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Mestizo genome map can enhance medicine, define genetic heritage (El Paso Times)
EL PASO -- Mexico's mestizos represent a genetically unique population with roots in American Indian, European, African and Mayan ethnic groups, according to a recently unveiled genome map of the country.
(Jun 1, 2009)
At ASMS 2009, Bruker Introduces Three Major New High-Performance Mass Spectrometry Platforms and Advances Its Applied ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PHILADELPHIA----At the 57th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics , Bruker Daltonics today launches three completely new, major high-performance mass spectrometry platforms for life-science applications in proteomics, small molecule research and applied markets, as well as in clinical research and IVD applications.
(Jun 1, 2009)
CombiMatrix Featured On CNBC (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MUKILTEO, Wash., June 1, 2009 -- CombiMatrix Corporation today announced that it was recently featured in a report that was broadcast on CNBC. The piece can be viewed on the web at the following link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?
(Jun 1, 2009)
SUNY: ENGINE OF THE EMPIRE STATE (New York Post)
SUNY must be part of any smart strategic economic plan for the state. I woke up this morning with about 439,694 stu dents. How's that for a teacher? Challenging to say the least. Daunting for sure. Most of all, it's exhilarating: Today is my...
(Jun 1, 2009)
Prometheus Presents Proprietary Oncology Diagnostic Platform at ASCO Annual Meeting (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
based Diagnostics Also Unveiled
(Jun 1, 2009)
Waters Introduces New SYNAPT G2 with Greater Power, Versatility and Speed Than Any Other High-End Mass Spectrometer (redOrbit)
Game-Changing Technology with High Definition MS (HDMS) Defines New Levels of Performance for Exact Mass MS and MS/MS and Opens New Frontiers in Scientific Discovery PHILADELPHIA, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) announced today the introduction of a powerful next-generation, high performance, mass spectrometer, the Waters(R) SYNAPT(TM) G2 System.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Applied Biosystems/MDS Analytical Technologies Launches New Mass Spectrometry Tools to Advance Public Health and Safety (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CARLSBAD, Calif.----Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation , and its mass spectrometry joint-venture partner, MDS Analytical Technologies, a business unit of MDS Inc. , today announced the commercial availability of new mass spectrometry tools to help laboratories in a variety of industries advance their efforts to improve public health and safety.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Scottsdale Healthcare Is West's Only Clinical Research Site For "Dream Team" Pancreatic Cancer Research Studies (Medical News Today)
Scottsdale Healthcare, through its strategic alliance with the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), is one of three clinical research sites in the United States that will participate in a three-year investigation into new approaches to treating pancreatic cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the U.S.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Genedata Launches Expressionist with Expanded Mass Spectrometry Biomarker Discovery Capabilities (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Genedata Expressionist 5.2 with enhanced capabilities for Mass Spectrometry-based biomarker discovery will be demonstrated at the 57th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, May 31 - June 4, 2009, Booth# 133 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Reinforces its Leadership in Mass Spectrometry at ASMS (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WALTHAM, Mass.----Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. , the world leader in serving science, today reinforced its market-leading portfolio of mass spectrometry technologies with the launch of its latest and most advanced instrument lines − the LTQ Velos™ and LTQ Velos™ Orbitrap − at the 57th American Society for Mass Spectrometry annual conference, which runs from May 31- June 4, in Philadelphia.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Putting the Alpha in Alabama (Bio-IT World)
Bio-IT World | There are exciting happenings in northern Alabama. According to various magazine surveys, Huntsville, Alabama, is one of the more desirable places to live and find work in these economic tough times. That goes for life scientists too, thanks in no small part to the efforts of Jim Hudson.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Waters Introduces Mass Spectrometer, Waters SYNAPT G2 System (Energy Business Review)
Waters Corporation (Waters), a US-based supplier of ultra performance liquid chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, has introduced a high performance, mass spectrometer, the Waters SYNAPT G2 System. The SYNAPT G2 System offers researchers with intuitive operation, application flexibility, and a new level of performance for biopharmaceutical, metabolite identification, ...
(Jun 1, 2009)
Cancer Risk In Delaying Sex Assignment Surgery (Medical News Today)
An editorial and a case report on Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD) in the Medical Journal of Australia highlight the need for early diagnosis and effective risk management in these rare but potentially life threatening cases.
(Jun 1, 2009)
ChemGenex's omacetaxine may provide first viable treatment option for highly resistant form of CML (EurekAlert!)
( Kureczka/Martin Associates ) Data from a pivotal study of omacetaxine in CML patients with the T315I drug resistance mutation show omacetaxine to be well tolerated and to produce durable hematological and cytogenic responses in some patients. While several other novel drugs have been studied in this difficult-to-treat population, they have not had a reasonable risk:benefit ratio. These results ...
(Jun 1, 2009)
Best Places to Work in Industry, 2009 (The Scientist)
The results are in -- this year, the companies you ranked highest provide their employees with a sense of security in uncertain economic times
(Jun 1, 2009)
University of the Sciences Names Samson College of Health Sciences in Honor of Marvin Samson (Newswise)
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia's board of trustees has approved changing the name of its College of Health Sciences to the Samson College of Health Sciences in honor of Marvin Samson, a longtime friend, honorary alumnus, and trustee of the University.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Singapore scientists elected into National Academy of Sciences (EurekAlert!)
( Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore ) Renowned Singapore-based cancer geneticists Neal Copeland, Ph.D., and Nancy Jenkins, Ph.D., who are among the top 50 most-cited biomedical scientists in the world today, have been elected into National Academy of Sciences.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Q&A: Genome Institute of Singapore Team Develops Roche NimbleGen-Based Flu-Detection Assay (GenomeWeb News)
Professional Background: 2009-present, CSO, Genome Institute of Singapore; 2008-present, head, Biopolis Shared Facilities, Singapore; 2006-present, officer in charge, high-content screening facility, Biopolis Shared Facilities; 2004-2009, research scientist, microarray and expression genomics, GIS; 2001-2004, research associate, microarray and expression genomics, GIS.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Rooted in research, University of Houston biotech program grows by leaps and bounds (dBusinessNews.com)
For those who have any doubt that a little bit of money can go a long way, University of Houston leaders point to the campus’ Center for Life Sciences Technology.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Monday, June 1, 2009 (GenomeWeb News)
This month, GT brings you a technical guide covering best practices in GWAS. Over the past two years, the number of genome-wide association studies has increased dramatically. With that has come whopping numbers of new disease-associated genes.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Monday, June 1, 2009 (GenomeWeb News)
Sequencing sure has changed since Frederick Sanger developed his chain-termination method in the 1970s. These days, it's all high-throughput and parallelized. That can get pricey — particularly if you're only interested in certain focused parts or certain exons of the genome.
(Jun 1, 2009)
ChIP-Seq, Drosophila targeted mutagenesis featured in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (EurekAlert!)
( Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ) Highlights from the June 2009 issue of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols include protocols for ChIP-Seq and Drosophila targeted mutagenesis.
(Jun 1, 2009)
DOE Unveils New Phytozome Portal (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute has released an enhanced version of its comparative plant genomics web portal aimed at supporting research into agriculture, biofuel, feed, and fiber research.
(Jun 1, 2009)
European project to define key stages of human ageing (News-Medical-Net)
Aston University in Birmingham, UK, is one of 27 partners involved in a EUR 12m project that is set to identify and establish biomarkers which recognise the key stages of human ageing.
(Jun 1, 2009)
Researchers Find Breast Cancer Gene That's Blocked by Blood Pressure Drug (Newswise)
Researchers have identified a gene that is overexpressed in up to 20 percent of breast cancers and that could be blocked in the lab by a currently available blood pressure drug, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
(Jun 1, 2009)
BP Drug Blocks Newly Found Breast Cancer Gene (WebMD)
Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a gene that may be involved in as many as one in five of all breast cancers. This gene could be blocked by a currently available blood pressure drug.
(Jun 1, 2009)
USU recruiting high schoolers for high-tech research (Deseret News)
Utah State University is still recruiting high school students to work with faculty mentors who are conducting biotechnology...
(Jun 1, 2009)
Closing the gaps in the human genome (EurekAlert!)
Sequence gaps in human chromosome 15 have been closed by the application of 454 technology. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology have described a simple and scalable method for finishing nonstructural gaps in genome assemblies.
(Jun 1, 2009)
It's rocket science for four Madison West students (Wisconsin State Journal)
The model rocket by juniors Jacqui German, John Schoech, Tenzin Sonam and Ben Winokur took first place out of 100 teams in the Team America Rocketry Challenge on May 16 in The Plains, Va.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Microsoft to Buy Rosetta Biosoftware to Integrate -Omics Analysis Tools into New Amalga Platform (GenomeWeb News)
Microsoft announced today that it is acquiring "certain assets" of Rosetta Biosoftware in a bid to incorporate the bioinformatics company's genetic, genomic, metabolomic, and proteomics data-management software into its recently launched Amalga Life Sciences platform.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Cloudera CEO: Hadoop Will Go Beyond Web Apps (Salon.com)
“ Hadoop is going to find potential markets in any industry where there are large data sets that need complex analysis,” Mike Olsen, chief executive officer and one of the four co-founders of Cloudera , the startup that’s commercializing the open-source software framework Hadoop, told me earlier today.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Microsoft Buys Merck-Owned Bioinformatics Firm (ChannelWeb)
Microsoft has agreed to acquire some of the assets of a bioinformatics software developer that enables medical researchers to crunch mountains of data and make faster, more informed decisions.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Blueprint for New World Order (WorldNet Daily)
If you want to know what the globalist elite really have in mind for us, you should keep your eye on Foreign Policy Magazine , as I do. The May-June issue is nothing short of a blueprint for where the powers that be plan to take us – and it ain't pretty.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Waters Introduces New SYNAPT G2 With Greater Power, Versatility And Speed Than Any Other High-End Mass Spectrometer (PharmaceuticalOnline)
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT ) announced today the introduction of a powerful next-generation, high performance, mass spectrometer, the Waters® SYNAPT™ G2 System.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Cranes Software Exceeds the Client's Expectations on Psephology Projections (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BANGALORE, India----Presenting live on CNN-IBN, on May 16th, Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, IBN Network said: "Someone who must claim victory today is our resident psephologist or really a statistician, Dr.
(Jun 2, 2009)
EU agrees a legal framework for European research infrastructures (PublicTechnology.net)
The European Commission has welcomed the agreement reached by the EU Council, on its proposal for a regulation for a community legal framework for European Research Infrastructures consortium (ERIC). The regulation will make it easier to set up European Research Infrastructures, such as cutting edge installations to test technologies for carbon dioxide capture and storage, data banks in genomics ...
(Jun 2, 2009)
Protea forms development partnership with Mayoly Spindler (PharmaBiz)
Protea Biosciences, a leader in the development of new protein technology, announced has entered into a drug development partnership with Laboratoires Mayoly Spindler (Mayoly), a European pharmaceutical company based in France, that specializes in gastroenterology therapeutics.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Large Genome data sets apps in works (CIOL)
CANADA: GenoLogics and SAS have announced plans to integrate the Geneus lab and data management solution with the JMP(R) Genomics statistical discovery application from SAS for managing and analyzing large genomic data sets.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Ingenuity and Integromics Offer Integration for Comprehensive Genomics Analysis (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Integromics, S.L. and Ingenuity Systems announced the integration of RealTime StatMiner® and Integromics Biomarker Discovery for TIBCO Spotfire® with Ingenuity Pathway Analysis .
(Jun 2, 2009)
Ingenuity and Integromics Offer Integration for Comprehensive Genomics Analysis (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Integromics, S.L. and Ingenuity Systems announced the integration of RealTime StatMiner® and Integromics Biomarker Discovery for TIBCO Spotfire® with Ingenuity Pathway Analysis .
(Jun 2, 2009)
Research and Markets: This Comprehensive Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics Report is a Must for Anyone Seeking to ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics" to their offering.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Discovery Of Breast Cancer Gene That's Blocked By Blood Pressure Drug (Medical News Today)
Researchers have identified a gene that is overexpressed in up to 20 percent of breast cancers and that could be blocked in the lab by a currently available blood pressure drug, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The gene, called AGTR1, caused normal breast cells to behave like cancer cells.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Dana-Farber, Quackenbush Launch Analysis Consultancy Center (GenomeWeb News)
If the idea of a one-stop informatics shop ready to meet all of your data analysis needs sounds like something for the wish list, think again. Researchers around Boston now have access to just such a service in the Center for Cancer Computational Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Affymetrix, Inc. (AFFX) President and Chief Executive Officer to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
ADVISORY, June 2, 2009 --
(Jun 2, 2009)
Researchers Suggest That Oxidative Stress is Strongly Evident in the In-Utero Environment of the Fetus With Down ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Abnormal gene expression in amniotic fluid could play role in suggesting potential therapies
(Jun 2, 2009)
This Week in PNAS (GenomeWeb News)
Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology have used metabolomics to measure internal body time. Performing blood metabolome analysis on mice , they were able to measure hundreds of clock-controlled metabolites in mouse plasma; using the scan, they found body time under various conditions, which included differences in genetic background, sex, age, and feeding patterns.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Waters' Next-Generation Synapt and Thermo Fisher's Velos Line Lead New MS Launches at ASMS (GenomeWeb News)
PHILADELPHIA – While a number of vendors used this year's American Society for Mass Spectrometry annual conference to showcase instruments launched earlier in the year, Waters and Thermo Fisher Scientific were the only vendors to launch new mass specs at the meeting held here this week.
(Jun 2, 2009)
Scientists call for African genomics boost (SciDev.net)
[OUDTSHOORN] A new era of medicines tailored to suit the genetic profiles of specific populations could leave Africa behind, some of the continent's most respected geneticists are warning.
(Jun 2, 2009)
IP Roundup (GenomeWeb News)
Bio-Rad Laboratories of Hercules, Calif., has received US Patent No. 7,541,003, "Latex based adsorbent chip." The patent describes an adsorbent chip containing three components: a substrate, an intermediate layer of linker arms, and an adsorbent film, which is attached to the linker arms.
(Jun 2, 2009)
New Product Watch (GenomeWeb News)
GenoLogics and SAS said last week that they will integrate GenoLogics' Geneus lab and data-management platform with the JMP Genomics statistical discovery software marketed by SAS business unit JMP.
(Jun 2, 2009)
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