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Complete Genomics And GATC Biotech Collaborate On Human Genome Sequencing Projects (BioresearchOnline)
GATC Biotech and Complete Genomics, Inc., today announced the execution of a research collaboration agreement to sequence several human genomes from samples provided by GATC.
(Dec 2, 2009)
UM Biologist Receives NIH Grant To Create The First Map Of Protein Interactions In Neurons (Medical News Today)
Our brain is composed of over one trillion cells called neurons. Each neuron contains millions of proteins. Exactly how individual proteins interact with one another and together form complex signaling networks within neurons has never been examined directly in live animals. Now, the University of Miami (UM) College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a grant totaling $2...
(Dec 2, 2009)
Development of Newer Therapies to Treat Lifestyle Disorders and Reduce the Risk of Co-morbidities is Key to the ... (redOrbit)
LONDON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Increasing genomic knowledge will lead to the development of improved therapies to treat lifestyle disorders.
(Dec 2, 2009)
Sequencer Market Heats Up (Bio-IT World)
Bio-IT World | Four companies currently have next-generation sequencers on the market and another, Complete Genomics, recently delivered its first 14 human genomes to customers based on its distinctive service model. Improvements are appearing frequently in next-generation sequencers, and these often translate to greater read length, more sequence per run, or new applications.
(Dec 2, 2009)
Next Generation DNA Sequencing Made Me Do It or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Microarrays [Discovering ... (ScienceBlogs)
For many years, I've been perfectly content to work with small numbers of things. Working with one gene or one protein is great. Even small groups of genes are okay. I'm fine with alternatively spliced genes with multiple transcripts, or multiple polymorphisms, or genes in multi-gene families, or groups of genes in operons. But I never trusted microarrays. Read the rest of this post... | Read ...
(Dec 2, 2009)
U of Miami Granted $2.6M for Neuron Protein Studies (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The University of Miami has landed a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how proteins interact with each other to form signaling networks within neurons.
(Dec 2, 2009)
Location, Location, Location: New Institute Positioned to Heighten Personalized Rx's Profile Inside Beltway (GenomeWeb News)
At the Ignite Institute, Dietrich Stephan's new effort to bring personalized medicine to the nation's capital, rubbing elbows with policy makers will be as much of a focus as rapid commercialization of drug/diagnostic combination products.
(Dec 2, 2009)
The Scientist Magazine Recognizes febit's HybSelect(TM) Among the Winners of 'Top 10 Innovations of 2009' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
febit's HybSelect has been recognized as one of the winners of the "Top 10 Innovations of 2009" by The Scientist magazine. The company's automated sequence capture technology for high-throughput sequencing was selected due to its exceptional combinations of invention, vision and utility.
(Dec 2, 2009)
Hadoop for Bioinformatics (GenomeWeb News)
The Noma lab focuses on the mechanisms that regulate three-dimensional higher-order genome structure, influencing various biological processes.
(Dec 2, 2009)
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses (Park Hills Daily Journal)
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: “Ask an Atheist.”
(Dec 2, 2009)
Fred Hassan: A Sunrise Industry: Life Sciences and the Genomics Wave (The Huffington Post)
Life sciences will be our country's most important sunrise industry over the next several decades. Because of this sunrise, tens of millions of baby boomers can expect to live longer and live better.
(Dec 2, 2009)
Indiana University Wins $1.5M Cloud Computing Grant (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Indiana University has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a software infrastructure and use cloud computing for a variety of life sciences and genomics data applications, IU said today.
(Dec 2, 2009)
Bioinformatics Search Yields New Non-Coding RNAs (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Yale University researchers have used computational approaches to find new bacterial non-coding RNAs in DNA sequence data from environmental samples.
(Dec 2, 2009)
TGen team honored for best paper at scientific conference (EurekAlert!)
( The Translational Genomics Research Institute ) A team of scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) won a $1,000 prize for best scientific paper presented at BIBM09, a premier bioinformatics and biomedicine conference.
(Dec 2, 2009)
Complete Genomics Aims for Positive Cash Flow by Mid-2010; Position Itself for IPO (GenomeWeb News)
Complete Genomics expects to become cash-flow positive by mid 2010, following rapid revenue growth, and plans to position itself in 2010 for an initial public offering, according to the company's chief executive.
(Dec 2, 2009)
Rising Pharma Demand Prompts CRO Covance to Fortify its Protein Biomarker Business (GenomeWeb News)
Increasing demand for its protein biomarker services has prompted Covance to ramp up its biomarker operations.
(Dec 2, 2009)
Reportlinker Adds Drug Discovery Technologies - A Global Update of Market Trends & Opportunities (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
(Dec 2, 2009)
Just like old times: Generating RNA molecules in water (SpaceRef)
A key question in the origin of biological molecules like RNA and DNA is how they first came together billions of years ago from simple precursors.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses (Park Hills Daily Journal)
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: “Ask an Atheist.”
(Dec 3, 2009)
TGen scientists win $1,000 prize for best scientific paper presented at BIBM09 (News-Medical-Net)
A team of scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) won a $1,000 prize for best scientific paper presented at BIBM09, a premier bioinformatics and biomedicine conference.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Aditi Technologies, Microsoft BioIT Alliance sign agreement on Bioinformatics program (News-Medical-Net)
Aditi Technologies, a leading provider of software product and application development services, today announced its strategic partnership with Microsoft BioIT Alliance to extend its services focus into Bioinformatics.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Roche NimbleGen Collaboration with Consortium of Researchers 'Plants the Seed' Towards Our Understanding of the ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MADISON, Wis.----A team of scientists from Iowa State University, the University of Florida, the University of Minnesota, and Roche NimbleGen have recently announced their research has uncovered a previously unknown level of diversity, complexity and structural variation in the maize genome as well as between strains of the crop.
(Dec 3, 2009)
imaGenes to bundle data with CLC bio's software for High-Throughput Sequencing data analysis (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BERLIN, Germany & AARHUS, Denmark----Today, the leading provider of High-Throughput Sequencing analysis solutions, CLC bio, announced that they're collaborating with premier German sequencing service provider, imaGenes, to better support the fast growing German market of high-throughput sequencing analyses. imaGenes, will provide all customers receiving Next Generation Sequencing data with a ...
(Dec 3, 2009)
MDRNA, Inc. Presents Positive Efficacy and Tolerability Data in Non-Human Primates With Proprietary siRNA Compounds (Marketwire)
New Data Demonstrates Evidence of Potent Anti-Tumor Activity Against Multiple Gene Targets in Multiple Rodent Oncology Models
(Dec 3, 2009)
Aditi extends service to Bioinformatics (CIOL)
BANGALORE, INDIA: Aditi Technologies, a provider of software product and application development services, today announced its strategic partnership with Microsoft BioIT Alliance to extend its services focus into Bioinformatics.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Protein Markers Predict Risk of Melanoma Recurrence (Yale University Office of Public Affairs)
A new prognostic tool that can determine the risk of recurrence in melanoma patients has been developed by researchers at Yale Cancer Center. The technology, based on five proteins expressed in melanoma tissue, can classify patients into a low-risk group, with 10% chance of recurrence at eight years, or a high-risk group that has a 40% probability of recurrence within that time. The study ...
(Dec 3, 2009)
ImaGenes, CLC Bio Ink Licensing Pact (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – ImaGenes will provide its next-generation sequencing customers with a license to CLC Bio’s Genomics Workbench for sequence analysis applications under a new bundling agreement, CLC Bio said today.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Penn Medicine News: Why Some Monkeys Don’t Get AIDS (University of Pennsylvania Health System)
Using comparative genomics of SIV infection, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , with collaborators from University of Minnesota, the University of Toronto, and Emory University, looked at sooty mangabeys, and a second group at the Pasteur Institute in France, looked at African green monkeys to identify possible genes related to disease progression or resistance.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Metastatic lung cancer study wins prize (UPI)
PHOENIX, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Translational Genomics Research Institute scientists in Phoenix say they've received a $1,000 prize for their study of lung cancer metastasis to the brain.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Press Release (PharmiWeb)
A team of scientists from Iowa State University, the University of Florida, the University of Minnesota, and Roche NimbleGen (SWX:RO)(SWX:ROG)(Pink Sheets:RHHBY) have recently announced their research has uncovered a previously unknown level of diversity, complexity and structural variation in the maize genome as well as between strains of the crop.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Random DNA mix-ups not so random in cancer development (Science Daily)
Researchers have pinpointed a mechanism that may help explain how chromosomal translocations -- the supposedly random shuffling of large chunks of DNA that frequently lead to cancer -- aren't so random after all. They have developed a model of such chromosomal mix-ups in prostate cancer which indicates that the male sex hormone (androgen) receptor unexpectedly plays a key role in driving ...
(Dec 3, 2009)
Ambry Genetics to Offer SoftGenetics' Software (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Ambry Genetics said today that under a new exclusive agreement it will provide bioinformatics services from SoftGenetics to its next-generation sequencing customers.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics Form Exclusive Alliance for Extended Bioinformatics Support for Next Generation ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics today announced the signing of an agreement to provide extended bioinformatics genomics services using SoftGenetics' NextGENe software for next-generation sequencing projects performed at Ambry.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Media Advisory-National Research Council of Canada: Senator Mockler to Open New Research Lab That Will Help With ... (Marketwire)
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK--(Marketwire - Dec. 3, 2009) - Senator Percy Mockler, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will be in Moncton, New Brunswick on Friday, December 4, 2009 to open a new Bioinformatics Lab at the NRC Institute for Information Technology. Bioinformatics is a scientific field in which information technology, computer science ...
(Dec 3, 2009)
Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics Form Exclusive Alliance for Extended Bioinformatics Support for Next Generation ... (redOrbit)
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. and STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Dec.
(Dec 3, 2009)
Protein Markers Predict Risk of Melanoma Recurrence (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new prognostic tool that can determine the risk of recurrence in melanoma patients has been developed by researchers at Yale Cancer Center. The technology, based on five proteins expressed in melanoma tissue, can classify patients into a low-risk group, with 10% chance of recurrence at eight years, or a high-risk group that has a 40% probability of recurrence within that time ...
(Dec 3, 2009)
Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics sign agreement for next-generation sequencing projects at Ambry (News-Medical-Net)
Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics today announced the signing of an agreement to provide extended bioinformatics genomics services using SoftGenetics' NextGENe software for next-generation sequencing projects performed at Ambry.
(Dec 4, 2009)
FDA approves once-daily SEROQUEL XR Extended Release Tablets (News-Medical-Net)
AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved once-daily SEROQUEL XR® (quetiapine fumarate) Extended Release Tablets as adjunctive (add-on) treatment to antidepressants in adults with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
(Dec 4, 2009)
IMF to stage presentation on multiple myeloma at ASH annual meeting (News-Medical-Net)
The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF)—supporting research and providing education, advocacy and support for myeloma patients, families, researchers and physicians—today said presentations at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) will cover all stages of multiple myeloma, a major milestone in treating this and related cancers.
(Dec 4, 2009)
New and Exciting in PLoS this week [A Blog Around The Clock] (ScienceBlogs)
Seasonal Differences of Gene Expression Profiles in Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Hypothalamus in Relation to Territorial Aggression : Male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) are territorial year-round; however, neuroendocrine responses to simulated territorial intrusion (STI) differ between breeding (spring) and non-breeding seasons (autumn). In spring, exposure to STI leads to increases in ...
(Dec 4, 2009)
National Research Council of Canada: Technology at New Moncton Lab Will Help Diagnose Disease More Quickly and ... (Marketwire)
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK--(Marketwire - Dec. 4, 2009) - Senator Percy Mockler, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today announced the opening of a new bioinformatics laboratory that will create new technologies to assist health-care providers in diagnosing and treating diseases more quickly and accurately. The laboratory is a joint initiative ...
(Dec 4, 2009)
Jackson Lab to Use Stimulus Funds for Bioinformatics Expansion (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, will use a $2.1 million National Institutes of Health grant to bolster its bioinformatics team and facilities, and to hire other staff, the lab said this week.
(Dec 4, 2009)
Movers & Shakers (GenomeWeb News)
His annual base salary has been raised to $930,000 with a target annual incentive bonus of 115 percent of base salary retroactive to Sept. 15, when the company announced he would be replacing Marijn Dekkers as president and CEO. The actual amount paid as a bonus is between zero and twice the target amount, the company said in a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
(Dec 4, 2009)
Molecular movies: New software animates gene expression data (Scientific American)
As more is uncovered about the dynamic inner workings of genes and proteins, researchers now face the happy--if sometimes vexing--problem of working with too much data. But in the onslaught, crucial connections can be missed and findings repeated. [More]
(Dec 4, 2009)
Canada Opens Bioinformatics Center in New Brunswick with Translational Medicine Focus (GenomeWeb News)
The Canadian government has opened a bioinformatics laboratory in Moncton, New Brunswick, with a remit to create new technologies "to assist health-care providers in diagnosing and treating diseases more quickly and accurately," according to a statement.
(Dec 4, 2009)
Goings-On in Cancer Genomics (GenomeWeb News)
Mass Genomics's Dan Koboldt rounds up a recent cancer genomics meeting in St. Louis, which included talks from Peter Campbell, Richard Gibbs, and Elaine Mardis, among others.
(Dec 4, 2009)
Teaming Up, Ambry and SoftGenetics Link Sequencing Services and Bioinformatics Analysis (GenomeWeb News)
Taking a partner-based approach to the sequencing services market, Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics announced this week that they are joining forces to offer Ambry's customers "extended bioinformatics genomics services" based on SoftGenetics’ NextGene software for second-generation sequencing projects.
(Dec 4, 2009)
Vandy, UT Dallas to Use NIH Grant for Data Integration, Privacy (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Institutes of Health has granted $1 million to Vanderbilt University to fund a collaboration between researchers at Vanderbilt's School of Medicine and the University of Texas, Dallas, to develop bioinformatics technologies and techniques for use in integrating and protecting patients' genomic data privacy.
(Dec 4, 2009)
NRC Canada Opens New Brunswick Bioinformatics Lab (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Research Council of Canada said today that a new bioinformatics lab has opened at the University of Moncton in New Brunswick as part of a multi-partner initiative.
(Dec 4, 2009)
FDA approves Zyprexa in tablet form for schizophrenia and manic treatment (News-Medical-Net)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved Zyprexa® (olanzapine) in tablet form as an option for the treatment of schizophrenia and manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adolescents aged 13-17 years old.
(Dec 5, 2009)
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