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Swiss Institute Of Bioinformatics 10th Anniversary Conference (Medical News Today)
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the SIB's 10th Anniversary celebration. Many events are to take place throughout Switzerland. Amongst them, we are particularly happy to welcome you to our Anniversary Conference (see programme below) which will take place on Wednesday, 24th September at the Kultur-Casino, Herrengasse 25, Bern: (Please register for the Anniversary Conference) 12.30 - 13.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Light To Purify Parasites (Medical News Today)
Researchers have developed a clever method to purify parasitic organisms from their host cells, which will allow for more detailed proteomic studies and a deeper insight into the biology of organisms that cause millions of cases of disease each year.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Identification Of Genetic Variants Using Barcoded Multiplexed Sequencing (Medical News Today)
Investigators at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have announced a faster and less expensive way for scientists to find which genes might affect human health.
(Sep 15, 2008)
ISILON Sets Standard For Scale Out File Storage With Release Of Fifth Generation Clustered Storage Systems (BIOS)
Isilon® Systems (NASDAQ: ISLN), the leader in clustered storage, today announced the release of its fifth generation clustered storage systems, delivering unmatched levels of performance, scalability and value to power a broadening range of file-based applications...
(Sep 15, 2008)
CNS Response Builds Innovative Custom Medical Service Application on Force.com (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Salesforce.com , the market and technology leader in Software-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service , today announced that CNS Response, Inc. has joined the growing number of companies successfully leveraging Force.com to build custom applications to dramatically improve their business.
(Sep 15, 2008)
J. Michael French, CEO of MDRNA, Inc., Appointed to Board of Directors and Will Become President Effective October 1, ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOTHELL, Wash.----MDRNA, Inc. announced today that J. Michael French, CEO, has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. French, 48, will also assume the additional role of President effective October 1, 2008.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Expression Analysis Announces a GWAS Data Analysis & Resequencing Grant (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DURHAM, N.C.----Expression Analysis, Inc., the industry's leading provider of genomic services for clinical trails and research, announced today as part of their continuing efforts to aid researchers in unlocking biological mysteries they will award a Genome Wide Association Study Data Analysis and Resequencing Grant.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Ships First Product With InforSense Virtual Machine Inside (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
InforSense Ltd., the leading provider of next-generation business and scientific intelligence tools, today announced that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has begun shipping its Proteome Discoverer software with integrated protein annotation powered by the InforSense Virtual Machine.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Theranostics Health Receives Green Light to Perform Clinical Testing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Theranostics Health today announced that it has received a CLIA Certificate of Registration from the Federal Government.
(Sep 15, 2008)
SRU Biosystems Announces Launch and First Commercial Sale of Cartridge Reader Using BIND(R) Label-free Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WOBURN, Mass.----SRU Biosystems today announced the launch and first commercial sale of its recently introduced Cartridge Reader into a leading academic laboratory. The Cartridge Reader is the company's entry-level instrument for assay development and low throughput applications to cellular and biochemical studies based on 8- and 16-well label-free biosensors.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Expression Analysis Announces a GWAS Data Analysis & Resequencing Grant (Centre Daily Times)
Expression Analysis, Inc., the industry's leading provider of genomic services for clinical trails and research, announced today as part of their continuing efforts to aid researchers in unlocking biological mysteries they will award a Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) Data Analysis and Resequencing Grant.
(Sep 15, 2008)
David Hsia, Ph.D. Joins Kinex Pharmaceuticals' Board of Directors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Kinex Pharmaceuticals announced that David Hsia, Ph.D. has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.
(Sep 15, 2008)
SRU Biosystems Announces Launch and First Commercial Sale of Cartridge Reader Using BIND(R) Label-free Technology (Centre Daily Times)
SRU Biosystems today announced the launch and first commercial sale of its recently introduced Cartridge Reader into a leading academic laboratory. The Cartridge Reader is the company's entry-level instrument for assay development and low throughput applications to cellular and biochemical studies based on 8- and 16-well label-free biosensors.
(Sep 15, 2008)
MD Anderson Expands BioDiscovery Microarray Software License (GenomeWeb News)
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(Sep 15, 2008)
My Pharmiweb.com (PharmiWeb)
London, UK and Cambridge, MA, September 15, 2008 - InforSense Ltd., the leading provider of next-generation business and scientific intelligence tools, today announced that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has begun shipping its Proteome Discoverer software with integrated protein annotation powered by the InforSense Virtual Machine (IVM). This is ...
(Sep 15, 2008)
The Genetic Early Adopters (Technology Review)
The first people to purchase their complete genome sequences browse their books of life.
(Sep 15, 2008)
International TGen-led team finds link between brain protein and Alzheimer's disease (EurekAlert!)
( The Translational Genomics Research Institute ) Investigators at the Translational Genomics Research Institute today announced a link between the brain protein KIBRA and Alzheimer's disease, a discovery that could lead to promising new treatments for this memory-robbing disorder.The new discovery builds on a previous TGen-led study, which showed a genetic link between KIBRA and memory.In the ...
(Sep 15, 2008)
Children's Hospital researchers identify genetic mutation that may predict organ rejection (EurekAlert!)
( Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh ) Using a novel combination of cutting-edge technologies to scan the human genome, researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a genetic mutation that identifies transplant recipients who experience rejection.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Renowned Stanford microbe hunter Stanley Falkow to receive a 2008 Lasker Award (Stanford Report)
The breadth and depth of Professor Stanley Falkow’s career is being recognized with the 2008 Lasker-Koshland Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science. Sometimes referred to as “America’s Nobels,” the Lasker Awards are this country’s most distinguished honor for researchers in basic and clinical medical sciences.
(Sep 15, 2008)
New gene sequencing method developed (UPI)
PHOENIX, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed a faster and less expensive method by which researchers can identify genes that might affect human health.
(Sep 15, 2008)
New gene sequencing method developed (Moldova.org)
U.S. scientists say they have developed a faster and less expensive method by which researchers can identify genes that might affect human health.Translational Genomics Research Institute, or TGen, scientists said the method involves the use of bar codes, not unlike those found in grocery stores, The TGen researchers found a way to index portions of the nearly 3 billion-base human genetic code, ...
(Sep 15, 2008)
Scientists purify parasites with light (Moldova.org)
British and Scottish scientists say they've come up with a better way to separate parasites from their host cells, allowing detailed studies of their proteins.The researchers, led by Toni Aebischer of the Institute of Immunology and Infection Research at the University of Edinburgh, said their new method will allow a thorough analysis of proteins involved in parasitic organisms. That, in turn, ...
(Sep 15, 2008)
Scientists purify parasites with light (UPI)
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- British and Scottish scientists say they've come up with a better way to separate parasites from their host cells, allowing detailed studies of their proteins.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Pitfalls seen on road to personal health care (EETimes)
The promise of personalized health care based on DNA analysis has yet to be realized due to the technical and market complexities establishing this emerging field, said an executive from Roche Diagnostics at the Biomed Device event in San Jose.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Four integrated M. Tech. courses inaugurated (The Hindu)
TIRUCHI: Bharathidasan University formally revived its School of Engineering and Technology on Monday through inauguration of four Integrated M.Tech programmes. The six-year programmes in Biotechnology, Computer Science and Engineering, ...
(Sep 15, 2008)
Pitfalls seen on road to personal health care (EETimes)
The promise of personalized health care based on DNA analysis has yet to be realized due to the technical and market complexities establishing this emerging field, said an executive from Roche Diagnostics at the Biomed Device event in San Jose.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Broad Using Isilon's Clustered Storage for Genomics Data (GenomeWeb News)
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(Sep 15, 2008)
New Zealand Pledges $26M for Genomics Research Consortium (GenomeWeb News)
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(Sep 15, 2008)
Invitrogen, Biocare to Market FDA Approved Breast Cancer Test (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CARLSBAD, Calif.----Invitrogen Corporation, , a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, has signed an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Biocare Medical LLC, a leading provider of immunohistochemistry reagents, multiplex stains, and automated platforms for the anatomic pathology market, for the new SPOT-Light® HER2 CISH Kit.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Scientists Take Cancer Research Back to the Basic Molecular Level (Newswise)
Scientists and clinicians from around the world will gather in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, next week at the American Association for Cancer Research's third International Conference on Molecular Diagnostics in Therapeutic Development.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Invitrogen, Biocare to Market FDA Approved Breast Cancer Test (Centre Daily Times)
Invitrogen Corporation, (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, has signed an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Biocare Medical LLC, a leading provider of immunohistochemistry reagents, multiplex stains, and automated platforms for the anatomic pathology market, for the new SPOT-Light(R) HER2 CISH Kit. The kit received ...
(Sep 15, 2008)
Gene chips unmask cryptic diseases (Nature)
Microarrays zero in on small DNA defects.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Photosynthesizing bacteria with a day-night cycle contain rare chromosome (EurekAlert!)
( DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ) Researchers sequencing the DNA of the blue-green algae Cyanothece 51142 found a linear chromosome harboring genes important for producing biofuels. Simultaneously analyzing the complement of proteins revealed more genes on the linear and typical circular chromosomes then they'd have found with DNA sequencing alone.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Cyanobacterium sequenced features rare linear chromosome (EurekAlert!)
( Washington University in St. Louis ) A team of researchers headed by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has sequenced the genome of a unique bacterium that manages two disparate operations -- photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation -- in one little cell during two distinct cycles daily. Himadri. Pakrasi, WUSTL professor of biology, spearheaded the drive to sequence the genome of ...
(Sep 15, 2008)
Photosynthesizing bacteria with a day-night cycle contain rare chromosome (PhysOrg)
Researchers sequencing the DNA of blue-green algae found a linear chromosome harboring genes important for producing biofuels. Simultaneously analyzing the complement of proteins revealed more genes on the linear and the typical circular chromosomes then they'd have found with DNA sequencing alone.
(Sep 15, 2008)
Photosynthesizing Bacteria with a Day-night Cycle Contain Rare Chromosome (Newswise)
Genome of diurnal photosynthesizing bacteria called Cyanothece 51142 contains linear chromosome.
(Sep 15, 2008)
New Zealand September 12, 2008 (SeedQuest)
Researchers behind a new genomics research infrastructure involving several of the country's universities and Crown Research Institutes say it will accelerate the progress of genetic research and technology in New Zealand.
(Sep 15, 2008)
'Biological clock' genes control plant growth (EurekAlert!)
More than 125 years ago Charles Darwin first reported that most plants grow in a spurt during the night, not the day -- and this week, scientists are reporting the discovery of the genes that control this phenomenon.
(Sep 16, 2008)
Power3 Medical names new interim CEO (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
Power3 Medical Products, a proteomics company specializing in the development and commercialization of diagnostic blood tests for early detection of breast cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, has appointed Helen Park as its new interim CEO.
(Sep 16, 2008)
Retail Decisions and City University London Advance Neural Technology (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Retail Decisions , a card issuer and a world leader in card fraud prevention and payment processing is pleased to announce a new research and development project in conjunction with City University London, the UK's leading research centre in neural computing.
(Sep 16, 2008)
Retail Decisions and City University London Advance Neural Technology (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Retail Decisions , a card issuer and a world leader in card fraud prevention and payment processing is pleased to announce a new research and development project in conjunction with City University London, the UK's leading research centre in neural computing.
(Sep 16, 2008)
TGen Investigators Devise Faster, Cheaper Way Of Analyzing The Human Genome (BioresearchOnline)
Investigators at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) recently announced a faster and less expensive way for scientists to find which genes might affect human health.
(Sep 16, 2008)
'Biological clock' genes control plant growth (PhysOrg)
More than 125 years ago Charles Darwin first reported that most plants grow in a spurt during the night, not the day - and this week, scientists are reporting the discovery of the genes that control this phenomenon.
(Sep 16, 2008)
Plants' daily alarm clock discovered (New Scientist)
A newly discovered family of genes trigger a growth spurt in plants just before dawn – tweaking these genes might help produce bigger yields
(Sep 16, 2008)
Link Discovered Between Brain Protein And Alzheimer's Disease (Medical News Today)
Investigators at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have announced a link between the brain protein KIBRA and Alzheimer's disease, a discovery that could lead to promising new treatments for this memory-robbing disorder.
(Sep 16, 2008)
Applied Biosystems Launches Service Provider Program for Real-Time RNA Expression Analysis (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----Applied Biosystems Inc. today announced that it has established a global service provider program for RNA expression analysis. The TaqMan® Service Provider Program was created for research scientists who do not have laboratories equipped for performing TaqMan assays, or who choose to outsource their experiments to obtain accurate, sensitive, and reproducible data, ...
(Sep 16, 2008)
Cyntellect Appoints Former GE Healthcare Executive David Burns as Vice President Sales & Marketing and Chief Operating ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Cyntellect, a privately-held life sciences company leading the development and commercialization of live-cell analysis and manipulation systems, announced today that it has appointed David Burns as the Company's Vice President Sales & Marketing and Chief Operating Officer.
(Sep 16, 2008)
Genetic Mutation That May Predict Organ Rejection Identified By Children's Hospital Researchers (Medical News Today)
Using a novel combination of cutting-edge technologies to scan the human genome, researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a genetic mutation that identifies transplant recipients who experience rejection.
(Sep 16, 2008)
3rd International Conference On Molecular Diagnostics In Cancer Therapeutic Development: Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. ... (Medical News Today)
Scientists and clinicians from around the world will gather in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, next week at the American Association for Cancer Research's third International Conference on Molecular Diagnostics in Therapeutic Development.
(Sep 16, 2008)
UB to intro new life sciences plan (Business First of Buffalo)
The University at Buffalo on Wednesday plans to unveil a new project that will strengthen ties to the life-sciences industry.
(Sep 16, 2008)
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