's hoping to get on iTunes. George Mason University professors have created an online research tool, a virtual filing cabinet for scholars. And with a few clicks on Yale's Web site, anyone can watch one of the school's most popular philosophy professors sitting cross-legged on his desk, talking about death. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:52:46 GMT)

An automated multiplexing platform for genomic and proteomic analyses
The discovery of specific genes and their link to various disease states is facilitating early diagnosis and timely therapy, and paving the way toward personalized medicine. Traditionally, diseases have been classified based on physiological symptoms or phenotypes. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:32:24 GMT)

Web opens up universities to everyone
WASHINGTON - Berkeley's on YouTube. American University's hoping to get on iTunes. George Mason University professors have created an online research tool, a virtual filing cabinet for scholars. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:47:39 GMT)

All sheep-shape as researchers tag DNA
Townies still won't know the difference but New Zealand scientists have found a way to map the genetic code of the average sheep. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:51:19 GMT)

Agresearch completes mapping sheep genome
Agresearch has completed work on an international project mapping the sheep genome which will allow it to start identifying markers for valuable traits in yield, quality and disease-resistance. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:08:33 GMT)

Genizon BioSciences Secures $31 Million In Additional Financing
Funding for genome-wide association studies in metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease. Montreal, Quebec - January 7, 2008 - Genizon BioSciences today announced the closing of its Series E financing in the amount of CAD$31 million. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:24:12 GMT)

Illumina Introduces the Infinium(R) High-Density (HD) Human1M-Duo and Human610-Quad BeadChips
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. today unveiled two ground-breaking new products for DNA analysis: the Infinium HD Human1M-Duo and the Human610-Quad , featuring up to 2.3 million single nucleotide polymorphisms per BeadChip. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:30:00 GMT)

Noticias Infobolsa / Titulares
Illumina s new Infinium HD Human1M-Duo BeadChip features up to 2.3 . million SNPs per chip. (Graphic: Business Wire) million SNPs per chip. (Graphic: Business Wire) 07/01/2008 18:30:00 Business Wire US4523271090 Illumina, Inc. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:43:55 GMT)

Illumina Introduces the Infinium(R) High-Density (HD) Human1M-Duo and Human610-Quad BeadChips
Illumina, Inc. (7884;NASDAQ:ILMN) today unveiled two ground-breaking new products for DNA analysis: the (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:47:10 GMT)

Noticias Infobolsa / Titulares
07/01/2008 19:50:00 Business Wire SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGA), a company specializing in the development of pharmaceutical agents to fight biowarfare pathogens and protect the population at large, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:57:25 GMT)

Comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction
Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers from the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common to four different addictive drugs. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:02:47 GMT)

Rosetta Genomics Licenses Roche’s PCR Technology for miRNA Dx Products
GenomeWeb Daily News You are not logged in. Existing subscribers login here . New to GenomeWeb Daily News? Register quickly here for your free subscription. (Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:02:12 GMT)

Biotech That Mines Canadian Genomes Lands $31 Million
Genizon, a Canadian biotech company, gets an infusion of cash to develop personalized medicine for metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:01:58 GMT)

Internet Access Is Only Prerequisite For More and More College Classes
Berkeley's on YouTube. American University's hoping to get on iTunes. George Mason professors have created an online research tool, a virtual filing cabinet for scholars. And with a few clicks on Yale's Web site, anyone can watch one of the school's most popular philosophy professors sitting... (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:30:31 GMT)

Ocimum rated as top vendor in bioinformatics
Ocimum Biosolutions (Ocimum) has been rated as the top vendor in Bioinformatics by a ValueNotes/KnowGenix research report - Bioinformatics Outsourcing in Life Sciences - India Opportunity. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:32:48 GMT)

QIAGEN to Supply Singapore Ministry of Health With Avian Flu Surveillance Solutions
VENLO, The Netherlands, Jan. 8, 2008 -- QIAGEN today announced that it has been awarded an exclusive contract by the Singapore Ministry of Health to supply sample preparation solutions and molecular tests for the specific detection of Influenza H5N1 viruses -- better known as avian flu. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:00:00 GMT)

Alternative for smallpox vaccine identified
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified a potential alternative to the existing smallpox vaccine that can replace the current biodefense stockpile for this lethal virus. The study, conducted by Philip Felgner and Huw Davies with the Department of Medicine, found that the modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) produced the same antiviral ... (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:40:20 GMT)

08.01.2008 - DJ HUGIN NEWS/QIAGEN to Supply Singapore Ministry of Health with Avian Flu Surveillance Solutions
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BIOLOGY | Breakthrough gene analysis still leaves many questions
The editors of the journal Science waffled when they declared human genetic variance its "breakthrough of the year" last month. They called the new gene analysis techniques and massive amount of data they generate "exhilarating and terrifying." (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:39:27 GMT)

Personalized Medicine Through Genomic Analysis And Molecular Diagnostics - Conference
TriMark Publications, a global leader in biotechnology, healthcare and life sciences publishing, announces the TriMark Molecular Diagnostics Conference 2008 entitled: "Personalized Medicine through Genomic Analysis and Molecular Diagnostics" The Conference will be held on Monday, March 31, 2008 at Harvard Medical School located at the Joseph B. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:17:44 GMT)

SQI Diagnostics Announces First SQiDworks(TM) Platform Shipped for Validation Trials
SQI Diagnostics Inc. , a medical systems automation company focused on evolving laboratory-based biomarker testing, today announced that it has shipped the first SQiDworks platform and accompanying QuantiSpot microarray consumables to Mount Sinai Hospital, which operates a globally recognized autoimmune reference laboratory in Toronto. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT)

UC Berkeley Expands Molecular Toxicology Curriculum to Include GeneGo's Platform
GeneGo, Inc., the leading provider of databases, software and services in systems biology, announced today that UC Berkeley will expand the use of its MetaCore/MetaDrug Discovery Platform in their Computational Toxicology course, a required component for Molecular Toxicology majors, and in undergrad honors research programs. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:00:00 GMT)

Nobel Laureate Dr. Gunter Blobel to Speak at FAU
Gunter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D.,1999 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will present a lecture at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton entitled, "Nucleo-cytoplasmic Traffic," highlighting his groundbreaking research on the inner workings of the cell. His research has paved the way for major advances in fighting disease. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:32:22 GMT)

Power3 Medical BC-SeraPro Test Highlighted in Woman's Day Magazine
HOUSTON----Power3 Medical Products, Inc. , a leading proteomics company specializing in the development and commercialization of diagnostic tests for the early detection of breast cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, was highlighted in an article in the January issue of Woman's Day Magazine in the "Health Your Health" section. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:45:00 GMT)

Power3 Medical BC-SeraPro Test Highlighted in Woman´s Day Magazine
Power3 Medical Products, Inc. (OTCBB: PWRM, https://www.power3medical.com) a leading proteomics company (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:01:58 GMT)

Molecular Basis Of Monarch Butterfly Migration Discovered
An ancestral circadian clock mechanism is defined in monarch butterflies, in which two proteins function as critical components. The proteins may also function as output molecules that connect the clock to the sun compass for successful navigation. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:12:53 GMT)

Scientists discover molecular basis of monarch butterfly migration
Since its discovery, the annual migration of eastern North American monarch butterflies has captivated the human imagination and spirit. That millions of butterflies annually fly a few thousand miles to reach a cluster of pine groves in central Mexico comprising just 70 square miles is, for many, an awesome and mysterious occurrence. However, over the past two decades, scientists have begun to ... (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:22:40 GMT)

Center for Molecular Medicine Selected to Provide DNA Analysis for Children's Oncology Group Leukemia Study
The Center for Molecular Medicine today announced it has been selected by the Children's Oncology Group to provide professional genotyping services and analysis as part of a study to evaluate the existence of genetic abnormalities and their association with response to therapy and/or specific toxicities to improve the diagnosis and treatment of childhood leukemia. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:24:00 GMT)

Navigating the Translational Science Loop: A Challenge and An Opportunity, According to Bio-IT World Magazine
The translational science loop -- bench to bedside and back to the bench -- is challenging enough, but how do you go from the clinic to the real world and back to the clinic, then back to discovery? That's one of the challenges facing John Reynders, the new Chief Information Officer for life sciences at Johnson & Johnson PRD. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:00:00 GMT)

Global Service Providers Select Applied Biosystems' Next-Generation Sequencer For Genomic Services Offerings
Applied Biosystems, an Applera Corporation business, today announced that it has established a next-generation genomic analysis service provider programme for scientists interested in using the SOLiD System to answer biological questions that currently cannot be addressed with existing technologies (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:23:47 GMT)

Beijing Genomics Institute Signs First Volunteer for Project to Sequence 100 Human Genomes
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Alternative Smallpox Vaccine Identified
University of California, Irvine infectious disease researchers have shown the effectiveness of a potential alternative to the existing smallpox vaccine that can replace the current biodefense stockpile for this lethal virus. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:17:17 GMT)

Current Pharmaceutical Pipelines Are Testimony to the Intensity of Breast Cancer Drug Development with At Least 50 ...
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Drug Targets for Breast Cancer to their offering. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:40:00 GMT)

Current Pharmaceutical Pipelines Are Testimony to the Intensity of Breast Cancer Drug Development with At Least 50 ...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets has announced the addition of Drug Targets for Breast Cancer to their offering. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:02:17 GMT)

Multispan and Promega to Streamline GPCR Drug Screening Programs
MADISON, Wis.----Today Multispan and Promega agreed to co-develop assay tools for G-protein coupled receptor screening. The companies will combine Multispan GPCR cell lines and Promega bioluminescent technologies to create novel optimized GPCR screening protocols. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:00:00 GMT)

Bioinformatics Startup Takes Exclusive License to Software from U. of Houston
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Luminex Corporation to Present At JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
AUSTIN, Texas----In the second graph, first sentence of the release dated Jan. 4, 2008 the time of the presentation is incorrect. The correct time should be 3:00 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 (sted: 12:00 p.m. (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:11:00 GMT)

Multispan and Promega to Streamline GPCR Drug Screening Programs
Today Multispan and Promega agreed to co-develop assay tools for G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) (Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:17:23 GMT)

Scientists unravel the molecular basis of monarch butterfly migration
WORCESTER, Mass. — Since its discovery, the annual migration of eastern North American monarch butterfly has captivated the human imagination and spirit. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:13:43 GMT)

Smallpox Vaccine Alternative Identified
Infectious disease researchers have shown the effectiveness of a potential alternative to the existing smallpox vaccine that can replace the current biodefense stockpile for this lethal virus. Scientists applied blood serum samples taken from both humans and animals given the MVA or Dryvax vaccines to “microarray” chips containing more than 200 vaccinia virus proteins, on which they ... (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:14:29 GMT)

Washington, DC January 8, 2008
Cyst nematodes are menacing, microscopic roundworms that infect and feed on the root cells of many important agricultural crops. One species of cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines , feeds on soybean crops, resulting in up to $1 billion in crop loss in the United States each year. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:32:15 GMT)

$60 million to firm to Port St. Lucie will deplete Florida's innovation fund
It will formally be called OHSU VGTI-Florida, an alphabet-soup answer to the thorny issue of Florida tax dollars paying to finance research by an institution connected to, and created by, the state of Oregon. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:27:03 GMT)

Patents
Radial discharge actuator device, patent No. 7,316,187, invented by David D. Hansen of Layton, assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden. Drain plug retention system, patent No. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:12:43 GMT)

'Fort Knox for genes'
Some 3 million cloned genes - the largest public collection of complementary DNA - have a new home in Huntsville, after a cross-country journey in freezers kept at 80 degrees below zero. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:15:36 GMT)

A new DNA test for dogs
The test could determine what breeds your mutt is made of. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:04:52 GMT)

The Monarch Butterfly Migration: Model For The Study Of Neural Processes
Since its discovery, the annual migration of eastern North American monarch butterfly has captivated the human imagination and spirit. That millions of butterflies annually fly up to 2000 miles to reach a cluster of pine groves in central Mexico comprising just 70 square miles is for many an awesome and mysterious occurrence. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:19:37 GMT)

Cancer center funding pays off
UAlbany East Campus facilities attract top scientists and pharmaceutical program (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:44:20 GMT)

NanoString Technologies Signs Second Early-Access Agreement for the nCounter(TM) Analysis System
NanoString Technologies today announced the signing of the second Early-Access Agreement for the nCounter Analysis System for digital gene expression with the Genome Sequencing Center at the Washington University School of Medicine. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:59:50 GMT)

Navigating The Translational Science Loop: A Challenge And An Opportunity, According To Bio-IT World Magazine
The translational science loop -- bench to bedside and back to the bench -- is challenging enough, but how do you go from the clinic to the real world and back to the clinic, then back to discovery? That's one of the challenges facing John Reynders, the new Chief Information Officer for life sciences at Johnson & Johnson PRD. (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:02:26 GMT)

OmniComm Systems, Inc. Experiences Banner Year End Results Delivering Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Services and ...
OmniComm Systems, Inc., a leader in integrated electronic data capture solutions for clinical trials, today announced that record growth for the company combined with international expansion and a dedicated focus on the company's support services infrastructure have positioned OmniComm as a significant player among the market leaders and a technological leader for integration with EDC related ... (Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:51:00 GMT)

GATC Forms Consumer Genomics Subsidiary LifeCode; Pitches 'Medical Context' of Service
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