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NHGRI launches online genomics center for educators of nurses, physician assistants (EurekAlert!)
( NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute ) An online tool to help educators teach the next generation of nurses and physician assistants about genetics and genomics was launched today by the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The tool is part of NHGRI's effort to address the growing need among health care professionals for knowledge in this ...
(Feb 26, 2010)
Kreatech Teams with Hungarian University (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Kreatech Diagnostics will partner with Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, to develop new biosample handling methods for use with microarrays.
(Feb 26, 2010)
E. coli as sole indicator of water pollution questioned (Science Daily)
New research investigating pathogen survival in soils has found that E. coli can become integrated into the indigenous microbial community in soils and survive for more than nine years, considerably longer than scientists initially thought.
(Feb 26, 2010)
NHGRI, NIGMS Seeking Applications for Protein Sequence and Function Repository (GenomeWeb News)
The National Human Genome Research Institute and National Institute of General Medical Services hope to create a central protein data repository in an effort to better organize not only information about protein sequences and functions that already exist, but also for data that is anticipated to be generated in coming years.
(Feb 26, 2010)
Mass Specs, Instrument Business Push Bruker Q4 Revenues Up 16 Percent (GenomeWeb News)
Led by a mass spec business that saw the "biggest margin improvement" of any of Bruker's businesses last year, the company this week reported a 16-percent increase in company-wide revenue for the fourth quarter.
(Feb 26, 2010)
Health Highlights: Feb. 26, 2010 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
(Feb 26, 2010)
People in the News (GenomeWeb News)
The UK's Genome Analysis Centre has added several members to its bioinformatics staff. Purnima Pachori has joined the center as a scientific programmer.
(Feb 26, 2010)
People In The News (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Joel McComb is leaving his post as senior VP and GM of Illumina's Life Sciences business to become COO at Synthetic Genomics.
(Feb 26, 2010)
NHGRI Launches Genomic Education Resource (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Human Genome Research Institute today launched an online resource aimed at helping educators teach nurses and physician assistants about genomics and genetics and their use in contemporary medicine, NHGRI said today.
(Feb 26, 2010)
Nanogen President Bruce Huebner Pilots Through Changes (GenomeWeb News)
• Bruce Huebner, president, chief operating officer, Nanaogen. • Previously — executive vice president and chief operating officer, Gen-Probe. • BS — Chemistry, University of Wisconsin.
(Feb 26, 2010)
MLL cancer cells rely on normal protein to proliferate (News-Medical-Net)
Researchers have found that one particularly aggressive type of blood cancer, mixed lineage leukemia (MLL), has an unusual way to keep the molecular motors running. The cancer cells rely on the normal version of an associated protein to stay alive.
(Feb 27, 2010)
Marine mammal center gets boost from lawmakers (The Register-Guard)
NEWPORT — The Hatfield Marine Science Center just got one step closer to realizing its dream of a new Marine Mammal/Marine Genomics Center. Both legislative chambers have unanimously passed House Bill 3643, which shifts $9 million from Oregon State University’s capital construction budget to the marine mammal project. Assuming that …
(Feb 27, 2010)
New Biomedical Engineering Chair Earns High Honors (Medical News Today)
Just weeks into his post as John S. Dunn Distinguished Professor and founding chair of the University of Houston's new department of biomedical engineering, Metin Akay is already being recognized. He was selected and recently inducted into two prestigious engineering and science organizations - the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the College of Fellows of the ...
(Feb 27, 2010)
State OKs funds for marine mammal center (The World)
NEWPORT (AP) — The Hatfield Marine Science Center just got one step closer to realizing its dream of a new Marine Mammal/Marine Genomics Center.
(Feb 27, 2010)
State OKs funds for marine mammal center (The World)
NEWPORT (AP) — The Hatfield Marine Science Center just got one step closer to realizing its dream of a new Marine Mammal/Marine Genomics Center.
(Feb 27, 2010)
Abbott and Caprion Sign Research Deal for Lung Cancer Targets (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (GenomeWeb News) - Caprion Pharmaceuticals and Abbott Laboratories will collaborate on lung cancer antibody drug targets, the companies said today.
(Feb 27, 2010)
Ion Torrent Systems Presents $50,000 Electronic Sequencer at AGBT (GenomeWeb News)
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Ion Torrent Systems today unveiled an electronic sequencer that reads DNA on a semiconductor chip by measuring the release of protons as nucleotides get incorporated by DNA polymerase.
(Feb 28, 2010)
OSU dials up research dollars (The Columbus Dispatch)
Ohio State University's standing as a research institution keeps growing.
(Feb 28, 2010)
State OKs funds for marine mammal center (The World)
NEWPORT (AP) — The Hatfield Marine Science Center just got one step closer to realizing its dream of a new Marine Mammal/Marine Genomics Center.
(Feb 28, 2010)
New players in sequencing debut at AGBT [Genetic Future] (ScienceBlogs)
The main theme of this year's Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting should come as no surprise to regular readers: sequencing. Generating as many bases of DNA sequence as quickly, cheaply and accurately as possible is the goal of the moment, and the number of companies jostling to achieve that goal is growing rapidly. The meeting saw impressive performances from established players ...
(Feb 28, 2010)
New Cancer Treatment Gives Hope To Lymphoma And Leukemia Patients (redOrbit)
PCI-32765 is a new drug being assessed in a Phase I clinical trial at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center in collaboration with the Clinical Division of the Translational Genomics Research Institute
(Feb 28, 2010)
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