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People in the News (GenomeWeb News)
Durbin is a principal investigator at the Sanger Institute and co-chair of the 1000 Genomes Project's steering committee. He was head of the Sanger's informatics division until 2007, when he stepped down to concentrate on genome-wide human resequencing.
(Oct 30, 2009)
23andMe Cuts Some Staff (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – California consumer genomics company 23andMe has confirmed that it has laid off some of its workers as part of an effort to maintain competitiveness and respond to a weak economy, the company said.
(Oct 30, 2009)
Eric Lander—Genomics and Darwin in the 21st Century [Pharyngula] (ScienceBlogs)
Lander began by saying he wasn't an evolutionist — an interestingly narrow definition of the term. He's a fan of the research, but considers himself a biomedical geneticist, as if that was something different. Having entire genomes of many species available for quantitative analysis is going to lead to a qualitative change in the science we can do. He gave a pocket summary of the human genome ...
(Oct 30, 2009)
The Online Information Source for the Medical Device Industry (Medical Device Link)
Taking a quality systems approach to assay development, addressing re-emerging infectious threats, and dealing with resistant pathogens are keeping those in the molecular diagnostics industry very busy.
(Oct 30, 2009)
Are 23andMe's Cutbacks a Harbinger of Hard Times for DTC Genomics Firms? (GenomeWeb News)
Even Google-backed 23andMe isn't shielded from the economic crisis. The Mountain View, Calif.-based direct-to-consumer genomics firm has had a round of layoffs that it said were necessary to remain in business in a difficult economic climate.
(Oct 30, 2009)
OpticsPlanet Announces the New Addition of Promega Lab Materials (PR.com)
Medical Supplies Leader Adds Revolutionary Laboratory Science Manufacturer. [PR.com - March 12, 2009]
(Oct 31, 2009)
NCI awards $4.8M for project to measure all the proteins in the human body (News-Medical-Net)
An expert in cancer proteomics at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has received $4.8 million in federal stimulus funding from the National Cancer Institute to co-lead a pilot study to assess the feasibility and scalability of a project that aims to measure all of the proteins in the human body.
(Oct 31, 2009)
Work Begins on LabCorp/Duke Biorepository, Part of Phase 2 at $1.5B NC Research Campus (GenomeWeb News)
Site work has begun on a biorepository being built at David Murdock’s 350-acre, $1.5 billion North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, NC, which will be developed by Laboratory Corporation of America and operated in partnership with Duke University’s Translational Medicine Institute as one of three new buildings set to start construction by the end of the year.
(Oct 31, 2009)
David Sankaran New CFO of Accelrys, Don Morris Joins Lipomics ast CTO, Joseph Donahue Leaves Lion, and Others (GenomeWeb News)
David Sankaran has become chief financial officer and senior vice president of Accelrys , replacing John Hanlon , the San Diego-based company said today. Hanlon will leave Accelrys at the end of the month.
(Oct 31, 2009)
World Conference on Regenerative Medicine ends with record attendance (uniprotokolle)
Approximately 1.100 participants from 37 countries attended the World Conference on Regenerative Medicine that took place on October 29 - 31, 2009 in Leipzig. In over 240 lectures leading international researchers exchanged new findings and developments in the field of regenerative medicine.
(Oct 31, 2009)
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