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Genome Prairie Funds Flax Sequencing (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - Two University of Manitoba research efforts have received a total of around C$1.7 million ($1.6 million) from Genome Prairie to pursue genomics research, including a genome sequencing project, into flax and how it may be used for biofuel.
(Oct 5, 2009)
Phoenix lab gets cancer study grant (UPI)
PHOENIX, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A share of federal research grants for study of the genetic roots of cancer will more than triple the workforce of a Phoenix laboratory, its chief said.
(Oct 5, 2009)
SiBEAM's Second Generation Chipsets Accelerate WirelessHD Market Adoption (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TOKYO & SUNNYVALE, Calif.----SiBEAM, the leading innovator of 60GHz wireless solutions and developer of high-speed wireless communication platforms, today unveiled its second generation 60GHz chipsets based on the WirelessHD® specification at CEATEC Japan.
(Oct 5, 2009)
Hyseq Expands Genomics Program, Names Director (GenomeWeb News)
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-- Hyseq announced the appointment of Dennis Ballinger as senior director of functional genomics/cardiovascular. The company said it plans to strengthen its development program in the genetic causes of cardiovascular diseases.
(Oct 5, 2009)
Grant will aid getting promising drugs to market (The Arizona Republic)
The Translational Genomics Research Institute and University of Arizona will split a $7.5 million recovery-act grant to get promising drugs to market more quickly.
(Oct 5, 2009)
UBC researchers identify key behavior of immune response to Listeria (EurekAlert!)
A team of University of British Columbia microbiologists has identified a key defense mechanism used by the immune system against Listeria with strong implications for the future development of vaccines.
(Oct 6, 2009)
Phoenix lab gets cancer study grant (redOrbit)
A share of federal research grants for study of the genetic roots of cancer will more than triple the workforce of a Phoenix laboratory, its chief said. The International Genomics Consortium, at the downtown Phoenix Biomedical Campus, will receive some of the $275 million in federal research grants aimed toward finding the genetic roots of cancer.
(Oct 6, 2009)
Beckman Prepares for Genomics Services Gold Rush (Bio-IT World)
Bio-IT World | Like many others, Beckman Coulter is betting the mainstreaming of genomics-based research and the future growth of personalized medicine will create a large, robust market for genomics services: Beckman Coulter Genomics (BCG). As research and medical communities rush to dig gold from mounting genomics data, BCG hope to sell the needed picks and shovels.
(Oct 6, 2009)
New journal on cancer biology and genetics (News-Medical-Net)
SAGE announces Genes & Cancer, a monthly journal edited by Dr. Prem Reddy, founder and previous Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious and highly-ranked Oncogene.
(Oct 6, 2009)
NIH awards $27,670,448 to VBI to support biomedical research on infectious diseases (News-Medical-Net)
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a five-year, $27,670,448 contract to the CyberInfrastructure Group (CIG) of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech to support the biomedical research community's work on infectious diseases.
(Oct 6, 2009)
BIOBASE And CLC bio Partner to Give Genomics Researchers World Class Solution (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HANNOVER, Germany----Today at the Biotechnica / Bio-IT World Europe conference in Hannover, Germany, BIOBASE and CLC bio announced a partnership to integrate BIOBASE's comprehensive TRANSFAC® database with CLC bio's popular workbenches and award-winning server solution.
(Oct 6, 2009)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center receives 60 research grants totaling nearly $40.4 million (News-Medical-Net)
Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have been awarded 60 research grants totaling nearly $40.4 million under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. The totals reflect data available as of Oct. 1 and reported by the National Institutes of Health.
(Oct 6, 2009)
USC wins grant for research trials (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 5, 2009 at 10:03 p.m.
(Oct 6, 2009)
NIAID's grant to VBI for biomedical research on infectious diseases (News-Medical-Net)
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a five-year, $27,670,448 contract to the CyberInfrastructure Group (CIG) of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech to support the biomedical research community's work on infectious diseases.
(Oct 6, 2009)
Illumina launches IlluminaCompute for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform (News-Medical-Net)
At the BioIT World Europe Conference, Illumina, Inc. announced the launch of IlluminaCompute, a fully integrated computing solution for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform.
(Oct 6, 2009)
BIOBASE to integrate its TRANSFAC database with CLC bio's popular workbenches (News-Medical-Net)
Today at the Biotechnica / Bio-IT World Europe conference in Hannover, Germany, BIOBASE and CLC bio announced a partnership to integrate BIOBASE's comprehensive TRANSFAC® database with CLC bio's popular workbenches and award-winning server solution.
(Oct 6, 2009)
National Science Foundation funds Va. Tech study of crop drought responses (The Staunton News Leader)
BLACKSBURG — An international team of researchers, led by Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Professor Andy Pereira, has been awarded a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a systems biology approach to help combat the effects of drought on a variety of staple food crops.
(Oct 6, 2009)
The Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics Selects IPA in Multi-Year Deal for Systems Biology Effort (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information solutions for life science researchers, and Millennium Science, Ingenuity Systems' exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand, today announced a multi-year deal for Ingenuity Pathway Analysis with the Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics .
(Oct 6, 2009)
Xenomics Appoints Bruce A. Huebner as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Xenomics, Inc. a developer of trans-renal molecular diagnostic technologies, announced today the appointment of Bruce A. Huebner, a veteran of the diagnostics industry, as Chief Executive Officer and board director.
(Oct 6, 2009)
NIMH awards SRI International a $6.3M contract for study of ligands for brain imaging research (News-Medical-Net)
SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, announced today that it has been awarded a $6.3 million contract by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to conduct preclinical safety studies of promising novel ligands that will be used for brain imaging research and clinical applications.
(Oct 6, 2009)
Federal stimulus funding channels more than $40 million to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (EurekAlert!)
( Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ) Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have been awarded 60 research grants totaling nearly $40.4 million under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009. The totals reflect data available as of Oct. 1 and reported by the National Institutes of Health. The individual projects range in amount from $4.8 million to $33,596 and benefit ...
(Oct 6, 2009)
New drug aims to 'seek and destroy' many types of cancer (EurekAlert!)
( The Translational Genomics Research Institute ) A new drug designed to "seek and destroy" common cancers such as breast, prostate, endometrial, pancreatic, ovarian, skin and testicular cancers is being tested at TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare.
(Oct 6, 2009)
News in genomics [Genetic Future] (ScienceBlogs)
Things are as usual moving at ludicrous speed in the world of genomics, but sadly I only have time to post a few pointers to some of the most striking developments. IBM is moving into the third-generation sequencing arena . The company is developing a new sequencing technology based on tiny nanopores - a field already being explored by the understated British nobility of sequencing, Oxford ...
(Oct 6, 2009)
New Target For Treating Leukemia Identified By Inventive Combination Of Research Approaches (Medical News Today)
New research integrates sophisticated interdisciplinary approaches to solve a molecular mystery that may lead to alternative therapeutic strategies for acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
(Oct 6, 2009)
UNC Group Honors Ms. Ryan Phelan for Her Leadership in Developing Patient-Directed Programs in Pharmacogenomics and ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHAPEL HILL, NC--(Marketwire - 10/06/09) - Ryan Phelan is this year's recipient of the Award for Patient Service from the Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ryan Phelan is CEO and founder of DNA Direct, a company that delivers guidance and decision support for genomic medicine to patients, providers and payors. DNA Direct ...
(Oct 6, 2009)
UNC Group Honors Ms. Ryan Phelan for Her Leadership in Developing Patient-Directed Programs in Pharmacogenomics and ... (Marketwire)
DNA Direct CEO and Founder to Receive UNC Patient-Care Award
(Oct 6, 2009)
NIH awards $4.8M grant to USC’s Center for Healthcare Quality (Charleston Regional Business Journal)
The funding will accelerate the development of a statewide Internet-based research network that will enable patients to identify and volunteer for clinical research trials in the state, receive notifications of future research trials related to their condition and protect their personal health information.
(Oct 6, 2009)
Paired Ends (GenomeWeb News)
Samuel Levy has joined the genomic medicine program of Scripps Health as director of genomic sciences. He joins Scripps from the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md., where he was director and professor of human genomics.
(Oct 6, 2009)
NIAID Awards $67.5M for Bioinformatics Resource Centers, But Cuts Number of Centers in Half (GenomeWeb News)
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded $67.5 million over five years to four Bioinformatics Resource Centers for Infectious Diseases, which collect, annotate, and host genomic, proteomic, and metabolic information and datasets, and offer analysis and visualization tools to study pathogens.
(Oct 6, 2009)
NIST to Make External RNA Control Consortium Spike-ins Available for Array Users in 2010 (GenomeWeb News)
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology plans to make standard reference RNA controls available to microarray users by early next year, BioArray News has learned.
(Oct 6, 2009)
Phase 2 of 2D Gel Reproducibility Effort Yields 'Significant' Confidence Levels (GenomeWeb News)
In the second phase of a campaign to test the reproducibility of 2D gel technology, 10 out of 17 laboratories, or 60 percent, were able to generate gel images that fell within a 95-percent confidence level in an inter-laboratory study.
(Oct 6, 2009)
MALDI-Based Method May Reduce Cost of Rx-Screening Assays, Speed Drug Development (GenomeWeb News)
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and MDS Analytical Technologies have used mass spectrometry to develop a high-throughput screening method for drug discovery they say can be more precise and cost-effective than existing techniques.
(Oct 6, 2009)
IP Roundup (GenomeWeb News)
Nanogen of San Diego has received US Patent No. 7,597,932, "Mesoporous permeation layers for use on active electronic matrix devices." The patent describes synthetic polymer hydrogel permeation layers for use on active electronic matrix devices for biological assays.
(Oct 6, 2009)
New Product Watch (GenomeWeb News)
Arrayit last week launched a proteomics microarray platform for customers working in the areas of proteomics and in vitro molecular diagnostics. Arrayit said the platform provides instrumentation, software, and consumables solution for peptide microarray analysis.
(Oct 6, 2009)
Emory Wins $3.5M NIH Stimulus Grant to Build CNV Atlas of Human Development (GenomeWeb News)
The National Institutes of Health will spend nearly $3.5 million over the next two years to finance the creation of an online database of copy number variation information related to abnormal phenotypes.
(Oct 6, 2009)
New Network to Tackle Major Issues in Microarray Data Analysis at September Retreat (GenomeWeb News)
To tackle the mountain of issues involved in microarray data analysis, David Allison, a biostatistician from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is bringing together a diverse group of researchers for a retreat at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY, from September 10 through 13.
(Oct 6, 2009)
Australian Bioinformatics Facility to Use Ingenuity Platform (GenomeWeb News)
Ingenuity Systems this week announced a multi-year deal for its Ingenuity Pathway Analysis platform with the Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics in Australia.
(Oct 6, 2009)
Filming Photons, One Million Times A Second (Science Daily)
Researchers have created a CMOS (semiconductor) camera capable of filming individual photons one million times a second.
(Oct 7, 2009)
BYU researchers seek to answer mysteries of Down syndrome (The Daily Universe)
Scientists remain perplexed on how to prevent Down syndrome, but the research BYU students and professors are conducting could provide the answer to this timeless mystery. These researchers look at chromosome 21 in mice with Down syndrome to try and figure out why having three copies of the genes in chromosome 21, rather than two, causes the changes in jaw structure found in Down syndrome ...
(Oct 7, 2009)
Clinical Genomics Continues Collaborative Research With CSIRO (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sydney-based Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd and CSIRO have entered into a new phase in their collaboration to develop improved diagnostics for cancers of the colon and rectum .
(Oct 7, 2009)
Clinical Genomics Continues Collaborative Research With CSIRO (ITNews)
SYDNEY, October 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Sydney-based Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd and CSIRO have entered into a new phase in their collaboration to develop improved diagnostics for cancers of the colon and rectum (bowel cancer).
(Oct 7, 2009)
TGen and Scottsdale Healthcare discover new 'pathways' (EurekAlert!)
( The Translational Genomics Research Institute ) Using computer modeling, the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Scottsdale Healthcare have discovered lung cancer "pathways" that could become targets for new drugs, according to a scientific paper published online today by the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.
(Oct 7, 2009)
Using computer modeling, Tgen and Scottsdale Healthcare discover new 'pathways' for lung cancer (News-Medical-Net)
Using computer modeling, the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Scottsdale Healthcare have discovered lung cancer 'pathways' that could become targets for new drugs, according to a scientific paper published online today by the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.
(Oct 7, 2009)
NCKU Senior Executive Vice President, Dr. Da-Hsuan Feng, Received "Chime Bell Award 2009" (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TAINAN, Taiwan----Senior Executive Vice President of National Cheng Kung University , Dr. Da-Hsuan Feng, has recently been honored with “Chime Bell Award 2009” from The People’s Government of Hubei Province in China with the recognition of his personnel outstanding contributions to the economic construction and social development.
(Oct 7, 2009)
Clinical Genomics Continues Collaborative Research With CSIRO (redOrbit)
SYDNEY, Oct.
(Oct 7, 2009)
Life science careers touted (The Buffalo News)
A program designed to bring careers in the life sciences within reach of more Western New York job-seekers was rolled out Tuesday by a consortium of agencies and businesses led by two branches of the University at Buffalo.
(Oct 7, 2009)
Arrayit Corporation CEO Reports to Shareholders (Marketwire)
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - October 7, 2009) - Arrayit Corporation ( OTCBB : ARYC ) Letter to Shareholders from the CEO October 7, 2009 With the start of trading of Arrayit Corporation (ARYC) on the bulletin board in March, 2009, we initiated a deliberate and measured strategy to introduce Arrayit's scientific accomplishments of the past 13 years to our shareholders. As we have laid the ...
(Oct 7, 2009)
Geospiza Awarded SBIR Grant for Software Systems for Detecting Rare Mutations (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SEATTLE----Geospiza, Inc., the market leading developer of genetic analysis software, today announced the receipt of a Phase I SBIR grant for “Software Systems for Detecting Rare Mutations” from the National Human Genome Research Institute .
(Oct 7, 2009)
Monsanto Delivers Earnings Per Share Increase; Outlines Seeds and Genomics Growth in 2010 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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(Oct 7, 2009)
Arrayit Corporation CEO updates shareholders (News-Medical-Net)
With the start of trading of Arrayit Corporation (ARYC) on the bulletin board in March, 2009, we initiated a deliberate and measured strategy to introduce Arrayit's scientific accomplishments of the past 13 years to our shareholders. As we have laid the foundation for the announcement of future initiatives through this awareness campaign, we have seen interest in our stock steadily increase.
(Oct 7, 2009)
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