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febit releases updated Geniom Biochip containing 58 new miRNA sequences (News-Medical-Net)
febit today announced that an updated version of the company's Geniom Biochip containing 58 new discovered sequences in addition to all of the Homo sapiens microRNAs (miRNA) from miRBase version 14 is now available for cancer research. The 58 new miRNA sequences were found by deep sequencing in a miRNA discovery study performed on an Applied Biosystems SOLiD 3 sequencing system. All 58 miRNAs ...
(Mar 2, 2010)
Pat Rodgers named Woman of the Year (The Charlotte Observer)
As a girl, Pat Rodgers' family didn't stay put long.
(Mar 2, 2010)
INTERPHEX Asia to be held in Singapore on June 7 (PharmaBiz)
INTERPHEX Asia, a platform for showcasing latest technologies and expertise to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry players in Asia will be held at Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre , Singapore on June 7 & 8, 2010.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Pall Corporation Introduces Next Generation AcroPrep™ Advance Filter Plates (BioresearchOnline)
Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, has introduced its next generation 96-well filter plate that delivers consistency and reproducibility in applications, such as neonatal screening and multiplexing. The Pall AcroPrep Advance filter plate employs new design features that provide uniform filtration rates, lowers hold-up volumes and ensures consistent ...
(Mar 2, 2010)
After 5 years, free systems biology markup language has proven popular (PhysOrg)
A scientific paper that describes a file format used by scientists to represent models of biological processes has exceeded 500 citations in the ISI Web of Knowledge, an online academic database that documents the impact of scientific publications. The Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML) is designed to enable the exchange of quantitative models of biochemical networks between different ...
(Mar 2, 2010)
Polar bears evolved recently and adapted quickly, reveals ancient DNA (Sify News)
New research indicates that a rare, ancient polar bear fossil discovered in Norway in 2004 has revealed that polar bears evolved recently and adapted quickly.
(Mar 2, 2010)
At Singularity University, blowing minds and taking meetings (CNET)
For one student at the elite institution, learning from thought leaders in a series of exponentially growing technologies will likely lead to a rich future helping to change the world.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)
It is expected to be based at the biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) hub at the Nairobi ILRI campus.
(Mar 2, 2010)
AB SCIEX Software Application Advances Disease Research, Drug Discovery and Biomarker Research (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FOSTER CITY, Calif.----AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced the launch of the first mass-spectrometry-based software application specifically designed to advance the study of lipidomics.
(Mar 2, 2010)
GeneCards(R) Version 3.0 Released (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Xennex, Inc. announced today the release of GeneCards, Version 3.0, available at http://www.genecards.org. Â
(Mar 2, 2010)
Affymetrix Launches GeneAtlas Personal Microarray System for Whole-Genome Gene Expression (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Affymetrix, Inc. today announced the launch of the GeneAtlas™ System, a complete, personal solution for processing Affymetrix arrays and characterizing changes in gene expression in a variety of research applications.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Use Of Gene Networks Instead Of Individual Genes To Examine Alcohol Use Disorders (Medical News Today)
Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are influenced by multiple genetic, environmental and behavioral factors, which makes it difficult to find individual genetic markers to help identify those at risk of developing AUDs. This study examined how a person's level of response (LR) to alcohol, which is closely linked to the development of AUDs, is related to "gene sets" rather than individual genes ...
(Mar 2, 2010)
Genetic footprint of natural selection (Science Daily)
A further step has been taken towards our understanding of natural selection. Scientists in France have shown that humans, and some of their primate cousins, have a common genetic footprint -- i.e., a set of genes which natural selection has often tended to act upon during the past 200,000 years. This study has also been able to isolate a group of genes that distinguish us from our cousins the ...
(Mar 2, 2010)
Stanford Scientists First To Identify Wide Variety Of Genetic Splicing In Embryonic Stem Cells (Medical News Today)
Like homing in to an elusive radio frequency in a busy city, human embryonic stem cells must sort through a seemingly endless number of options to settle on the specific genetic message, or station, that instructs them to become more-specialized cells in the body (Easy Listening, maybe, for skin cells, and Techno for neurons?). Now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have ...
(Mar 2, 2010)
The genetic footprint of natural selection (PhysOrg)
A further step has been taken towards our understanding of natural selection. CNRS scientists working at the Institut de Biologie of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (CNRS, February) have shown that humans, and some of their primate cousins, have a common genetic footprint, i.e. a set of genes which natural selection has often tended to act upon during the past 200,000 years. This study has also ...
(Mar 2, 2010)
After 5 years, free systems biology markup language has proven popular (Science Daily)
A scientific paper that describes a file format used by scientists to represent models of biological processes has exceeded 500 citations. The Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML) is designed to enable the exchange of quantitative models of biochemical networks between different computer software packages, allowing the models to be shared and published in a form other researchers can use in ...
(Mar 2, 2010)
PINC trial launched to test new treatment for pre-invasive breast cancer (EurekAlert!)
( George Mason University ) Can a drug that has been used to treat malaria for years possibly be used to treat breast cancer before it becomes invasive? That's what researchers at George Mason University's Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine and Inova Breast Care Institute are trying to prove.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Structure made simple (The Scientist)
A step-by-step guide to reaching into structural biology databases and extracting the most for your research
(Mar 2, 2010)
Organics lobby questions Erma processes (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
A big organics lobby, Soil and Health, has questioned whether some members of a regulatory committee face conflicts of interest in hearing public submissions on an AgResearch bid to roll over existing approvals for genetic engineering of livestock.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Free Systems Biology Markup Language Has Proven Popular (redOrbit)
A scientific paper that describes a file format used by scientists to represent models of biological processes has exceeded 500 citations in the ISI Web of Knowledge, an online academic database that documents the impact of scientific publications.
(Mar 2, 2010)
American Society for Microbiology honors Kenneth H. Nealson (EurekAlert!)
( American Society for Microbiology ) The 2010 American Society for Microbiology D.C. White Research and Mentoring Award is being presented to Kenneth H. Nealson, Ph.D., Wrigley Professor of Geobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, for applying new and innovative approaches to environmental microbiology. This award honors the late David C. White, who was known for his ...
(Mar 2, 2010)
This Week in PNAS (GenomeWeb News)
This week in the PNAS Early Edition, researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine show that LRP6 silencing in breast cancer cells reduces Wnt signaling, cell proliferation, and tumor growth.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Researchers identify method to help reduce fat in the blood (PhysOrg)
Over 60 per cent of Canadians are classified as overweight or obese. This epidemic is a concern for experts around the world. One of the major problems is high levels of lipids in the blood, which can lead to cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease and Type 2 diabetes. But a University of Alberta researcher has taken a major step in protecting people against these diseases.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Lesbian, gay, bisexual individuals risk psychiatric disorders from discriminatory policies (PhysOrg)
A Mailman School of Public Health study examining the effects of institutional discrimination on the psychiatric health of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals found an increase in psychiatric disorders among the LGB population living in states that instituted bans on same-sex marriage. The study, published in the March issue of the American Journal of Public Health, is available online.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Combination therapy more effective for enlarged prostate (PhysOrg)
Like any successful team effort, the best qualities of two drugs commonly prescribed for enlarged prostate yielded better results than either of the medicines alone, according to a new study from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
(Mar 2, 2010)
People in the News (GenomeWeb News)
Joel McComb is leaving his post as senior vice president and general manager of Illumina 's Life Sciences business to become chief operating officer at Synthetic Genomics . McComb departed Illumina and took on the new position at SGI on March 1.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Kreatech Inks Pact with Hungarian University to Develop FFPE Sample-Handling Methods for Array-CGH (GenomeWeb News)
Kreatech Diagnostics and researchers from Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, plan to co-develop biosample handling methods for use with microarrays, and engage in biomarker discovery, Kreatech said last week.
(Mar 2, 2010)
OGT Certified to Offer High-Throughput Agilent Array Services, Embarks on 10K Sample CNV Study (GenomeWeb News)
Hungry for high-volume service deals, Oxford Gene Technology has recently made "major" investments in automation, quality control, and personnel in order to offer high-throughput services to its customers.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Univ. of Arizona Translational Science Institute Expanding with Aim of CTSA Membership (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - The director of the University of Arizona's newly-formed Clinical and Translational Science Institute hopes the research hub, along with other recently-completed and planned facility projects, will succeed where two past attempts failed in winning for the university a long-sought membership in the National Institutes of Health's Clinical and Translational Science ...
(Mar 2, 2010)
Proteomics Received $375.5M in NIH Funds in FY 2009, Including $55M in Stimulus Funds (GenomeWeb News)
At least $356.5 million was handed out in grants for proteomics research by the National Institutes of Health in fiscal 2009, including nearly $55 million in stimulus funding, according to an analysis of an NIH database.
(Mar 2, 2010)
Ten Highest NIH Awards for Proteomics for FY 2009 (GenomeWeb News)
Funds further development of and support for UniProt. Specifically, the UniProt Knowledgebase will be developed and maintained as the central database of curated protein sequences with annotations of sequence and functional information.
(Mar 2, 2010)
S.F. Symphony roars for Year of the Tiger (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rock and roar: The S.F. Symphony welcomed the Year of the Tiger in grand style Saturday during its 10th Chinese New Year Celebration. Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas presided over a concert of East and West musical stylings that featured pianist Haochen Zhang,...
(Mar 2, 2010)
Studying the Individual Cell (GenomeWeb News)
A cell is just one individual in a population, perhaps making up a tissue or part of a bacterial colony living in the human gut or in the ocean.
(Mar 3, 2010)
Following Initial Success, I3C Faces a New Round of Challenges as Participation Grows (GenomeWeb News)
When the Interoperable Informatics Infrastructure Consortium first unveiled its demo of a working protocol at the BIO 2001 conference in June, the event was hailed as a breakthrough by solution providers seeking an answer to the data integration problems often perceived as the primary bottleneck in genomics research.
(Mar 3, 2010)
New University Degree Programs Fuel Surge in Bioinformatics Grads in 02 (GenomeWeb News)
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 - The number of card-carrying bioinformaticists entering the job market more than tripled in 2002, according to a recent survey of US university degree programs.
(Mar 3, 2010)
Mercury Targets Computational Drug Design as Killer Biotech App for Cell BE (GenomeWeb News)
Mercury Computer Systems is partnering with researchers at Boston University to accelerate computational drug-design algorithms using the Cell Broadband Engine processor.
(Mar 3, 2010)
Genotypes for Disease (GenomeWeb News)
For most researchers chipping away at deciphering disease susceptibility, ramping up the pace at which new knowledge is brought to the clinic is the primary goal.
(Mar 3, 2010)
Director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Named (Newswise)
Michael J. Friedlander, the Wilhelmina Robertson Professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience and the director of Neuroscience Initiatives at the Baylor College of Medicine, has been named founding executive director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.
(Mar 3, 2010)
Ichor, Profectus announce agreement for clinical development of DNA vaccine programs (News-Medical-Net)
Ichor Medical Systems (Ichor) and Profectus Biosciences (Profectus) announced today that they have entered into a long-term development, license, and supply Agreement providing Profectus with commercial access to Ichor’s TriGrid™ Delivery System (TriGrid™) for the clinical development of its DNA vaccine programs, with an option for Ichor to co-develop.
(Mar 3, 2010)
S.F. Symphony roars for Year of the Tiger (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rock and roar: The S.F. Symphony welcomed the Year of the Tiger in grand style Saturday during its 10th Chinese New Year Celebration. Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas presided over a concert of East and West musical stylings that featured pianist Haochen Zhang,...
(Mar 3, 2010)
CLC bio ties up with Isilon to help researchers eliminate bottlenecks in high-throughput sequencing workflow (PharmaBiz)
CLC bio, the world's leading bioinformatics solution provider, announced a partnership with Isilon Systems, Inc. which will help the life science community eliminate some of the toughest workflow bottlenecks when working with high-throughput sequencing data: Analysis and storage.
(Mar 3, 2010)
PINC trial to test anti-malarial drug in women with DCIS (News-Medical-Net)
Can a drug that has been used to treat malaria for years possibly be used to treat breast cancer before it becomes invasive? That's what researchers at George Mason University's Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM) and Inova Breast Care Institute (IBCI) are trying to prove.
(Mar 3, 2010)
Illumina to Present at Upcoming Investment Conferences in March (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO----Illumina, Inc. today announced that the company will webcast its presentations at two upcoming investment conferences.
(Mar 3, 2010)
Affymetrix Launches GeneAtlas Personal Microarray System For Whole-Genome Gene Expression (BioresearchOnline)
Affymetrix, Inc. today announced the launch of the GeneAtlas System, a complete, personal solution for processing Affymetrix arrays and characterizing changes in gene expression in a variety of research applications.
(Mar 3, 2010)
Press Release (PharmiWeb)
Illumina Inc. Posted on:03 Mar 10 Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the company will webcast its presentations at two upcoming investment conferences.
(Mar 3, 2010)
We're so good at medical studies that most of them are wrong (Ars Technica)
It's possible to get the mental equivalent of whiplash from the latest medical findings, as risk factors are identified one year and exonerated the next. According to a panel at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this isn't a failure of medical research; it's a failure of statistics, and one that is becoming more common in fields ranging from genomics to astronomy. The ...
(Mar 3, 2010)
MIT Student Inventor Honored for Transformative Work in Genomics and Linguistics (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----A scientific “Renaissance man” whose work spans the fields of mathematics, linguistics, biotechnology and polymer physics, Erez Lieberman-Aiden, graduate student at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, has been named the winner of the prestigious $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize.
(Mar 3, 2010)
MIT student inventor honored for transformative work in genomics and linguistics (EurekAlert!)
( Lemelson-MIT Program ) A scientific "Renaissance man" whose work spans the fields of mathematics, linguistics, biotechnology and polymer physics, Erez Lieberman-Aiden, graduate student at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, has been named the winner of the prestigious $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. Lieberman-Aiden, one of four 2010 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Collegiate ...
(Mar 3, 2010)
Friess Commits Up To $50,000 To Help TGen Fight Ovarian Cancer (Medical News Today)
Moved by the death of an employee's daughter, prominent international businessman and philanthropist Foster Friess will make a substantial contribution to fund ovarian cancer research at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). Friess and his wife, Lynn, are prepared to match, up to $50,000, contributions made as part of the first unTEAL A CURE 5K, a run and walk planned March 7 at ...
(Mar 3, 2010)
New and Exciting in PLoS ONE [A Blog Around The Clock] (ScienceBlogs)
There are 25 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles , post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites: Read ...
(Mar 3, 2010)
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