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Market Pulse Breaking News Alert for Wednesday, October 7, 2009: ARYC -- Arrayit Corporation CEO Issues Positive ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - 10/07/09) - Market Pulse News Alert for this AM, Stocks to Watch are: Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC - News ), Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL - News ), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAD - News ) and UCBH Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: UCBH - News ). Investors need to be watching Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC - News ) this AM! Arrayit Corporation is engaged in the ...
(Oct 7, 2009)
Market Pulse Breaking News Alert for Wednesday, October 7, 2009: ARYC -- Arrayit Corporation CEO Issues Positive ... (Marketwire)
NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Market Pulse.
(Oct 7, 2009)
University Of Washington Receives $25 Million To Create Northwest Genomics Center (Medical News Today)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) announced Oct. 1 that the University of Washington (UW) will receive two of the six "Grand Opportunity"NHLBI Large-Scale DNA Sequencing Project awards. The multi-institutional genomics project will examine the genetic connections to heart, lung, and blood diseases that account for three of the leading causes of death in the United States.
(Oct 7, 2009)
M. D. Anderson team chosen to help navigate Cancer Genome Atlas (EurekAlert!)
( University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ) The Cancer Genome Atlas will fund an effort by scientists at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to siphon buckets of meaningful information from an ocean of data about the aberrant genetics that drive human cancers.
(Oct 7, 2009)
VBI Wins $28M for Pathogen Informatics Center (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has granted $67.5 million to fund four Bioinformatics Research Centers, including a $27.7 million grant to the Virginia Tech that will support pathogen studies.
(Oct 7, 2009)
Queensland Bioinformatics Group to Use Ingenuity's Software (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics (QFAB) will use Ingenuity Systems' life sciences analysis software in its biology, drug discovery, and translational medicine programs.
(Oct 7, 2009)
Personal genomics firms must come clean (New Scientist)
Firms that do basic genetic tests to warn of health risks should be clearer about what such forecasts can tell you, says genomics pioneer Craig Venter
(Oct 7, 2009)
ASA, CSSA, SSSA to present awards in Pittsburgh (EurekAlert!)
( American Society of Agronomy ) The ASA, CSSA, and SSSA will recognize the following individuals during the scientific societies' annual meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 1-5. The annual awards are presented for outstanding contributions to education, national and international service, and research.
(Oct 7, 2009)
USDA AWARDS $11 MILLION FOR APPLIED PLANT GENOMICS RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND EXTENSION (USDA)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2009 - Agriculture Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics Rajiv Shah today announced more than $11 million in Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP) awards to significantly advance research, education and extension in applied plant genomics.
(Oct 7, 2009)
UB and Computer Task Group teaming up to track kidney patients (The Buffalo News)
A new initiative to develop an electronic records system to help manage the treatment of patients in Western New York with kidney disease could create up to 115 new jobs locally, officials said today.
(Oct 7, 2009)
USDA Awards $11M for Plant Genomics (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US Department of Agriculture has granted $11 million to four research universities to study plant genomics and ways to improve the nutrition and health values of important crops, USDA said on Wednesday.
(Oct 7, 2009)
Nature special issue a treasure trove for personal genomics fans [Genetic Future] (ScienceBlogs)
The latest issue of Nature contains an embarrassment of riches for those of us interested in personal genomics, and indeed I'm having trouble figuring out which article to write about first. Just look at the options: there's a review on approaches to tracking down the missing heritability of common diseases ; there's a potentially highly controversial plea from Chicago researcher Bruce Lahn ...
(Oct 7, 2009)
Scientists call for changes to personal genomics based on comparison of test results [Genetic Future] (ScienceBlogs)
Four scientists - including the omnipresent J. Craig Venter (left) - have penned an opinion piece in the latest issue of Nature based results from five individuals genotyped by two separate personal genomics companies. The article highlights some deficiencies in the way that genetic data are currently used by direct-to-consumer companies to generate risk predictions and to present them to ...
(Oct 8, 2009)
New Target For Treating Leukemia Identified (Science Daily)
New research integrates sophisticated interdisciplinary approaches to solve a molecular mystery that may lead to alternative therapeutic strategies for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The study identifies a previously unrecognized AML target that responds well to pharmacological inhibition and may be an excellent candidate for use in future clinical trials.
(Oct 8, 2009)
The Votes Are In: 100+ VCs and Angel Investors Have Chosen the Top 50 Emerging Companies (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
FundingPost announces the winners of the Sixth Annual Pitching Across America, the largest Venture Capital competition ever.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Cancer Genome Atlas funds study for analysis and interpretation of tumor genetic data (News-Medical-Net)
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) will fund an effort by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to siphon buckets of meaningful information from an ocean of data about the aberrant genetics that drive human cancers.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Multi-center Lung Genomics Research Consortium to study fatal lung diseases (News-Medical-Net)
Researchers at five research centers have been awarded an $11 million, two-year grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute as part of the NIH Recovery Act that will allow a team of national scientists to delve deeply into the biology of two fatal lung diseases for which there are few therapeutic options.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Study discusses possible genetic effects of radiation and cancer drug exposures on future generations (News-Medical-Net)
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center are helping to lead a massive international study on the possible genetic effects of radiation and cancer drug exposures on future generations.
(Oct 8, 2009)
'Junk DNA' yields gold in genome map to help fight disease (Toronto Star)
To the untrained eye, it looks like a database filled with random numbers, letters and colourful bars – meant to represent the placement of certain genes within DNA.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Entrepreneur calls for eco-friendly science parks (Business Weekly)
A Cambridge entrepreneur and academic chose a showcase conference in China to call for the creation of a new generation of eco-friendly science parks under a ‘cleantech campus’ strategy.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Isilon Scale-Out NAS Selected as Storage Infrastructure for IlluminaCompute Genomic Sequencing Solution (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Isilon Systems , the proven leader in scale-out NAS, today announced that Illumina, Inc. has selected Isilon as the storage infrastructure for IlluminaCompute, its new, fully integrated, high-performance computing solution for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Knome Personal Genomics Service Expands to Include 93,000 Rare Mutations from the Human Gene Mutation Database ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and WOLFENBÜTTEL, Germany----Knome, a recognized pioneer in the personal genomics industry, announced today that it is incorporating information from The Human Gene Mutation Database distributed by BIOBASE, into its genome interpretation services.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Adnavance Technologies to Present Initial Data Supporting Direct Detection Molecular Diagnostic Tests at AdvaMed 2009 ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Adnavance Technologies Inc., a developer of direct detection molecular diagnostic tests for medical applications, announced today that Randy White, Ph.D. chief executive officer, will present initial data supporting direct detection of DNA targets in human clinical samples during company presentations at the following conferences:
(Oct 8, 2009)
New portal for plant genomics will support research into improved crops (EurekAlert!)
( European Molecular Biology Laboratory ) Today sees the launch of Ensembl Plants -- a freely available Web resource for plant genomics research -- by EMBL-EBI, in partnership with the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA. Ensembl Plants allows researchers worldwide to access and visualize the results of genome-scale experiments in different plant species and will make it easier for scientists to ...
(Oct 8, 2009)
Knome to Include HGMD Data in Personal Genomics Offerings (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Personal genomics outfit Knome said today that it is incorporating data from the Human Gene Mutation Database into its genome-interpretation services.
(Oct 8, 2009)
New portal for plant genomics will support research into improved crops (PhysOrg)
Today sees the launch of Ensembl Plants - a freely available web resource for plant genomics research - by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), in partnership with the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA. Ensembl Plants allows researchers worldwide to access and visualise the results of genome-scale experiments in different plant species. By ...
(Oct 8, 2009)
EU, spying on you. The Full Monty (p2pnet.net)
p2pnet news view Politics | Freedom | P2P:- Earlier today, “To the tune of £10 million (about $C16,973,183), the European Union is backing Project Indect, a five-year spy plan whose principal function would be to secretly monitor almost every aspect of the lives of EU citizens,” said p2pnet. “This file, marked ‘confidential’, describes development of [...]
(Oct 8, 2009)
Two ABRF Research Groups Announce Studies for 2010, While Two Others Extend Sample-Request Deadlines (GenomeWeb News)
Two research groups of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities this week announced their studies for 2010, while two other groups have extended their deadlines for participation in their studies.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Recent Patents of Interest in Proteomics (GenomeWeb News)
US Patent 7,595,485. Data analysis to provide a revised data set for use in peptide sequencing determination . Inventors: Rovshan Goumbatoglu Sadygov; Andreas Huhmer.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Life Tech's Invitrogen Chooses Not to Commercialize HUPO's Protein-Standard Mixture (GenomeWeb News)
Life Technologies division Invitrogen has decided not to manufacture or sell the protein-standard mixture it developed in collaboration with the Human Proteome Organization.
(Oct 8, 2009)
U-M discovery about biological clocks overturns long-held theory (EurekAlert!)
University of Michigan mathematicians and their British colleagues say they have identified the signal that the brain sends to the rest of the body to control biological rhythms, a finding that overturns a long-held theory about our internal clock.
(Oct 8, 2009)
New Products (GenomeWeb News)
Andrews is a professor of biological chemistry at the University of Michigan , where he and his colleagues developed Tranche.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Bug splatter on your car's windshield is a treasure trove of genomic biodiversity (EurekAlert!)
( Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ) If you have ever taken a long road trip, the windshield of your car will inevitably be splattered with bugs by the time you arrive at your destination. Could the DNA left behind be used to estimate the diversity of insects in the region? In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists answered this question, utilizing a novel analysis pipeline that ...
(Oct 8, 2009)
'Omics Projects Snag More than $625M Worth of NIH Stimulus Grants (GenomeWeb News)
As of Sept. 30, the close of the fiscal year, the National Institutes of Health had awarded a total of $5 billion in stimulus funding — nearly half of the $10 billion appropriation that NIH will disburse over two years under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
(Oct 8, 2009)
Biological Clocks Discovery Overturns Long-held Theory (Science Daily)
Mathematicians and life scientists say they have identified the signal that the brain sends to the rest of the body to control biological rhythms, a finding that overturns a long-held theory about our internal clock.
(Oct 9, 2009)
Purification, Standards Challenge Protein Expression (GenomeWeb News)
Purification ranked as the top challenge in protein expression research, according to a survey performed by a new research group that’s part of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities.
(Oct 9, 2009)
PATENT WATCH (GenomeWeb News)
The University of Texas System has received US Patent Number 6,295,153, “Digital optical chemistry micromirror imager,” for a computer-controlled micromirror that redirects light to points on a substrate in order to catalyze a chemical reaction that synthesizes oligo-nucleotides or polypeptides.
(Oct 9, 2009)
Ohio Board of Regents approves two new doctorate programs (The Miami Student)
Graduate students will begin their coursework in two new doctoral-level programs in the field of life sciences in fall 2010. The Ohio Board of Regents recently approved the programs to begin accepting students. The doctorate programs include ecology, evolution and environmental biology (EEEB), and cellular, molecular and structural biology (CMSB), each which already train a considerable number ...
(Oct 9, 2009)
Jet lag 'cure' a step closer (New Kerala)
Washington, Oct 9 : Jet lag may soon be history thanks to scientists who have discovered the exact brain cell that sends us to sleep or keeps us awake.
(Oct 9, 2009)
NHGRI support research to accelerate development of innovative sequencing technologies (News-Medical-Net)
GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that scientists in their Biosciences Lab have been awarded a second round of funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue research that could reduce the cost and time of sequencing of an entire human ...
(Oct 9, 2009)
TGen selected to conduct cancer experiments using advanced computer simulations (News-Medical-Net)
SAIC-Frederick Inc., under its prime contract with the National Cancer Institute, has named the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) as one of five national centers selected to conduct cancer experiments using advanced computer simulations.
(Oct 9, 2009)
M. D. Anderson Team Chosen To Help Navigate Cancer Genome Atlas (Medical News Today)
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) will fund an effort by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to siphon buckets of meaningful information from an ocean of data about the aberrant genetics that drive human cancers.
(Oct 9, 2009)
Long-Held Theory About Biological Clocks Overturned By U-M Discovery (Medical News Today)
University of Michigan mathematicians and their British colleagues say they have identified the signal that the brain sends to the rest of the body to control biological rhythms, a finding that overturns a long-held theory about our internal clock. Understanding how the human biological clock works is an essential step toward correcting sleep problems like insomnia and jet lag.
(Oct 9, 2009)
NCI CPTC Meeting Highlights Clinical Proteomic Development, But Underscores Unmet Needs (GenomeWeb News)
WASHINGTON, DC — Though proteomic life-science technologies and applications continue to mature, they still have a way to go before they can fulfill expectations projected a decade ago.
(Oct 9, 2009)
Biological clock code cracked? Some University of Michigan mathematicians think so. (The Ann Arbor News)
Some University of Michigan mathematicians believe they’ve figured out the key to our biological clock - a finding that potentially could lead to cures for jet lag and insomnia. Those mathematicians, along with scientists from the University of Manchester in......
(Oct 9, 2009)
Medical center researchers honored for excellence (EurekAlert!)
( Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center ) Wake Forest University School of Medicine honored eight of its researchers with awards for excellence at the 13th Annual Research Awards Day Oct. 1.
(Oct 9, 2009)
Researchers pave the way for effective liver treatments (PhysOrg)
A combination of bioengineering and medical research at the University of California, San Diego has led to a new discovery that could pave the way for more effective treatments for liver disease.
(Oct 9, 2009)
Downloads & Upgrades (GenomeWeb News)
Illumina has launched IlluminaCompute , an integrated computing solution for its Genome Analyzer sequencing platform.
(Oct 9, 2009)
People in the News (GenomeWeb News)
Strand Life Sciences has hired Thon de Boer as its senior director for software product management.
(Oct 9, 2009)
European Team Develops Array-Based Method for Metabolite Testing (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – In a proof-of-principle paper in today's issue of Science , European researchers reported that they have developed a "reactome" array for assessing metabolic patterns in cells independently of genome sequence or gene expression data.
(Oct 9, 2009)
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