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Natural historians use social network (UPI)
LONDON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- British scientists say an Internet social networking tool meant to advance the science of natural history has generated responses from 1,100 registered users.
(Nov 9, 2009)
Ten World-Class Health Solutions (Scoop.co.nz)
Ten companies with outstanding examples of some of the potentially world-leading health solutions being developed in this country, have been selected as finalists in New Zealand Trade and Enterprise’s Focus on Health Challenge business development ...
(Nov 9, 2009)
NZ Trade and Enterprise names health technology finalists for America (Stuff)
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has selected ten companies as finalists in its Focus on Health Challenge business development competition.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Darwin meets Facebook (EurekAlert!)
Natural history plans to chart life on earth, yet the discipline risks being buried under a landslide of painstakingly collected data that isn't always used. Now researchers at London's Natural History Museum have created a social networking tool called "Scratchpads" where natural historians can get together and share their data. A paper on this new platform features in a supplement on ...
(Nov 10, 2009)
Researchers discover key to vital DNA, protein interaction (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist calls a "cascade of advances."
(Nov 10, 2009)
Technology helps unearth family trees (CNN)
Here's a fun exercise: Compare the DNA profiles of random individuals who reside in different regions of the world, have little in common and don't much resemble one another.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Stimulus funds aid MCG research (The Augusta Chronicle)
Federal stimulus funding is providing infrastructure and growth of a different kind at Medical College of Georgia. Researchers are getting about $8 million from funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
(Nov 10, 2009)
New technique to identify patients more likely to survive advanced melanoma (News-Medical-Net)
Although the chances of surviving advanced melanoma aren't very good with current therapies, some patients can live for years with cancer that has spread beyond the skin to other organs. Now it may be possible to identify which patients are more likely to survive by analyzing the activity of hundreds of genes involved in the immune response and gene proliferation, according to researchers at NYU ...
(Nov 10, 2009)
Biolog Nets $923K ARRA Grant to Upgrade Cell Array Platform (GenomeWeb News)
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded Biolog $923,000 to help it develop a next-generation version of the firm's cell array technology. The grant, called "Phenotype microarray analysis of fastidious pathogens," was awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
(Nov 10, 2009)
TessArae introduces new integrated product solutions for testing human genetic disease (News-Medical-Net)
TessArae® LLC, a global leader in resequencing microarray-based applications, announces the launch of new integrated product solutions for genetic testing of the mutations that underlie human hereditary diseases. The combination of TessArae's expertise in microarray-based resequencing with novel nucleotide sequence basecalling algorithms and analysis software enables screening for all targeted ...
(Nov 10, 2009)
Introduction To Automated Genomic Sample Preparation (BioresearchOnline)
A new eSeminar entitled 'Automating Genomics Applications on Bravo Workstations' has been announced by Agilent Automation Solutions
(Nov 10, 2009)
UCSD findings may help scientists to design better drugs to kill pathogenic strains (News-Medical-Net)
Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome sequencing will provide the raw data for the field of bioinformatics, where computer science and biology meet.
(Nov 10, 2009)
OriGene Technologies' over-expression lysates adopted for Human Protein Atlas project (News-Medical-Net)
OriGene Technologies, Inc. today announced Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden has adopted its VERIFY Tagged Antigen(TM) (Over-expression Lysates) in the Human Protein Atlas program. This program is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and is set up to explore the human proteome systematically using Antibody-Based Proteomics.
(Nov 10, 2009)
NIH awards $6.8 million subcontract to Kineta to develop vaccine immune boosters (News-Medical-Net)
Kineta, Inc. announced today it has been awarded a $6.8 million subcontract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop novel vaccine adjuvants (agents that help boost the immune system). The Kineta subcontract is part of a larger $13 million award to the University of Washington.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Darwin meets Facebook (PhysOrg)
Natural history plans to chart life on earth, yet the discipline risks being buried under a landslide of painstakingly collected data that isn't always used. Now researchers at London's Natural History Museum have created a social networking tool called 'Scratchpads' where natural historians can get together and share their data. A paper on this new platform features in a supplement on ...
(Nov 10, 2009)
Scarab Genomics reduces the E. coli K-12 genome, optimizing it for recombinant DNA and protein production (News-Medical-Net)
Scarab Genomics has made a series of planned, precise deletions to the E. coli K-12 genome, reducing the genome by more than 15%. The multiple-deletion series (MDS™) strains eliminate non-essential genes, cryptic virulence genes, and sequences of recombinogenic and mobile insertion sequence (IS) DNA, while preserving robust growth in rich and minimal media.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Hundreds Of Genes Distinguish Patients Likely To Survive Advanced Melanoma (Medical News Today)
Although the chances of surviving advanced melanoma aren't very good with current therapies, some patients can live for years with cancer that has spread beyond the skin to other organs.
(Nov 10, 2009)
CORRECTION FROM SOURCE: Stellar Pharmaceuticals' Q3-2009 Financial Results Marked by Strong Growth and Continued ... (Marketwire)
LONDON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 10, 2009) - This release is to correct an inadvertent error in the press release issued on November 6, 2009 in which the Company's results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, reported total revenues to only include product revenues and not total operating revenues from all sources. No other changes to the information contained in such report have been ...
(Nov 10, 2009)
Ten Years Ago These Numbers Would've Been Typos (GenomeWeb News)
Steven Salzberg has a post at Genomics, Evolution, and Pseudoscience about a recent call for a project to sequence 10,000 vertebrate genomes . The proposal, from a consortium led by David Haussler and Stephen O'Brien, "is also the opening salvo in an effort to raise $50-100 million for the sequencing of these species," Salzberg writes.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Discovery Allows Scientists To Experimentally Annotate Genomes (redOrbit)
Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind.
(Nov 10, 2009)
'Scratchpads' - Darwin Meets Facebook (redOrbit)
Natural history plans to chart life on earth, yet the discipline risks being buried under a landslide of painstakingly collected data that isn't always used.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Life Technologies to Buy Biotrove, Which Will Form Mass Spec Sample Prep Company (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Life Technologies said today that it has agreed to buy the genomics technologies firm Biotrove for an undisclosed sum.
(Nov 10, 2009)
People in the News (GenomeWeb News)
Rosetta Genomics has appointed Kenneth Berlin as president and CEO. Berlin will also serve on the company’s board of directors. Since 2007 Berlin has been worldwide general manager at cellular and molecular cancer diagnostics company Veridex .
(Nov 10, 2009)
IP Roundup (GenomeWeb News)
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received US Patent No. 7,612,185, "Nucleic acid biosensors." The patent claims a sensor system for detecting an effector.
(Nov 10, 2009)
TessArae, GeneDx Develop Array-Based Tests for Noonan, Periodic Fever Syndromes (GenomeWeb News)
Looking to move into the genetic-disease testing market, TessArae this week announced a deal with GeneDx to develop and launch array-based tools for detecting the genetic mutations responsible for several diseases.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Paired Ends (GenomeWeb News)
Christopher Sears , chief scientific officer of Ambergen , has joined the scientific advisory board of WaferGen . Previously, he held joint academic appointments in the field of oncology at Children's Hospital Boston , the Broad Institute , Harvard Medical School , and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute , where he was responsible for directing projects and operations of the clinical genomics group.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Iowa State University researcher discovers key to vital DNA, protein interaction (EurekAlert!)
Adam Bogdanove, associate professor in plant pathology, was researching the molecular basis of bacterial diseases of rice when he discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist calls a "cascade of advances."
(Nov 10, 2009)
Medical College of Wisconsin Reports 13 Percent Spike in Q1 Operating Revenues (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Medical College of Wisconsin finished the first three months of its fiscal year with a 13 percent year-over-year jump in operating revenues, and a quarter-to-quarter increase in non-operating revenue paced by paper investment gains, according to a just-released unaudited quarterly financial statement.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Q&A: Gustavo Stolovitzky Talks about IBM's Work on the DNA Transistor (GenomeWeb News)
Gustavo Stolovitzky heads the functional genomics and systems biology group at IBM Research, where he works on reverse engineering biological circuits, mathematical modeling of biological processes, and new technologies for DNA sequencing.
(Nov 10, 2009)
SRI International Expands to East Coast with Opening of Virginia Facility (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – SRI International has opened the $22 million Center for Advanced Drug Research, or CADRE, in Harrisonburg, Va., a facility that fulfills the nonprofit research and technology development institute's longtime plan to expand its biosciences division to the East Coast.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Genes predict advanced melanoma outcome (UPI)
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say it might be possible to identify the survival chances of advanced melanoma patients by analyzing their genetic activity.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Advanced Life Sciences Holdings Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q) (Guru Focus)
By 10qk. Advanced Life Sciences Holdings Inc. ( ADLS ) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. Read more » »
(Nov 10, 2009)
Researcher Discovers Key To Vital DNA, Protein Interaction (redOrbit)
A researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist calls a "cascade of advances."Adam Bogdanove, associate professor in plant pathology, was researching the molecular basis of bacterial diseases of rice when he and Matthew Moscou, a student in the ...
(Nov 10, 2009)
Hundreds Of Genes Distinguish Patients Likely To Survive Advanced Melanoma (Science Daily)
Some patients can live for years with melanoma that has spread beyond the skin to other organs. Now it may be possible to identify which patients are more likely to survive by analyzing the activity of hundreds of genes involved in the immune response and gene proliferation.
(Nov 10, 2009)
Food: Is Monsanto the answer or the problem? (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, had only months to live when he received a visit from an old friend, Rob Fraley, chief of technology for Monsanto Co.
(Nov 11, 2009)
GenomeQuest Places ChIP-Seq Workflow Solution On SDM “Cloud” (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Comprehensive, Easy-to-Use Web Service Available Immediately to Researchers Worldwide, Free/Full NGS-based Runs Available to First Registrants
(Nov 11, 2009)
Something's fishy at seafood counter (Toronto Star)
Consumer, beware: When you're buying fish, you may not get what you pay for.
(Nov 11, 2009)
CONSORTIUM TO UNVEIL 2ND GENETIC CODE OF OIL PALM GENOMES NEXT YEAR (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- A consortium including the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Orion Genomics are expected to come out with the second genetic code of the oil palm genomes by middle of next year, says its Director-General Datuk Dr Mohd Basri Wahid.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Discovery Allows Scientists For The First Time To Experimentally Annotate Genomes (Medical News Today)
Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome sequencing will provide the raw data for the field of bioinformatics, where computer science and biology meet.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Consortium To Unveil 2nd Genetic Code Of Oil Palm Genomes Next Year (Bernama)
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- A consortium including the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Orion Genomics are expected to come out with the second genetic code of the oil palm genomes by middle of next year, says its Director-General Datuk Dr Mohd Basri Wahid.
(Nov 11, 2009)
At the fish counter you may not get what you pay for (Toronto Star)
An investigation conducted across the country found fish being sold as one species sometimes turned out to be another.
(Nov 11, 2009)
2nd genetic code of oil palm out next year (Business Times (Malaysia))
A CONSORTIUM, which includes the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Orion Genomics, is expected to come out with the second genetic code of the oil palm genomes by middle of next year, says MPOB Director-General Datuk Dr Mohd Basri Wahid.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Persistent Systems Partners With UC Davis to Develop caELMIR 2 Application (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - 11/11/09) - Persistent Systems , one of the leaders in software product development services, today announced that it has partnered with the University of California, Davis to develop caELMIR 2 (Electronic Laboratory Management Information Resource), a caBIG LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) application, designed specifically to provide the pre-clinical ...
(Nov 11, 2009)
Persistent Systems Partners With UC Davis to Develop caELMIR 2 Application (Marketwire)
Experts Team Up to Foster Collaboration and Facilitate Pre-Clinical Research
(Nov 11, 2009)
Mullenweg: 10 blogs to make you think (CNN)
There are 100 million blogs in the world, and it's part of my job as the co-founder of WordPress to help many more people start blogging.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Singularity University seasons executives for the future (CNET)
During the institution's inaugural executive program, 20 students are getting an intense education in the exponential technologies that could shape their companies and industries for decades to come.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Edwin Southern, Peter Boatright, Tim McGrath, Robert Monaghan, Lawrence Cohen, Dade Behring, Pieter Strijkert, Jean ... (GenomeWeb News)
Microarray pioneer Edwin Southern , biochemistry professor at Oxford University , was honored with knighthood last week on the occasion of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Lion Bioscience, Eidogen, Alternative Splicing Database, Colorado Institute of Technology (GenomeWeb News)
Lion Bioscience said last week that it plans to lay off an additional 50 staff by the end of July, reducing its total headcount to 310.
(Nov 11, 2009)
ISB, MD Anderson Each Land $8 Million to Analyze Cancer Genome Atlas Project Data (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle and the University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center said recently that they have each been awarded $8 million from the National Institutes of Health to serve as bioinformatics centers for The Cancer Genome Atlas, or TCGA, project.
(Nov 11, 2009)
Linda Avey, Blogger (GenomeWeb News)
The HUGO Matters blog has a post about Linda Avey's speech at last week's HUGO Symposium on Genomics and Ethics, Law and Society meeting in Geneva.
(Nov 11, 2009)
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