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Jackson Lab Eyes Florida Expansion (Fenceviewer)
BAR HARBOR — The Jackson Laboratory is evaluating the feasibility of establishing an institute for personalized medicine in Florida. The institute would more directly apply the laboratory’s expertise in genomics and bioinformatics to problems of human health and disease.
(Oct 14, 2009)
Pressure BioSciences, Inc. and Protein Forest, Inc. Announce Collaborative Co-Marketing/Selling and R&D Agreement (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. and Protein Forest, Inc. , , today announced that they have entered into a strategic co-marketing/selling and research & development agreement.
(Oct 14, 2009)
Cepheid Expects Q3 Revenues In Line with Expectations (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Cepheid said after the close of the market yesterday that it expects its third-quarter revenues to be roughly $41 million, in line with analysts' consensus estimate of $40.8 million.
(Oct 14, 2009)
DNA Link Named Roche NimbleGen Provider in Korea (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Seoul-based DNA Link will provide Roche NimbleGen's sequence capture technology as a service in Korea through a coupled offering that includes 454 Life Sciences' sequencing technology, Roche said today.
(Oct 14, 2009)
Galapagos Expands Merck Drug Target Pact (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Galapagos said today that it has expanded a preclinical development agreement to discover, screen, and validate drug targets that Merck will develop and take to market.
(Oct 14, 2009)
Scientists use math modeling to predict unknown biological mechanism of regulation (PhysOrg)
A team of scientists, led by a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated - for the first time - that mathematical models created from data obtained by DNA microarrays, can be used to correctly predict previously unknown cellular mechanisms. This brings biologists a step closer to one day being able to understand and control the inner workings of the cell as ...
(Oct 14, 2009)
Video Camera That Records At The Speed Of Thought (Science Daily)
European researchers who created an ultra-fast, extremely high-resolution video camera have enabled dozens of medical applications, including one scenario that can record ‘thought’ processes traveling along neurons. The Megaframe project scored a staggering number of breakthroughs to create the world’s first 1024 pixel, photon-resolution, million-frame-per-second CMOS camera.
(Oct 14, 2009)
Scientists Use Math Modeling To Predict Unknown Biological Mechanism Of Regulation (redOrbit)
A team of scientists, led by a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated – for the first time – that mathematical models created from data obtained by DNA microarrays, can be used to correctly predict previously unknown cellular mechanisms.
(Oct 14, 2009)
Opko to Buy Non-RNAi Drug Assets from Schering-Plough (GenomeWeb News)
Opko Health this week said that it has agreed to acquire from Schering-Plough assets relating to a neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist program, marking Opko's latest step away from the RNAi drugs space.
(Oct 14, 2009)
UM School of Medicine researchers find extreme genetic variability in malaria parasite (EurekAlert!)
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development have charted the extreme genetic differences that occur in the most dangerous malaria parasite in the world. The CVD study suggests that developing a broadly protective vaccine for malaria may be challenging because the parasite's genetic makeup is so variable. Drug-resistant malaria has been a major ...
(Oct 14, 2009)
Luminex Corporation Launches New xTAGRVP.com Respiratory Virus Testing and Information Website (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AUSTIN, Texas----Luminex Corporation , the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, has launched a new website: www.xTAGRVP.com. The website was created as a resource for physicians and patients seeking information on influenza and other respiratory viruses, as well as the diagnostic testing options available to detect respiratory viruses today.
(Oct 14, 2009)
CMS Clarifies Thinking on Regulation of DTC Genomics Shops; SACGHS Inches Toward Final Report (GenomeWeb News)
The Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services does not have the authority under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment to regulate direct-to-consumer genomics services that outsource genotyping laboratory services, an official from the federal body said during an HHS advisory committee meeting last week.
(Oct 14, 2009)
Proteomics Receives at Least $45M in FY 2009 NIH ARRA Grants; More to Follow in Coming Months (GenomeWeb News)
For the past eight years , researchers at the University of Arizona have been studying how environmental factors may cause asthma in young children.
(Oct 14, 2009)
U. joins national heart research project (The Salt Lake Tribune)
The University of Utah has been tapped by the National Institutes of Health to develop one of four national centers aimed at studying developmental heart defects.
(Oct 14, 2009)
Protein Forest, PBI Ink Co-Marketing, R&D Deal (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Pressure BioSciences and Protein Forest have struck a research and development and co-marketing agreement that will combine their proteomics software and protein enhancement and extraction products, the companies said today.
(Oct 14, 2009)
DNA Precision Launched, Offering Tools for Healthcare Research, Gene Discovery and Analysis Services (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
GAINESVILLE, Fla.----DNA Precision has begun offering services for genetic research and healthcare research. These include gene discovery, Agilent ® microarray processing and bioinformatics.
(Oct 14, 2009)
10 Largest Proteomics-related ARRA Grants for FY 2009 by Dollar Amount (GenomeWeb News)
Mahal's lab is focused on the role of glycosylation in myriad biological processes including bacterial pathogenesis, cell signaling, tumor cell metastasis, and neuronal development. Her lab is attempting to develop chemical, biological, and systems-based methods to aid in this research.
(Oct 14, 2009)
UM School Of Medicine Researchers Find Extreme Genetic Variability In Malaria Parasite (redOrbit)
Study in Mali, West Africa indicates possibility of vaccine-resistant malariaResearchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) have charted the extreme genetic differences that occur over time in the most dangerous malaria parasite in the world.
(Oct 14, 2009)
Illumina Countersues Life Technologies for Patent Infringement (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. today announced that, together with Solexa its wholly owned subsidiary, it has filed its initial response to the lawsuit brought by Life Technologies and Applied Biosystems on September 21, 2009 in U.S.
(Oct 14, 2009)
Jackson Laboratory eyes expansion in Florida (Bangor Daily News)
BAR HARBOR, Maine -- Seeing the potential for the development of personalized medicine, The Jackson Laboratory is considering expanding to a third state.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Grant highlights added benefit of endowed chairs (The State)
A REPORT ISSUED earlier this year concluded that the $180 million our state has invested since 2006 in the endowed chairs program had generated $246 million in non-state funds, primarily from the private sector and federal grants. That's a pretty good return on investment even before you consider what that money has produced - and what it promises to produce in years to come: It already has ...
(Oct 15, 2009)
Thermo Fisher Acquires Open Biosystems In Bid to Expand Position in RNAi Field (GenomeWeb News)
Thermo Fisher Scientific this week announced that it has purchased private genomics research tool maker Open Biosystems for an undisclosed price in a bid to expand its position in the RNAi field.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Pioneering Geneticist John Thoday Dies (GenomeWeb News)
John Thoday , former professor of genetics at Cambridge University, died at the age of 91, reports this obituary in The Guardian . Thoday's reputation hinged on bringing to prominence the study of genetics, and how genes play equally significant roles in genetic variation and evolution.
(Oct 15, 2009)
DNA Precision offers services for genetic research and healthcare research (News-Medical-Net)
DNA Precision has begun offering services for genetic research and healthcare research. These include gene discovery, Agilent ® microarray processing and bioinformatics. DNA Precision is a division of EcoArray, Inc., a 7-year old environmental genomics firm in Gainesville, FL.
(Oct 15, 2009)
NMSU's Cruzado to take top Montana State post (Las Cruces Sun-News)
LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University Vice President and Provost Waded Cruzado has accepted the offer to be Montana State University's next president, that school's news service announced Wednesday.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Will Arrayit Technology Identify Life On Mars? (OfficialWire)
Arrayit Corporation , a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces a collaboration with the European Space Agency. Since 1877 when the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli first observed the Canals, people have wanted to prove there was life on Mars. Today the European Space Agency's ExoMars Mission Aurora Program is using Arrayit Technology to create the Life Marker Chip (LMC ...
(Oct 15, 2009)
Compugen, Bayer Schering Pharma sign pact to evaluate tumour target & variants (PharmaBiz)
Compugen Ltd have signed a collaboration agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany covering the further evaluation of a Compugen discovered tumour target and its splice variants.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Will Arrayit Technology Identify Life on Mars? (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - 10/15/09) - Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC - News ), a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces a collaboration with the European Space Agency. Since 1877, when the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli first observed the Canals, people have wondered whether there is life on Mars. Today, the European Space Agency's ExoMars Mission Aurora Program ...
(Oct 15, 2009)
Will Arrayit Technology Identify Life on Mars? (Marketwire)
European Space Agency Using Arrayit Technology for the ExoMars Mission, Aurora Program
(Oct 15, 2009)
Video Camera That Records At The Speed Of Thought (Medical News Today)
European researchers who created an ultra-fast, extremely high-resolution video camera have enabled dozens of medical applications, including one scenario that can record 'thought' processes travelling along neurons. This is ingenious science.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Arrayit announces collaboration with European Space Agency for mission-critical contribution (News-Medical-Net)
Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB: ARYC), a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces a collaboration with the European Space Agency.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Purdue gets $1M for plant-climate research (Local 12 Cincinnati)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given Purdue University a nearly $1 million grant to study ways that genomics can be used to enhance the value of certain plants while...
(Oct 15, 2009)
Market Pulse Breaking News Alert for Thursday, October 15, 2009: ARYC -- Arrayit Corporation Announces European Space ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - 10/15/09) - Market Pulse News Alert for this AM, Stocks to Watch are: Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC - News ), LJ International Inc. (NASDAQ: JADE - News ), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS - News ) and Alternative Energy Development Corp. (OTC.BB: ADEC - News ). Investors need to be watching Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC - News ) this AM! Arrayit Corporation ...
(Oct 15, 2009)
Market Pulse Breaking News Alert for Thursday, October 15, 2009: ARYC -- Arrayit Corporation Announces European Space ... (Marketwire)
NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Market Pulse.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Math Modeling Used To Predict Unknown Biological Mechanism Of Regulation (Medical News Today)
A team of scientists, led by a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated - for the first time - that mathematical models created from data obtained by DNA microarrays, can be used to correctly predict previously unknown cellular mechanisms.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Stellar Pharmaceuticals' Uracyst(R) the Subject of Positive Presentation at Major Urology Conference (Marketwire)
LONDON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 15, 2009) - Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Stellar" or "the Company") (OTCBB:SLXCF), a Canadian pharmaceutical developer and marketer of high quality, cost-effective products for select health care markets, announced today that one of it's lead products, Uracyst® (sterile sodium chondroitin sulfate solution, 2%) for the treatment of interstitial cystitis ...
(Oct 15, 2009)
BioInformatics, LLC New Report - The Market Outlook for Research Products in FY2010 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
BioInformatics, LLC announces the pending release of its newest report, The Market Outlook for Research Products in FY2010. The 8.2 billion dollars appropriated to the NIH Scientific Research program by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being earmarked for lab renovations, Challenge Grants, the Shared Instrumentation Program and research that spans multiple public and non-profit ...
(Oct 15, 2009)
American Airlines/Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Promise Grant to the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS----Since receiving the first American Airlines Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Promise Grant one year ago, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has made substantial progress fighting inflammatory breast cancer , an aggressive form of the disease.
(Oct 15, 2009)
USDA Grants $7M for Crop Genomics, Breeding (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US Department of Agriculture has awarded $7 million to fund genomics, genetics, and breeding programs aimed at developing enhanced crops that can survive climactic stresses, the agency said this week.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Looking for Captain Awesome (GenomeWeb News)
Deepak Singh at bbgm has a post about a series of blog entries from Jamis Buck that he has found especially insightful. "The articles are about programming and development, but the tenets apply equally well to the sciences ," Singh writes.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Let Us Interest You in a Genome Sequence Instead (GenomeWeb News)
Over at Omics! Omics!, Keith Robison ponders the use of the term "exome sequencing," which he worries is being " taken a bit too literally ." "It is true that these approaches catch a bit of surrounding DNA due to library construction and the targeting approaches cover splice junctions, but what about some of the other important sequences?," he writes.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Concordia University to construct new building for genomics research (EurekAlert!)
( Concordia University ) Judith Woodsworth, President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University is pleased to announce the construction of a new building for the Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics. The Centre will be built thanks to a grant of $29,345,427 from the Federal and Provincial Governments through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Press Release (PharmiWeb)
Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq:ILMN) today announced that, together with Solexa its wholly owned subsidiary, it has filed its initial response to the lawsuit brought by Life Technologies and Applied Biosystems on September 21, 2009 in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware.
(Oct 15, 2009)
UNL To Receive Federal Grant for Plant Genetic Research (WOWT Omaha)
UNL is will be getting one of fifteen grants for research on plant genomics, genetics and breeding.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Kinaxo Using Its Phosphoproteomics Technology to Find Biomarkers for Bayer Vital (GenomeWeb News)
German chemical proteomics firm Kinaxo Biotechnologies said this week it will be using its quantitative phosphoproteomics technology to identify novel biomarkers in a clinical trial conducted by Bayer Vital, a subsidiary of Bayer Schering Pharma.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Extreme Genetic Variability In Malaria Parasite Found (Science Daily)
Researchers have charted the extreme genetic differences that occur in the most dangerous malaria parasite in the world. The study suggests that developing a broadly protective vaccine for malaria may be challenging because the parasite's genetic makeup is so variable. Drug-resistant malaria has been a major barrier to treatment, and this study suggests that "vaccine-resistant" malaria may also ...
(Oct 15, 2009)
Purdue gets $1M for plant-climate research (Journal & Courier)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given Purdue University a nearly $1 million grant to study ways that genomics can be used to enhance the value of certain plants while making them more resilient to climate stress.
(Oct 15, 2009)
NIH's Fogarty Center Grants $9.2M for International Informatics Programs (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health has awarded $9.2 million to support health informatics programs in South America, Africa, and India.
(Oct 15, 2009)
Researcher Edits Book On In Vivo Glucose Monitoring (Medical News Today)
Scientists hope to provide people who have diabetes with a glucose monitoring system that doesn't require needle sticks and lasts for six months or more, but they are still a long way from this goal.
(Oct 15, 2009)
UNC Researchers Get $1.6M Grant for ENCODE Role (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will use a $1.6 million Grand Opportunities grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute to conduct genomics and proteomics research, UNC said on Thursday.
(Oct 15, 2009)
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