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Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 1, 2010)
Discovery made in Tassie devils' cancer (thewest.com.au)
Scientists say they have made a major breakthrough in the fight to save Tasmanian devils from a deadly facial tumour disease that is decimating their numbers.
(Jan 1, 2010)
Microarray Company Events for July-Sept. 2004 (GenomeWeb News)
The Haynes lab studies fundamental and applied problems in immunology, nanoscience, and environmental science using a diverse set of techniques.
(Jan 1, 2010)
Genome Technology s Peer Review: A Weekly Forum of Recently Published Journal Articles (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK , March 22 (GenomeWeb News) - The following is a description of a recently published research paper recommended by a scientist involved in integrated biology.
(Jan 1, 2010)
Agilent Licenses Kreatech's ULS Labeling Tech for Use With aCGH Platform (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Agilent Technologies has licensed labeling technology from Kreatech for use with its formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded DNA tissue-extraction method, Agilent said today.
(Jan 1, 2010)
The top books of the year (The Norman Transcript)
Ask a roomful of people to name their favorite book of this or any year and you are likely to get a roomful of answers. We polled some of our regular book critics and staffers to compile this list of the top books of the year.
(Jan 1, 2010)
New molecule identified in DNA damage response (Science Daily)
In the harsh judgment of natural selection, the ultimate measure of success is reproduction. So it's no surprise that life spends lavish resources on this feat, whether in the courtship behavior of birds and bees or replicating the cells that keep them alive. Now research has identified a new piece in an elaborate system to help guarantee fidelity in the reproduction of cells, preventing ...
(Jan 1, 2010)
Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 1, 2010)
Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 1, 2010)
Dreaming big with wish list for new year (The Buffalo News)
The new year means new starts, new hopes, new ideas and--for some--a new hangover. Welcome to the first day of 2010. Drink in one man's wish list for the next 12 months:
(Jan 1, 2010)
Education briefs (Post-Tribune)
GARYMentors sought for project: The Gary Literacy Coalition is seeking mentors to participate in its Learning Partner mentoring project.Mentors provide support to students through regular visits during the school day. They must be 18 years old or older and willing to undergo background checks.Mentors and students participate in numerous literacy-related activities organized by the Gary Literacy ...
(Jan 1, 2010)
Corn: The Dynamic Genome [Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)] (ScienceBlogs)
tags: Corn: The Dynamic Genome , corn , agriculture , genomics , food science , technology , streaming video This is a beautifully written and produced science video about corn: where it came from, what it originally looked like, the technology we are using to learn the functions of individual corn genes, and future directions for research into corn genetics. Read the rest of this post... | Read ...
(Jan 1, 2010)
In Defense of MapReduce for Bioinformatics (GenomeWeb News)
Two Google research fellows have updated a paper published in the Communications of the ACM extolling the virtues of MapReduce , an open-source programming model framework designed to support distributed computing with large data sets, over parallel databases for large-scale data processing.
(Jan 2, 2010)
A biologist by yet another name [Discovering Biology in a Digital World] (ScienceBlogs)
What do you call a biologist who uses bioinformatics tools to do research, but doesn't program? You don't know? Neither does anyone else. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
(Jan 2, 2010)
BioServe Acquires Genomics Collaborative From SeraCare Life Sciences (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — BioServe today said it has acquired Genomics Collaborative from SeraCare Life Sciences for an undisclosed sum.
(Jan 2, 2010)
Corning, Whitehead Launch $10M Microarray Research Initiative (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK, Oct 25 – Just weeks after making a surprising debut into the crowded DNA microarray market, Corning has signed on a venerable public partner, MIT’s Whitehead Institute, in a $10 million, four-year research agreement to jointly develop gene expression analysis tools and other life science research technologies, the company said Wednesday.
(Jan 2, 2010)
Genomics DOE releases roadmap; stresses computing, four new centers (GenomeWeb News)
Early this fall, the US Department of Energy released a roadmap to guide its investments in biological research for the coming years, highlighting in particular the importance to this field of high-performance computing.
(Jan 2, 2010)
Mass Spec Mania (GenomeWeb News)
This week's issue of PNAS focuses on mass spectrometry and "attempts to illustrate the breadth and uniqueness of applications of molecular MS to a variety of scientific fields with current examples."
(Jan 2, 2010)
High fat diet increases inflammation in the mouse colon (Science Daily)
Colorectal cancer, the third most common type of cancer worldwide, has been linked to an increased prevalence of the Western diet: one high in fat and low in fiber, vitamin D and calcium. Now, scientists have shown what happens to colon tissue when mice are fed such a diet: an inflammatory response that could be the trigger for carcinogenic processes.
(Jan 2, 2010)
IP Update: Recent Patents Related to PCR, Sample Prep, and Nucleic Acid Amplification (GenomeWeb News)
US Patent 7,640,115. Diagnostic method of selecting appropriate cancer treatments and screening method of measuring reagents and curative medicines for cancer patients.
(Jan 2, 2010)
Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 2, 2010)
Chicago Cancer Genome Project Studies Genetics Of 1,000 Tumors (Medical News Today)
No two tumors are alike, but analyzing the genetics of cancers from different parts of the body may reveal surprising details useful for treatment and prevention. That process is already gaining traction at the University of Chicago's Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (IGSB), where researchers are one year into a three-year project to collect and analyze the genetic sequence and ...
(Jan 2, 2010)
Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 2, 2010)
Intel Systems Move Up In Supercomputing Ranks (Scoop.co.nz)
The TOP500 supercomputer rankings released today at the Supercomputing 2002 conference show a dramatic increase in the number of Intel-based systems being deployed in high-performance computing (HPC) or supercomputing areas.
(Jan 2, 2010)
Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 2, 2010)
Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 2, 2010)
Sensing Small Stuff for Medicine (GenomeWeb News)
Ryan Bailey's lab is focused on improving personalized diagnostics by being able to measure gene and protein expression changes from very small amounts of sample.
(Jan 2, 2010)
Roche to Acquire NimbleGen for $272.5M, Eyes Additional Genomic Vendors (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Roche plans to acquire NimbleGen Systems for $272.5 million, the Swiss biotech giant said today.
(Jan 3, 2010)
Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 3, 2010)
Next decade poised to be better than last (The Shreveport Times)
After a decade of hopes lost, we're on the cusp of a decade of environmental, scientific and technological advances that could bring greater insight into our present problems and hope renewed.
(Jan 3, 2010)
Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 3, 2010)
High fat diet 'ups inflammation in the colon': Mouse study (New Kerala)
Washington, Jan 3 : Studies have previously established a link between colorectal cancer and a diet high in fat and low in fiber, vitamin D and calcium. Now, in a new research, scientists at Rockefeller University have shown what happens to colon tissue when mice are fed such a diet.
(Jan 3, 2010)
Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 3, 2010)
Scientists turn DNA detectives to track spread of hospital superbugs (Times Online)
The genetic fingerprints of germs are to be mapped to open a new front in the battle against hospital superbugs.
(Jan 3, 2010)
Jessica Alba's ancestry [Gene Expression] (ScienceBlogs)
Personal genomics comes to TV: Read the comments on this post...
(Jan 3, 2010)
Abdullah confers top medal on researcher (Arab News)
RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has conferred the prestigious “First Rank King Abdulaziz Medal” on Saudi female scientist Dr. Khawla Al-Kuraya in recognition of her achievements in science that have made her a prominent international figure in cancer research.
(Jan 3, 2010)
Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, Institute for Genome Sciences (Washington Post)
In my senior year of college, I did research with a doctor that got me excited about what a career in medical research was all about.
(Jan 3, 2010)
More in the Maryland Section (Washington Post)
Position : Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences, a Baltimore-based research center dedicated to multidisciplinary research collaborations that integrate genomics with biomedical research.
(Jan 4, 2010)
GE Healthcare, Millipore, Serologicals, Harvard, Stanford, Dharmacon, Bio-Rad, bioMerieux, ART, Takara Bio ... (GenomeWeb News)
GE Healthcare last week said that second-quarter revenues climbed 10 percent as earnings increased 18 percent. For the quarter ended June 30, GE Healthcare had $4.1 billion in revenues, up from $3.8 billion during the same quarter in 2005.
(Jan 4, 2010)
PSI, Mass Spec Vendors Developing New Data Format to Deal With Mass Spec Data Analysis (GenomeWeb News)
Researchers involved in the Human Proteome Organization's Proteomics Standards Initiative are collaborating with mass spec and mass spec data-analysis software vendors to develop a new data format that could help scientists compare peak lists regardless of which analysis software or mass spec instrument is used.
(Jan 4, 2010)
A New Year of Genomics Opportunity (GenomeWeb News)
The ongoing sequencing of the human genome was a positive for the genomics group in 2000 — enough to drive tens of IPOs. But the subsequent lack of immediate results in drug development soured the taste of many investors in 2001 and left fortunes waning at the infant companies.
(Jan 4, 2010)
Genome X Prize Names SAB Member; Venter Leaves US Genomics' Board; Qiagen Nominates von Prondzynski to Board; and Others (GenomeWeb News)
This article has been updated to correct several errors in the item about Qiagen's supervisory board elections. Heino von Prondzynski and Werner Brandt are standing for election for the supervisory board, not the board of directors.
(Jan 4, 2010)
Queensborough College gains major research partner (YourNabe.com)
Bayside’s Queensborough Community College has become the first community college in the nation to be selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as an associate member of its Science Education Alliance research initiative.
(Jan 4, 2010)
Clarient buys cancer test maker Applied Genomics (Silver City Sun-News)
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—Medical device maker Clarient Inc. said Monday it has acquired cancer test maker Applied Genomics Inc. for $17.6 million in stock in a deal it says will help it develop new lung cancer tests.
(Jan 4, 2010)
Promise of Multiple Benefits Underlines the Growing Popularity of Lab-on-chip and Microfluidics, Says Frost & Sullivan (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Microfluidics and lab-on-chip is a field with tremendous growth potential. As it is primarily an enabling technology, coupled with the fact that this is an era of miniaturisation, which has already swept up the information and communications industry, the life sciences industry has come to realise its potential.
(Jan 4, 2010)
Promise of Multiple Benefits Underlines the Growing Popularity of Lab-on-chip and Microfluidics, Says Frost & Sullivan (ITNews)
LONDON, January 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Microfluidics and lab-on-chip is a field with tremendous growth potential.
(Jan 4, 2010)
High fat diet 'ups inflammation in the colon': Mouse study (New Kerala)
Washington, Jan 4 : Studies have previously estabilished a link between colorectal cancer and a diet high in fat and low in fiber, vitamin D and calcium. Now, in a new research, scientists at Rockefeller University have shown what happens to colon tissue when mice are fed such a diet.
(Jan 4, 2010)
Cotton: Building a Better Plant [Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)] (ScienceBlogs)
tags: Cotton: Building a Better Plant , cotton , agriculture , genomics , fabrics , technology , streaming video This is another beautifully written and produced video about plant research. The lucky plant? This time, it's cotton -- what jeans and t-shirts are made of! This video explores how modern cotton plants came to be, the 50 species of cotton, and how cotton genomic research can improve ...
(Jan 4, 2010)
Will the Archon X Prize for genome sequencing be won in 2010? [Genetic Future] (ScienceBlogs)
The Gene Sherpa predicts that Complete Genomics will win the Archon X Prize in Genomics in 2010. In the comments , Keith Robison is wisely skeptical. I agree with Keith - it's unlikely that the X Prize will be won this year, and if it is the winner is unlikely to be Complete Genomics. For those who don't know the prize, here's the brief summary: the X Prize Foundation will give US$10 million to ...
(Jan 4, 2010)
Reportlinker Adds The Global Market for Equipment Used in Biotechnology Applications (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
(Jan 4, 2010)
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