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Battelle gets good report on PNNL work (Tri-City Herald)
Battelle received all A's from the Department of Energy for science and technology work at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in fiscal 2008 and slightly lower grades for its management and operation of the lab.
(Feb 6, 2009)
The Genome Center at Washington University Scales-Up on Illumina Sequencers (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle for the Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to acquire 21 genome analyzers over the next several months to support the Center's expanding research initiatives.
(Feb 6, 2009)
CLC Bio Launches Largest Software Update To Date And Now Includes Gene Expression Analyses (Medical News Today)
CLC bio just launched major updates to all their workbenches, resulting in the largest software update in the company's history.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Lenetix Launches Screening Study Of New Down Syndrome Test (Medical News Today)
Lenetix, Inc. announced the launch of an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved screening study of an improved first and second trimester non-invasive fetal diagnostic test to detect Down syndrome.
(Feb 6, 2009)
The Genome Center at Washington University Scales-Up on Illumina Sequencers (Centre Daily Times)
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle for the Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to acquire 21 genome analyzers over the next several months to support the Center’s expanding research initiatives. Once the scale-up is complete, the Center will have an installed base of 35 Genome Analyzers. The added ...
(Feb 6, 2009)
Complete Genomics Releases Proof-of-Concept Data for Its Sequencing Technology for the First Time (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----Complete Genomics, Inc. released proof-of-concept data for its human genome sequencing technology for the first time yesterday evening. The analysis results were reviewed by Dr.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Genetic Study Shows Direct Link Between Vitamin D And MS Susceptibility 'Gene' (Medical News Today)
Scientists have found evidence that a direct interaction between vitamin D and a common genetic variant alters the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS).
(Feb 6, 2009)
Complete Genomics Releases Proof-of-Concept Data for Its Sequencing Technology for the First Time (Centre Daily Times)
Complete Genomics, Inc. released proof-of-concept (PoC) data for its human genome sequencing technology for the first time yesterday evening. The analysis results were reviewed by Dr. Clifford Reid, Complete Genomics chairman, president and CEO, during his presentation at the annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology Meeting held at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort, Marco Island, Fla.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Gentel Biosciences Announces Personnel Changes (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MADISON, Wis.----Gentel Biosciences announces the promotion of G. Randall Durnell, Ph.D., to Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer and the hiring of Dan Clutter, Ph.D., as Vice President of Commercial Development.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Gentel Biosciences Announces Personnel Changes (Centre Daily Times)
Gentel Biosciences announces the promotion of G. Randall Durnell, Ph.D., to Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer and the hiring of Dan Clutter, Ph.D., as Vice President of Commercial Development. Dr. Durnell has been with Gentel for over a year where he served as the VP of Commercial Operations. In his new role, Dr. Durnell will be responsible for all aspects of Gentel’s commercial ...
(Feb 6, 2009)
Complete Genomics releases proof-of-concept data for its sequencing technology for the first time (EurekAlert!)
( Complete Genomics ) Mountain View, California-based Complete Genomics, Inc. released proof-of-concept data for its human genome sequencing technology for the first time yesterday evening. Complete Genomics successfully sequenced a Caucasian HapMap sample (Coriell catalog # NA07022; cell line DNA), generating 91x average read coverage of the genome in a matter of days. This represents the first ...
(Feb 6, 2009)
Wash U. to Add 21 Illumina Genome Analyzers to Stockpile (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - Washington University plans to buy 21 of Illumina's Genome Analyzers in the coming months that it will use in its human genomics programs.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Complete Genomics Drives Down Cost of Genome Sequence to $5,000 (Bloomberg)
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Complete Genomics , which offers DNA analysis services to drugmakers and other companies, will begin in June to sequence human genomes for $5,000, a far cry from the $2.3 billion the first sequencing cost in 2003.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Research and Markets: Extensive Cytogenetics Report on the Main Technologies, Markets and Companies (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "Cytogenetics - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Research and Markets: Extensive Cytogenetics Report on the Main Technologies, Markets and Companies (Centre Daily Times)
Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets. ) has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report " Cytogenetics - Technologies, Markets and Companies " to their offering.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Complete Genomics Presents First Human Sequencing Data at AGBT; Plans to Sequence Five Genomes for Broad (GenomeWeb News)
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – Complete Genomics said this week that it has signed up the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to test its human genome sequencing services in a pilot project.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Broad Institute to Pilot Complete Genomics' Sequencing Service (GenomeWeb News)
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – Complete Genomics said yesterday that it has signed up the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT to test its human genome sequencing services in a pilot project.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Downloads & Upgrades (GenomeWeb News)
Bioinquire has launched ProteoIQ version 1.2 , a bioinformatics tool for proteomics data analysis.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Bioinformatics Briefs (GenomeWeb News)
Entelos said this week that it has signed an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline to conduct in silico research using its Hematopoiesis PhysioLab platform. The Hematopoiesis PhysioLab platform simulates the biology of anemic patients and patient populations to predict responses to drugs.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Q&A: Merck Research Head Mulls Second-Gen Sequencing, Cloud Computing, and Pharma-IT Standards (GenomeWeb News)
Martin Leach is executive director of basic research and biomarker information technology for Merck Research Labs, where he leads IT, informatics, and data-mining support for the company's basic research division, which encompasses drug discovery through Phase I research.
(Feb 6, 2009)
In Print (GenomeWeb News)
Arakawa K, Tamaki S, Kono N, Kido N, Ikegami K, Ogawa R, Tomita M. Genome Projector: zoomable genome map with multiple views . [ BMC Bioinformatics 2009 Jan 23;10(1):31]: Describes Genome Projector, a web-based application with a zoomable user interface based on the Google Maps API that includes four searchable views: a circular genome map, a traditional genome map, a biochemical pathways map, ...
(Feb 6, 2009)
Some Chemical Rx Compounds May Affect Signal Modulation of Luciferase Assays, NIH Finds (GenomeWeb News)
Some chemical compounds may trigger nonspecific but highly reproducible signal modulation in certain luciferase assays, according to a study conducted by the National Institutes of Health’s Chemical Genomics Center.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Building Bioinformatics Collaborations for Health Care Research (Newswise)
As advanced technology continues to allow for the simplification and collection of health care and research data, experts want to streamline that process. Two New Jersey institutions brought together intellectual leaders to address challenges in the gathering and analysis of health care information for the benefit of patients.
(Feb 6, 2009)
Are You Happy? Find Out Here (GenomeWeb News)
Michael Barton at Bioinformatics Zen announces the release of results from his career survey for bioinformaticists. Data includes programming languages used, happiness level, and average salaries for industry and academia.
(Feb 6, 2009)
CLC bio launches software update to include gene expression (PharmaBiz)
CLC bio launched major updates to all their workbenches, resulting in the largest software update in the company's history.
(Feb 7, 2009)
Building Bioinformatics Collaborations For Health Care Research (Medical News Today)
As advanced technology continues to allow for the simplification and collection of massive amounts of data in the area of health care and research, experts in the field are looking at how to best streamline that process.
(Feb 7, 2009)
Bulgarian Center to Use IBM Supercomputer for Genomics and Drug Studies (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Bulgaria has installed a new IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer, which it plans to use for genomics, proteomics, and drug studies, as well as for other purposes such as financial modeling, at the Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technology in Sofia.
(Feb 7, 2009)
Researchers Propose Guidelines on the Use of Race and Ethnicity in Genomics Studies (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – An interdisciplinary group of researchers from Stanford University today proposed ten principles that it hopes will limit the misuse of racial and ethnic categories in future genetic research.
(Feb 7, 2009)
Bio-Rad CEO -- and Scion -- Norman Schwartz On Growth Strategies (GenomeWeb News)
Norman Schwartz has literally grown up in the executive suite of Bio-Rad Laboratories. He says he doesn’t remember, but there is a family story about his crib being in the back of the company’s offices.
(Feb 7, 2009)
Running in Place to Stay Current (GenomeWeb News)
It's a balancing act, to be sure, to get and keep a core lab facility up-to-date with new technologies and services. There are many facets of running a shared resource that need to be considered when a core looks into acquiring or upgrading a tool or changing a service.
(Feb 8, 2009)
3 TED trends: efficiency, robots, genomics (San Francisco Chronicle)
Spending a few days at the TED conference simultaneously taxes the brain and inspires the mind. The world's most pressing problems are on constant display, counterbalanced by mind-boggling innovations. It's a marketplace for ideas. A place where issues are...
(Feb 8, 2009)
We'd Better Rev Up Those Next-Gen Sequencers (GenomeWeb News)
At his Personal Genome blog, Jason Bobe compares the consumer genomics field to the personal computing industry by way of explaining his prediction that as many as 50 million people will have their genome sequenced by 2015. While Bobe makes it clear that there's no good evidence for that number, from GTO's perspective, it still sounds mighty optimistic.
(Feb 8, 2009)
3 TED trends: efficiency, robots, genomics (San Francisco Chronicle)
Spending a few days at the TED conference simultaneously taxes the brain and inspires the mind. The world's most pressing problems are on constant display, counterbalanced by mind-boggling innovations. It's a marketplace for ideas. A place where issues are...
(Feb 9, 2009)
Boosting bio-tech in Buffalo (BizJournals)
More than a dozen companies are taking advantage of lab space, shared services and prime offices in the heart of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
(Feb 9, 2009)
Rwanda: Lecture Theatres Transformed By Technology (AllAfrica.com)
Kigali — Billy Graham once pointed out that, via television, he could preach to more people in an hour than those Apostle Paul preached to in his entire life.
(Feb 9, 2009)
3 TED trends: efficiency, robots, genomics (San Francisco Chronicle)
Spending a few days at the TED conference simultaneously taxes the brain and inspires the mind. The world's most pressing problems are on constant display, counterbalanced by mind-boggling innovations. It's a marketplace for ideas. A place where issues are...
(Feb 9, 2009)
For The First Time Proof-Of-Concept Data Released By Complete Genomics For Its Sequencing Technology (Medical News Today)
Complete Genomics, Inc. released proof-of-concept (PoC) data for its human genome sequencing technology for the first time yesterday evening. The analysis results were reviewed by Dr. Clifford Reid, Complete Genomics chairman, president and CEO, during his presentation at the annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology Meeting held at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort, Marco Island, Fla.
(Feb 9, 2009)
Research and Markets: "Integrating Device Data into the Electronic Medical Record" Highlights Information on Data ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Integrating Device Data into the Electronic Medical Record: A Developer's Guide to Design and a Practitioner's Guide to Application" to their offering.
(Feb 9, 2009)
What's Killing The Coral Reefs? (Science Daily)
A DNA microarray may help scientists learn how to preserve coral, one of the ocean's most important denizens. The technology tracks changes in microbial populations that indicate coral disease.
(Feb 9, 2009)
String probe could replace invasive procedures for digestive diseases (Chicago Flame)
Eosinophilic esophagitis is a childhood condition which is not yet fully understood. It involves the walls of the esophagus filling with lots of eosinophils -a type of white blood cell. These cells attack the esophagus by mistake, causing it to narrow until food can no longer pass.
(Feb 9, 2009)
Stellar Pharmaceuticals to Present at 2009 Equities Conference and Provides International Uracyst(R) Sales Update (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc. a Canadian pharmaceutical developer and marketer of high quality, cost effective products for select health care markets, today announced that its senior executives will present at the 2009 Equities on the Strip Conference in Las Vegas.
(Feb 9, 2009)
Geospiza Previews GeneSifter® Analysis Kit™ Offering and Microarray Lab Management at ABRF (Centre Daily Times)
Geospiza, Inc., the market leading developer of genetic analysis software, previews new capabilities for GeneSifter Lab Edition and GeneSifter Analysis Edition at the Association for Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) in Memphis this week.
(Feb 9, 2009)
Celsis In Vitro Technologies and Promega to Offer Fast, Reliable Solutions for ADME-Tox Testing With Primary Hepatocytes (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Celsis In Vitro Technologies , a division of Celsis International plc, a Chicago-based life science products and laboratory services company, and Wisconsin-based Promega Corp will take the trial and guesswork out of ADME-Tox testing in primary hepatocytes.
(Feb 9, 2009)
Just Don't Touch Anything (GenomeWeb News)
On his blog, Russ Altman discusses the "proper role" of bioinformatics -- and bioinformatics researchers -- in biomedical research. He says that bioinformatics researchers need not perform wet lab experiments, especially early on in their careers.
(Feb 9, 2009)
Getting Personal (GenomeWeb News)
As our Daily News team reports , the US Food and Drug Administration is creating a new position to focus on genomics-related programs. Liz Mansfield, who has worked on science policy in the past, will fill the new post.
(Feb 9, 2009)
Signature Genomic Laboratories Receives Accreditation from College of American Pathologists (Centre Daily Times)
Signature Genomic Laboratories, Spokane, Wash., has been awarded an accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), based on the results of a recent on-site inspection.
(Feb 9, 2009)
CLC bio Expands with Enterprise Solution for Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AARHUS, Denmark----CLC bio just launched their new enterprise level product line, consisting of CLC Science Server and CLC Genomics Server.
(Feb 9, 2009)
CLC bio Expands with Enterprise Solution for Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis (Centre Daily Times)
CLC bio just launched their new enterprise level product line, consisting of CLC Science Server and CLC Genomics Server.
(Feb 9, 2009)
Promega and Celsis In Vitro Technologies to Offer More Reliable Solutions for ADME/Tox Testing in Primary Hepatocytes (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MADISON, Wis.----Promega Corp. and Baltimore, Md.-based Celsis In Vitro Technologies will take the trial and guess work out of ADME/Tox testing in primary hepatocytes. Promega will co-market their bioluminescent ADME-Tox assays with Celsis' extensive line of high quality cryopreserved plateable hepatocytes.
(Feb 9, 2009)
Signature Genomics Labs Gets CAP Accreditation (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Signature Genomics Laboratories today said that it has received accreditation from the American College of Pathologists based on the results of a recent on-site inspection.
(Feb 9, 2009)
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