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Luminex Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AUSTIN, Texas----Luminex Corporation today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Recent financial and operating highlights include the following: Record system shipments of 259, including 11 FLEXMAP 3D® systems for the third quarter of 2009, resulting in cumulative life-to-date shipments of 6,514, up 15 percent from a year ago Record system revenue of $9.2 ...
(Nov 4, 2009)
Monsanto opening first research center in China (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, on Tuesday said it is opening its first research center in China. The Monsanto Biotechnology Research Center in Beijing will boost Monsanto's ties with Chinese research institutions in plant biotechnology and genomics.
(Nov 4, 2009)
Your North Lake County Calendar (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Find out all the events going on in your community, and plan your week's activities with The Times.
(Nov 4, 2009)
Large Hadron Collider team flicks switch on Xeon grid (Linux Today)
The Register: "CERN today unveiled the upgraded grid that will support the Large Hadron Collider when the titanic particle-punisher finally kicks back into life."
(Nov 5, 2009)
Lonza acquires Belgium-based contract research firm Algonomics (PharmaBiz)
Lonza strengthens its protein design technology offering for biopharmaceutical development by acquiring Algonomics NV (Gent, Belgium). Algonomics is a contract research organisation providing integrated immunogenicity prediction services to support companies in the development of biotherapeutics.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Novartis to invest US$ 1 bn to build largest pharma R&D institute in China (PharmaBiz)
Novartis announced a USD 1 billion investment over the next five years, increasing R&D activities in China and confirming Novartis' long term commitment to China's further economic development, health reform and improving the health care of the Chinese people.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Future of Food (The Daily Tar Heel)
Future students might enjoy shorter lines and more food choices if Carolina Dining Services acts on recent proposals.
(Nov 5, 2009)
QIAGEN and British Veterinary Laboratories Agency Expand Partnership in Veterinary Testing (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
VENLO, Netherlands----QIAGEN today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with the United Kingdom’s Veterinary Laboratories Agency , one of the world’s leading research institutions in veterinary science.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Future of Food (The Daily Tar Heel)
Future students might enjoy shorter lines and more food choices if Carolina Dining Services acts on recent proposals.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Kamla Nehru College convention on pharmaceutical sciences from Nov 22 (PharmaBiz)
The Kamla Nehru College of Pharmacy, Nagpur, one of the leading pharmacy colleges in Vidharbha region, is organising a two -day national level convention 'Recent advances in pharmaceutical sciences and drug discovery' on November 22 and 23, 2009 and two weeks staff development programme , 'Emerging trends in drug discovery and quality assurance' from November 24 to December 7, 2009.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Arrayit Corporation to Diagnose Early Stage Cancers and Monitor Effectiveness of Treatments (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - 11/05/09) - Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC - News ) is pleased to join the federal government in their efforts to help control health care costs through early diagnosis of diseases. For more than 150 years, traditional medicine has relied on a 'standards of care' model, which utilizes large cohorts of individuals as the data set and essentially treats every person ...
(Nov 5, 2009)
Arrayit Corporation to Diagnose Early Stage Cancers and Monitor Effectiveness of Treatments (Marketwire)
Collaborative Efforts Leading to Advances That Will Contribute to Health Care Reform
(Nov 5, 2009)
Rosetta Genomics Strengthens MicroRNA Intellectual Property Position with Receipt of Additional Patent (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
REHOVOT, Israel & PHILADELPHIA----Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. , a leading developer of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals presents new data related to its overall delivery research efforts (News-Medical-Net)
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that it presented new data related to its overall delivery research efforts including the rational design of Mimetic Lipoprotein Particles, or MLPs, a novel technology for the systemic delivery of small interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, the molecules that mediate RNAi.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Illumina Announces Scale-Up of Genome Analyzers at The Broad Institute (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. today announced that the Broad Institute has purchased 30 additional Genome Analyzers, increasing its total installed base of Illumina systems to 89.
(Nov 5, 2009)
MDRNA, Inc. to Hold Third Quarter 2009 Results Conference Call on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:30 pm Eastern Time (Marketwire)
BOTHELL, WA--(Marketwire - November 5, 2009) - MDRNA, Inc. ( NASDAQ : MRNA ) announced today that it will host a conference call with investors and security analysts on Thursday, November 12, 2009, at 4:30 pm Eastern Time (1:30 pm Pacific Time) to provide a business update and discuss financial results for the 3rd quarter ended September 30, 2009. To participate in the live conference call, U.S ...
(Nov 5, 2009)
Sirius Genomics received NRC-IRAP Funding for Continued Development of a Sepsis Companion Diagnostic (ITNews)
VANCOUVER, November 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius Genomics, a developer of pharmacogenomic diagnostics, announced today that it has signed its first Contribution Agreement with the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).
(Nov 5, 2009)
Susan Strong, Mary Ann Guerra, Haseeb Chaudhry, Darryl Ray, Kalypsys Integrated Screening Systems, Ibidi s -Dish, and ... (GenomeWeb News)
Fisher subsidiary Dharmacon has hired Susan Strong as vice president of marketing, CBA News learned last week. Mary Ann Guerra has been promoted to chief operating officer of the Translational Genomics Research Institute of Phoenix, Ariz., TGen said last week.
(Nov 5, 2009)
GeneData to Provide Phylosopher Software to Japanese Institute (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK, March 19 – GeneData, a Swiss bioinformatics company, said Monday it would provide its Phylosopher software for comparative genomics studies to the Japanese National Institute of Technology and Evaluation.
(Nov 5, 2009)
New Crop of AgBioinformatics Projects Accompanies Publication of Rice Genome (GenomeWeb News)
Last week’s publication of the indica and japonica subspecies of the rice genome by the Beijing Genomics Institute and Syngenta, respectively, was heralded as a milestone for agricultural genomics.
(Nov 5, 2009)
National Institutes of Health Award Northrop Grumman Bioinformatics Resource Centers Contract (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
RESTON, Va. -- Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a follow-on contract by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to create a resource that supports research of pathogenic viruses and that will lead to new medical treatments and preventive measures for humans.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Market Pulse Breaking News Alert for Thursday, November 5, 2009: ARYC -- Arrayit Corporation to Diagnose Early Stage ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - 11/05/09) - Market Pulse News Alert for this AM, Stocks to Watch are: Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC - News ), Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK - News ), ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: ONNN - News ) and American Lithium Minerals Inc. (OTC.BB: AMLM - News ). Investors need to be watching Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB: ARYC - News ) this AM! Arrayit Corporation is engaged ...
(Nov 5, 2009)
Sweetpotatoes Get High-Tech Help (Agricultural Research Magazine)
An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) computational molecular biologist in Mississippi is launching a project to create a genomics toolkit to help plant breeders develop new varieties of sweetpotato.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Market Pulse Breaking News Alert for Thursday, November 5, 2009: ARYC -- Arrayit Corporation to Diagnose Early Stage ... (Marketwire)
NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Market Pulse
(Nov 5, 2009)
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-11-05 13:59 BRIEF-Northrop Grumman gets follow-on contract from National Institutes of Health (Interactive Investor)
Nov 5 (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman Corp:
(Nov 5, 2009)
Singularity University Prepares Executives for Impact of Exponentially Accelerating Technologies (Marketwire)
New Nine-Day Executive Program Focuses on How to Harness Current and Future Disruptive Technologies to Benefit Companies and Industries; World-Class Faculty and Innovative Interdisciplinary Curriculum Establish New Model for Executive Education; Silicon Valley Software Leader Joins University as First Corporate Partner
(Nov 5, 2009)
Stimulus grant to help MSU team improve drug development from plants (EurekAlert!)
( Michigan State University ) Scientists at Michigan State University are receiving nearly $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to uncover how several popular plants make medicinal compounds.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Complete Genomics Publishes in Science on Low-Cost Sequencing of Three Human Genomes Using Its Proprietary Sequencing ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----Complete Genomics, a third-generation human genome sequencing company, today announced publication of a report in the journal Science describing its proprietary DNA sequencing platform, including analysis of sequence data from three complete human genomes.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Complete Genomics publishes in Science on low-cost sequencing of 3 human genomes (EurekAlert!)
( Complete Genomics ) Complete Genomics, a third-generation human genome sequencing company, today announced publication of a report in the journal Science describing its proprietary DNA sequencing platform, including analysis of sequence data from three complete human genomes. The consumables cost for these three genomes sequenced on the proof-of-principle genomic DNA nanoarrays ranged from $8 ...
(Nov 5, 2009)
Complete Genomics Gets Cost of Gene Sequencing Under $5,000 (Bloomberg)
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Complete Genomics , a closely held company in Silicon Valley, produced complete sequences of three people’s DNA at an average cost of $4,500, accelerating the race to develop faster, cheaper gene-mapping systems.
(Nov 5, 2009)
NCI Papers Describe Yeast Reference Standard, LC-MS Benchmarking Metrics (GenomeWeb News)
As part of its ongoing effort to evaluate mass spectrometry-based platforms for unbiased discovery work in proteomics, members of the National Cancer Institute's initiative on clinical proteomics last month published work meant to help researchers in the field better assess their instrument platforms.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Complete Genomics reports low-cost sequencing of 3 human genomes (PhysOrg)
Complete Genomics, a third-generation human genome sequencing company, today announced publication of a report in the journal Science describing its proprietary DNA sequencing platform, including analysis of sequence data from three complete human genomes. The consumables cost for these three genomes sequenced on the proof-of-principle genomic DNA nanoarrays ranged from $8,005 for 87x coverage ...
(Nov 5, 2009)
USDA Funding Sweet Potato Chip (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb news) – The US Department of Agriculture is funding genomics research into sweet potatoes that could help plant breeders develop new varieties, and has awarded $120,000 to support a post-graduate research position.
(Nov 5, 2009)
NCBI's Dilemma: Updating Human Reference Genome without Disrupting Research (GenomeWeb News)
The National Center for Biotechnology Information is currently mulling ways to close gaps, add annotation, and possibly release patches to the human reference sequence genome while causing minimal disruption to the scientific community that relies on this resource, an NCBI official said at a recent meeting.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Complete Genomics Publication Outlines Results for Three Human Genomes (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Researchers from Complete Genomics, Harvard Medical School and Washington University in St. Louis today reported on three of the human genomes that they have sequenced using Complete Genomics' nanoarray technology.
(Nov 5, 2009)
At Genome Informatics, Speakers Say Second-Gen Sequencing Makes for Giddy Times for Bioinformatics (GenomeWeb News)
Talks and posters at this year's Genome Informatics meeting highlighted how second-generation sequencing is setting the pace for bioinformatics as scientists race to fill a widening gap between the capabilities of these instruments and the tools required to analyze and manage the data.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Complete Genomics Gets Gene Sequencing Under $5,000 (Correct) (Bloomberg)
(Corrects number of gene studies in fourth paragraph.) Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Complete Genomics , a closely held company in Silicon Valley, produced complete sequences of three people’s DNA at an average cost of $4,500, accelerating the race to develop faster, cheaper gene-mapping systems.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Complete Genomics Gets Gene Sequencing Under $5,000 (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Complete Genomics , a Silicon Valley company backed by venture capitalists, produced complete sequences of three people’s DNA at an average cost of $4,500, accelerating the race to develop faster, cheaper gene-mapping systems.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Genomes of biofuel yeasts reveal clues that could boost fuel ethanol production worldwide (EurekAlert!)
( Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ) As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two studies published online in Genome Research, scientists have analyzed the genome structures of bioethanol-producing microorganisms, uncovering genetic clues that will be critical ...
(Nov 5, 2009)
Horse genome sequenced (University of Sydney News)
An international project has provided the first complete genetic sequence of the horse, providing resources to track horse-related genetic diseases and to understand horse biology.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Your South Lake County Calendar (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Find out all the events going on in your community, and plan your week's activities with The Times.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Complete Genomics Details Low-Cost Sequencing Tech in Paper; Collaborators Encouraged by Results (GenomeWeb News)
Nine month after presenting human genome sequencing data generated on its proprietary sequencing platform for the first time, Complete Genomics today published a detailed description of its technology in Science , applying it to sequence three human genomes at a consumables cost of between $1,700 and $8,000 per genome.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Your North Lake County Calendar (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Find out all the events going on in your community, and plan your week's activities with The Times.
(Nov 5, 2009)
Illumina Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q) (Guru Focus)
By 10qk. Illumina Inc. ( ILMN ) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-27. Read more » »
(Nov 5, 2009)
UQ researchers first in the world to solve the genetic code of canola (University of Queensland)
Until recently, the genetic code of canola was a mystery.
(Nov 6, 2009)
Complete Genomics publishes sequence analysis data from three complete human genomes (News-Medical-Net)
Complete Genomics, a third-generation human genome sequencing company, today announced publication of a report in the journal Science describing its proprietary DNA sequencing platform, including analysis of sequence data from three complete human genomes. The consumables cost for these three genomes sequenced on the proof-of-principle genomic DNA nanoarrays ranged from $8,005 for 87x coverage ...
(Nov 6, 2009)
Sirius Genomics signs its first Contribution Agreement with NRC-IRAP (News-Medical-Net)
Sirius Genomics, a developer of pharmacogenomic diagnostics, announced today that it has signed its first Contribution Agreement with the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). This research funding will be used to study genomic correlations in severe sepsis patients.
(Nov 6, 2009)
Broad Institute purchases 30 additional Genome Analyzers from Illumina (News-Medical-Net)
Illumina, Inc. today announced that the Broad Institute has purchased 30 additional Genome Analyzers, increasing its total installed base of Illumina systems to 89.
(Nov 6, 2009)
USPTO issues patent for Rosetta Genomics' human microRNA miR-193b (News-Medical-Net)
Rosetta Genomics, Ltd., a leading developer of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued U.S. Patent No. 7,592,441 to Rosetta Genomics. The patent relates to human microRNA miR-193b, as well as to complementary probes and vectors. This is the third patent issued to Rosetta Genomics by the USPTO.
(Nov 6, 2009)
Stanford University is undertaking its biggest building boom ever, with 87 projects worth $1.5 billion under ... (San Jose Mercury News)
Due to gifts from donors, Stanford University is undertaking its biggest building boom ever, with 87 projects worth $1.5 billion in design or under construction.A dramatic decline in its endowment caused the campus to suspend about $1.3 billion in planned projects.But long-ago commitments from donors like Nike founder and Stanford alum Phil Knight means that 2009 is the biggest year in Stanford ...
(Nov 6, 2009)
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