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AJAX: "Stronger Than Dirt!" (GenomeWeb News)
Computational biologist and blogger Neil Saunders invites his bioinformatics-loving peers to try out AJAX when building their next web applications. He takes his readers through a programmatic step-by-step, showing them how to write the code for a simple form page.
(Jul 9, 2009)
The Search for New Drugs (GenomeWeb News)
Drug discovery has never been easy. No one knows how many plants our ancestors tried — or were poisoned by — before figuring out that willow bark could ease a headache or that aloe could soothe a sunburn.
(Jul 9, 2009)
BaseClear to Bundle Illumina Data with CLC bio's Software for Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AARHUS, Denmark & LEIDEN, The Netherlands----Today, the leading provider of Next Generation Sequencing analysis solutions, CLC bio, announced that the premier Dutch sequencing service center, BaseClear, will provide all customers receiving Next Generation Sequencing data with a license for CLC Genomics Workbench for assembly and downstream sequence analyses.
(Jul 9, 2009)
Eureka Genomics Plays Key Role in Identification of Viral Strains Involved in an Emerging Disease Afflicting Syrah ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HERCULES, Calif.----Eureka Genomics, an industry leader in advanced bioinformatics analysis of next generation sequencing data, announced today that it played a key role in the characterization of a previously undefined viral syndrome that is threatening California vineyards--and has baffled scientists for nearly 20 years.
(Jul 9, 2009)
Biochip covers entire mouse genome for DNA/RNA detection. (ThomasNet)
Mouse (mus musculus) biochip enables up-to-date profiling and enrichment of genes and SNPs using Gene Expression Profiling, SNP-Detection, and ncRNA analysis as well as targeted enrichment of genes for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). Geniom® Technology transforms digital genetic sequence information directly into fully applicable microarray and sequence capture biochip. Finished genome ...
(Jul 9, 2009)
Landmark project to map genomics of complex ant systems (EurekAlert!)
( Emory University ) Emory researchers are tapping the latest-generation DNA sequencing technology to become the first explorers of the genomics of agricultural ant societies. The project is one of the first attempts to use genomics to understand a complex interacting system, rather than a single organism. If scientists can understand how these ants have evolved to process huge amounts of ...
(Jul 9, 2009)
Systems biology recommended as a clinical approach to cancer (EurekAlert!)
( Virginia Tech ) Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech and the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are advocating the use of systems biology as an innovative clinical approach to cancer. This approach could result in the development of improved diagnostic tools and treatment options, as well as potential new drug targets to help combat the many potentially ...
(Jul 9, 2009)
Landmark project to map genomics of complex ant systems (w/ Video) (PhysOrg)
Emory researchers are tapping the latest-generation DNA sequencing technology to become the first explorers of the genomics of agricultural ant societies.
(Jul 9, 2009)
Systems biology recommended as a clinical approach to cancer (PhysOrg)
Four researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and their colleagues at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are advocating the use of systems biology as an innovative clinical approach to cancer. This approach could result in the development of improved diagnostic tools and treatment options, as well as potential new drug targets to help combat the many ...
(Jul 9, 2009)
Systems Biology Recommended As A Clinical Approach To Cancer (Science Daily)
Bioinformatics specialists are advocating the use of systems biology as an innovative clinical approach to cancer. This approach could result in the development of improved diagnostic tools and treatment options, as well as potential new drug targets to help combat the many potentially fatal types of the disease.
(Jul 9, 2009)
Systems Biology Recommends A New Clinical Approach To Cancer (redOrbit)
Four researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and their colleagues at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are advocating the use of systems biology as an innovative clinical approach to cancer.
(Jul 9, 2009)
Cell Signaling Technology opens European unit (Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology)
Biomedical research products supplier Cell Signaling Technology Inc. has bought the assets of the company’s Dutch distributor BIOKÉ BV. The acquisition opens up CST market coverage to Europe.
(Jul 9, 2009)
Agilent to Collaborate with UCSD on Network Visualization Software (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Agilent Technologies said today that it will collaborate with Trey Ideker's lab at the University of California, San Diego, to further develop the open source Cytoscape network visualization software package.
(Jul 9, 2009)
BioTek Instruments Lands New Zealand Distributor (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – BioTek Instruments said today that it has tapped Millennium Science, based in Australia, to serve as its distributor in New Zealand.
(Jul 9, 2009)
Online gene testers propose their own regulations (San Jose Mercury News)
Mountain View gene-testing company 23andMe is sponsoring legislation that would transform regulation of its industry, a move that has triggered concern among bioethicists, privacy advocates and others.
(Jul 9, 2009)
Applied science BSc courses may be axed (The Times of India)
MUMBAI: At the turn of the century, diversifying from the plain vanilla Bachelor of Science (BSc) into ``market-driven'' courses like biotechnology, computer science and a slew of similar fancy-sounding streams was seen as the ideal road to the future. Now, academicians feel they got it all wrong.
(Jul 10, 2009)
A Matter of Density, Not Quantity: Individual Bacterial Cells are Capable of Quorum Sensing when Confined in Small Volum (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Infections of wounds, pneumonia, etc. in hospitals in particular are often caused by bacteria called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Once they reach a certain density, colonies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa produce virulence factors and can enter into a slimy state, a biofilm, which prevents antibiotics from penetrating. The process of quorum sensing, which cells use to `sense` cell ...
(Jul 10, 2009)
CEL-SCI to Present Data from Multikine Clinical Trials at National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
CEL-SCI Corporation , a late stage cancer immunotherapy company, announced today that Dr. Eyal Talor, CEL-SCI's Senior Vice President of Research and Manufacturing, has been invited to present to the NIH, NCI's Clinical Center and the Center for Human Immunology, NERD Seminar Series, which will take place on Friday July 10, 2009 at the NIH's Clinical Center located at the main NIH campus, on ...
(Jul 10, 2009)
Exploring standards to advance microbial genomics (EurekAlert!)
( DOE/Joint Genome Institute ) Nikos Kyrpides, head of the DOE Joint Genome Institute's Genome Biology program, presents a perspective on microbial genomics in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
(Jul 10, 2009)
Antibodies May Slow Alzheimer’s (Psych Central)
Emerging research has identified a set of antibodies that attack substances that aggregate to form plaques, such as those found in Alzheimer’s patients. The antibodies have been identified in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of healthy people. Levels of these antibodies decline with age and, in Alzheimer’s patients, with increasing progression of the disease. These findings by [...]
(Jul 10, 2009)
Prominent Bioinformatics Expert To Join Harvard School Of Public Health Faculty And Become Chair Of Dana-Farber ... (Medical News Today)
Giovanni Parmigiani, PhD, a noted leader in applying bioinformatics tools to cancer studies and medical decision-making, has been appointed professor of biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and as chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
(Jul 10, 2009)
CEL-SCI to Present Data from Multikine Clinical Trials at National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer ... (redOrbit)
CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE Amex: CVM), a late stage cancer immunotherapy company, announced today that Dr. Eyal Talor, CEL-SCI's Senior Vice President of Research and Manufacturing, has been invited to present to the NIH, NCI's Clinical Center and the Center for Human Immunology, NERD (New Research and Development) Seminar Series, which will take place on Friday July 10, 2009 at the NIH's ...
(Jul 10, 2009)
Antibodies May Prevent Alzheimer's (redOrbit)
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine studying the blood and spinal fluid of healthy people have identified antibodies to substances that can form plaques, such as those found in Alzheimer's patients.These findings raise the possibility that many of us are carrying antibodies that could be playing a role in staving off or slowing the progression of Alzheimer's.
(Jul 10, 2009)
Biobase Inks China Distribution Pact (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – NeoTrident Technology will distribute Biobase's genomics databases and analysis tools in China, Biobase said today.
(Jul 10, 2009)
Exploring standards to advance microbial genomics (PhysOrg)
Microbes contribute to manifold human endeavors ranging from bioenergy to agriculture to medicine. Moreover, they make the Earth's biogeochemical cycles go round, a prerequisite for all life on the planet. Exceedingly numerous, they are also extremely diverse, encompassing most of Earth's total biodiversity.
(Jul 10, 2009)
At ISMB, a Focus on Bottlenecks for Systems Approach to Biology, Bioinformaticians Becoming 'Embedded Systems' (GenomeWeb News)
Over 1,500 participants gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, last week for this year's Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology conference and European Conference on Computational Biology.
(Jul 10, 2009)
Exploring Standards to Advance Microbial Genomics (redOrbit)
Microbes contribute to manifold human endeavors ranging from bioenergy to agriculture to medicine. Moreover, they make the Earth’s biogeochemical cycles go round, a prerequisite for all life on the planet.
(Jul 10, 2009)
Downloads and Upgrades (GenomeWeb News)
The UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group has announced two new file formats: bigBed and bigWig . The data formats are "especially useful" for very large data sets, and will help researchers when, for example, they are uploading a data set as a custom track on the UCSC Genome Browser, the team said.
(Jul 10, 2009)
Two Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Scientists Receive Presidential Early Career Award (redOrbit)
SEATTLE, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Newswise -- President Obama today announced that two Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center investigators have been awarded the nation's highest honor for scientists at the beginning of their independent research careers.
(Jul 10, 2009)
In Brief This Week: Genetic Visions, Illumina; Aureon Laboratories; Helicos BioSciences; Decode Genetics; Imagenes (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Genetic Visions said this week that it has completed the Illumina CSPro certification for Infinium Whole-Genome Genotyping.
(Jul 10, 2009)
Maybe There's Just Some Bad Juju (GenomeWeb News)
At In the Pipeline, Derek Lowe blogs about cursed compounds -- classes of compounds that seem so tantalizingly promising but that almost never can be turned into a drug. He cites the protease inhibitors trifluoromethyl ketones as an example.
(Jul 11, 2009)
BaseClear to provide CLC Genomics' license to all customer of next generation sequencing data (PharmaBiz)
The leading provider of Next Generation Sequencing analysis solutions, CLC bio, announced that the premier Dutch sequencing service centre, BaseClear, will provide all customers receiving Next Generation Sequencing data with a license for CLC Genomics Workbench for assembly and downstream sequence analyses.
(Jul 11, 2009)
Two Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Scientists Receive Presidential Early Career Award (Medical News Today)
President Obama has announced that two Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center investigators have been awarded the nation's highest honor for scientists at the beginning of their independent research careers. Basic scientist Harmit Singh Malik, Ph.D., and cancer-prevention researcher Ulrike "Riki" Peters, Ph.D.
(Jul 11, 2009)
Systems Biology Recommended As A Clinical Approach To Cancer (Medical News Today)
Four researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and their colleagues at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are advocating the use of systems biology as an innovative clinical approach to cancer.
(Jul 11, 2009)
CEL-SCI To Present Data From Multikine Clinical Trials At National Institutes Of Health (NIH), National Cancer ... (Medical News Today)
CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE Amex: CVM), a late stage cancer immunotherapy company, announced that Dr.
(Jul 11, 2009)
Core Nuclear Pore Elements Likely Shared By All Eukaryotes (Science Daily)
For perhaps 1.8 billion years after life first emerged on Earth, a sort of evolutionary writer's block stalled the development of organisms more complicated than single cells. Then, a burst of experimental creativity about 1.7 billion years ago brought the cell nucleus onto the scene, stashing the cell's genetic material inside a protective inner membrane and setting the stage for the evolution ...
(Jul 11, 2009)
Our Neighbors (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
AGGIE GOLFThe College Station City Council recently recognized members of the Texas A&M University Golf Team for their 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship.BRYAN POLICEThe Bryan Police Department's Tactical Response Team recently particip ...
(Jul 12, 2009)
Make Those Proteins Work for You (GenomeWeb News)
The latest issue of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols includes a couple of freely accessible techniques for protein tagging. In one, researchers describe how to attach a tag to a protein of interest.
(Jul 12, 2009)
Think Twice (Or Three Times) Before You Buy (GenomeWeb News)
With an ever growing number of genetic tests being marketed directly to consumers — check out this story in the Wall Street Journal that reports on Myriad Genetics’ breast-cancer-gene test seeing a 55% increase in sales after an $8 million advertising blitz — people are going to have to be even more discriminating.
(Jul 12, 2009)
Research suggests core nuclear pore elements shared by all eukaryotes (News-Medical-Net)
For perhaps 1.8 billion years after life first emerged on Earth, a sort of evolutionary writer's block stalled the development of organisms more complicated than single cells. Then, a burst of experimental creativity about 1.7 billion years ago brought the cell nucleus onto the scene, stashing the cell's genetic material inside a protective inner membrane and setting the stage for the evolution ...
(Jul 12, 2009)
Origin of Species: How a T. Rex Femur Sparked a Scientific Smackdown (Wired News)
Sixty-eight million years ago , on a soggy marsh in what is now a desolate stretch of eastern Montana, a Tyrannosaurus rex died. In 2000 a team of paleontologist led by famed dinosaur hunter Jack Horner found it. These are scientific facts, as solid as the chunk of fossilized femur from that same T. rex that Horner gave to North Carolina State University paleontologist Mary Schweitzer in 2003. ...
(Jul 13, 2009)
The beneficiaries of this project would be the States/UTs of Western Region and the project is scheduled to be ... (India Infoline)
The MoUs were signed in Raipur in the presence of Sushilkumar Shinde, Union Minister of Power, Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Bharatsinh Solanki, Minister of State for Power.
(Jul 13, 2009)
Bruker Expects Close to $70M in Q1 Revenues (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK, April 21 (GenomeWeb News) - Bruker BioSciences expects between $68 million and $69 million in revenues and $.01 in earnings per share for the first quarter, the company said today.
(Jul 13, 2009)
Now Other People Can Help You Misdiagnose Your Symptoms (GenomeWeb News)
Over at bbgm, blogger Deepak Singh points to iMedix , a health search and social networking site that helps users find and share health information. He interviewed one of the company's founders, and has some positive things to say about the future of their business (which has been called 'WebMD Meets Facebook' ). They face limitations, Singh says, but "in general it seems that the amount of ...
(Jul 13, 2009)
George Speaks His Mind (GenomeWeb News)
Over at TWiT TV, Marc Pelletier hosts the first of a two-part discussion with Harvard's George Church. The podcast runs about an hour and focuses on "extreme biotech," as the website describes.
(Jul 13, 2009)
Work due to start on 2 business parks in area (The Buffalo News)
BATAVIA -- Construction is scheduled to begin this summer on the area's two new business parks whose separate focuses are on life sciences and agriculture.
(Jul 13, 2009)
Exploring Standards To Advance Microbial Genomics (Medical News Today)
Microbes contribute to manifold human endeavors ranging from bioenergy to agriculture to medicine. Moreover, they make the Earth's biogeochemical cycles go round, a prerequisite for all life on the planet. Exceedingly numerous, they are also extremely diverse, encompassing most of Earth's total biodiversity.
(Jul 13, 2009)
Small Cap Medical Diagnostics Companies Acquisitions Picking Up in Near Future According to JP Morgan Industry Expert: ... (Wall Street Transcript via Yahoo! Finance)
67 WALL STREET, New York - July 13, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Life Science Tools/Medical Laboratories Report report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 44 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with 7 public company CEOs, 4 Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue ...
(Jul 13, 2009)
WorldComp '09 (Fast Company Magazine)
Warning: computer overload. The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing is actually 22 different conferences, drawing 2,500 attendees, all held simultaneously at one location and sprawling across topics from bioinformatics to virtual reality to embedded systems. What struck us about the conference, though, wasn't the diversity but the lack of it: ...
(Jul 13, 2009)
Small Cap Medical Diagnostics Companies Resistant to Recession and Developing Consolidation Trend According to JP ... (Wall Street Transcript via Yahoo! Finance)
67 WALL STREET, New York - July 13, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Life Science Tools/Medical Laboratories Report report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 44 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is ...
(Jul 13, 2009)
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