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Invitrogen, Celera Genomics, Seattle Genetics, Vivascience, Power3 Medical Products, Syrrx, NIGMS, European Commission
Invitrogens revenues and earnings increased for the second quarter, the company reported this week. Revenues increased approximately 32 percent to $254 million, compared to $192.4 million during the second quarter of 2003.
(Jun 1, 2010)
Beef Expo: Genomics key to increasing profit a head
Genomics offers a valuable and practical tool for maximising profit a head, according to beef farmer Paul Westaway.
(Jun 1, 2010)
CombiMatrix Ends M&A Talks
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) CombiMatrix today said that it has instructed its investment bankers to cease their work in identifying and pursuing potential partners for a merger, acquisition, or purchase of its assets.
(Jun 1, 2010)
New Product Watch
Ocimum Biosolutions this week said it has designed a microarray for Sulfolobus solfataricus , the "archaeal model organism of choice for a systems biology approach to study the evolution and characteristics of central cellular functions in living cells."
(Jun 1, 2010)
People in the News
Picotti is developing a brand new targeted proteomics approach that she hopes will serve as an alternative to shotgun proteomics.
(Jun 1, 2010)
Q&A: Genentech's Zemin Zhang on Whole-Genome Sequencing of Lung Cancer Samples
For the project, Complete Genomics sequenced a primary lung tumor to 60-fold coverage and matching normal tissue to 46-fold coverage, using its proprietary combinatorial probe anchor ligation sequencing technology.
(Jun 1, 2010)
Minnesota Genomics Partnership Teams with Karolinska Institute
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) The Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics consisting of the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic said today that it has committed itself to a formal ongoing collaboration with Sweden's Karolinska Institute through a strategic research relationship.
(Jun 1, 2010)
Papers of Note
Picotti is developing a brand new targeted proteomics approach that she hopes will serve as an alternative to shotgun proteomics.
(Jun 1, 2010)
Illumina commences shipment of new HumanOmni2.5-Quad DNA Analysis BeadChip microarray
Illumina, Inc. today announced that it has begun shipping its new HumanOmni2.5-Quad DNA Analysis BeadChip (Omni2.5). This microarray contains millions of newly discovered genome-wide common and rare variants from the 1,000 Genomes Project (1kGP), selected to maximize its ability to detect new associations.
(Jun 2, 2010)
Life Technologies invests in Synthetic Genomics
Biotechnology company Life Technologies Corp. said Wednesday it made an equity investment in privately-held Synthetic Genomics Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
(Jun 2, 2010)
Rosetta Genomics Establishes "Rosetta Green" as Majority-owned Subsidiary
REHOVOT, Israel & PHILADELPHIA----Rosetta Genomics announced today the legal formation of Rosetta Green as a majority-owned subsidiary with Rosetta Genomics holding a 76% ownership position in the new company.
(Jun 3, 2010)
Reportlinker Adds Proteomics - Technologies, Markets and Companies
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
(Jun 3, 2010)
Life Tech Invests in Synthetic Genomics
Life Technologies Corp. said June 3 it has made an equity investment in Synthetic Genomics Inc., the privately held La Jolla biotech founded by genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter.
(Jun 3, 2010)
Vermillion Receives European Patent for Use of Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers
Fremont, Calif.-based proteomics diagnostics firm Vermillion announced this week that the European Patent Office has issued a decision to grant it a patent covering its use of biomarkers for the detection of ovarian cancer.
(Jun 3, 2010)
Research and Markets: Bioinformatics and Biomarker Discovery: "Omic" Data Analysis for Personalized Medicine
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Bioinformatics and Biomarker Discovery: "Omic" Data Analysis for Personalized Medicine" to their offering.
(Jun 4, 2010)
Funding Update
The Ge lab is focused on biostatistical and bioinformatics research methods to elucidate genetic contributors to human complex traits and their interactions.
(Jun 4, 2010)
BioInform's Licensing Roundup: May's Software and IT Deals
Japan's Riken Omics Science Center has licensed CLC Bio 's enterprise platform for analyzing genomics data.
(Jun 4, 2010)
Compandia Touts Bioinformatics as Differentiator in Biomarker Discovery Market
Compandia, a Nottingham, UK-based startup, is taking a bioinformatics-focused approach to the competitive field of biomarker discovery.
(Jun 4, 2010)
Stanford School of Medicine Launches Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) Stanford University's School of Medicine this week announced the creation of a new Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine designed to integrate genomics information with every aspect of medicine, as well as draw on collaborations between Stanford's basic scientists and clinical researchers, and on technologies developed in Silicon Valley.
(Jun 4, 2010)
HHS Committee Urges Genetics Education Effort
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) Advances in genomics and personalized medicine are moving genetic tests into doctors' practices and patients' lives, but steps should be taken to keep healthcare professionals, doctors, and consumers educated and prepared to understand the results of these tests, according to a new report from a US Department of Health and Human Services' committee.
(Jun 4, 2010)
UK's Arrayjet Rolls out Consumables; Plans to Launch Services by Year End
Arrayjet , a seven-year-old, Roslin, UK-based provider of instruments for microarray production, will now also provide optimized slides and buffers for use with its systems. The privately held company also hopes to begin producing arrays for customers by the end of this year.
(Jun 4, 2010)
ExonHit Licenses Merck Rights to RNA Splicing Microarray Patent
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - ExonHit Therapeutics has granted Merck a license to its RNA splicing microarray patent, ExonHit said yesterday. The non-exclusive license gives rights to the patent -- US No. 6,881,571, titled Qualitative Differential Screening -- for research use only.
(Jun 6, 2010)
Life Tech Invests in Venter Enterprise, Buys Another
Life Technologies Corp. said June 3 it has made an equity investment in Synthetic Genomics Inc., the privately held La Jolla biotech founded by genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter.
(Jun 7, 2010)
Sample swaps at 23andMe: a cautionary tale [Genetic Future]
Personal genomics company 23andMe has revealed that a lab mix-up resulted in as many as 96 customers receiving the wrong data. If you have a 23andMe account you can see the formal announcement of the problem here , and I've pasted the full text at the end of this post. It appears that a single 96-well plate of customer DNA was affected by the mix-up. This resulted in incorrect results being sent ...
(Jun 7, 2010)
In Print
Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics . 2010 May 14;86(5):749-64. Title: Consensus statement: chromosomal microarray is a first-tier clinical diagnostic test for individuals with developmental disabilities or congenital anomalies.
(Jun 7, 2010)
Mandriva Linux is a fantastic scientific platform
Mandriva Blog: "I'm now a researcher in bioinformatics working as a post-doc on bone cancer. During the past ten years Mandriva has proven rock solid on all the installations I had to perform for my own usage and for my colleagues."
(Jun 7, 2010)
Blog - Integrating Genomics into Doctor Visits
Three attempts to make genomics an integral part of medicine. Walk into your primary care physician's office with the results of a genetic test, and you're likely to be met with confusion, apprehension or even disdain. Most doctors aren't equipped to deal with even the simplest genetics test, and they are highly unlikely to order them. But as the number of genetic tests grows, thanks largely to ...
(Jun 7, 2010)
New 64-bit Bio-Linux Distro
NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre has released Bio-Linux 6.0 , a 64-bit workstation version of the Ubuntu Linux-based operating system that comes preinstalled with more than 500 bioinformatics programs.
(Jun 7, 2010)
Personal genomics links [Genetic Future]
Some worthwhile recent links from the world of personal genomics: A great piece in Newsweek by Mary Carmichael summarising the recent regulatory furore over direct-to-consumer genetic testing, and the potential implications for the industry. Emily Singer has two articles at MIT Technology Review summarising important messages from the Consumer Genetics Conference last week. Firstly, early ...
(Jun 8, 2010)
NIH Revises Reimbursement Rules for High-Volume Microarray Studies
The National Institutes of Health has changed the rules for grant applicants that seek to use high volumes of microarrays for research studies.
(Jun 8, 2010)
Kinexus Cracks the Protein Kinase Specificity Code
Prediction of over 4.6 million human kinase-substrate interactions available in PhosphoNET website read more
(Jun 9, 2010)
Scientists develop algorithm to predict gene sequence of kinases
Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation, a world-leader in molecular communications research, announced major advancements in its PhosphoNET KnowledgeBase for the study of cell signalling systems. This free resource to the scientific community now features data on more than 92,000 human phosphorylation sites, including their occurrence in over 20 other diverse species, and identification of the ...
(Jun 9, 2010)
People in the News
StemCells , a stem cell therapeutics developer, has named Scott Greer to its board of directors.
(Jun 9, 2010)
OpGen Launches Argus Optical Mapping System for Automated, Microbial Whole Genome Analysis
OpGen, Inc., a microbial genomics solutions company, announced the launch of the Argus Optical Mapping System for microbial whole genome analysis at the ASM 2010 General Meeting held in San Diego, CA May 23-27, 2010. The Argus Optical Mapping System is based on Optical Mapping Technology which generates ordered, whole genome restriction maps from single DNA molecules. Unlike current methods ...
(Jun 9, 2010)
Kinexus Cracks The Protein Kinase Specificity Code
Bioinformatics Corporation, a world-leader in molecular communications research, announced major advancements in its PhosphoNET KnowledgeBase ( www.phosphonet.ca ) for the study of cell signalling systems.
(Jun 10, 2010)
Kinexus Cracks The Protein Kinase Specificity Code
Bioinformatics Corporation, a world-leader in molecular communications research, announced major advancements in its PhosphoNET KnowledgeBase ( www.phosphonet.ca ) for the study of cell signalling systems.
(Jun 10, 2010)
The Genomics Comeback
Wall Street waits impatiently as biotech and genomics slowly make their way back into the market.
(Jun 10, 2010)
Kinexus Says New Algorithm Enables Mapping of Human Protein Kinase Activity
Kinexus Bioinformatics announced this week that it has developed an algorithm that accurately predicts which of nearly 500 human protein kinases are most likely to target a given phosphorylation site.
(Jun 10, 2010)
Bevacizumab increases risk for proteinuria in cancer patients
Cancer patients treated with the chemotherapy agent bevacizumab (Avastin) may be at an increased risk of severe loss of protein from the kidney into the urine that can lead to significant kidney damage and can compromise the efficacy of cancer treatment. This conclusion stems from a study of more than 12,000 patients by Shenhong Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Investigator, and colleagues at Stony ...
(Jun 10, 2010)
UK scientists discover cancer-blocking activity in Down's syndrome chromosome
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered cancer-blocking activity for genes carried on chromosome 21 - an extra copy of which is carried by people with Down's syndrome, reveals research published in Nature.
(Jun 11, 2010)
In Print
Baumgartner C, Lewis GD, Netzer M, Pfeifer B, Gerszten RE. A new data mining approach for profiling and categorizing kinetic patterns of metabolic biomarkers after myocardial injury.
(Jun 11, 2010)
India's Geschickten Preps Launch of GenomicsCloud; Eyes Expansion into US, Europe
Geschickten, a Bangalore, India-based bioinformatics service provider, is readying to launch in India this quarter an on-demand analytical platform called the GenomicsCloud and plans to expand the offering into the US and Europe before the end of the year.
(Jun 11, 2010)
Spanish Team Characterizes Transcription Patterns Associated with Pig Fat Traits
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) A Spanish research team reported today in BMC Genomics that it has identified gene expression profiles associated with fat-related traits in pigs.
(Jun 11, 2010)
FDA Warns Consumer Genomics Firms, Illumina on Selling Unapproved Dx Products
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) The US Food and Drug Administration has sent letters to four consumer genomics services providers and Illumina saying that it believes the firms are selling unapproved diagnostic devices.
(Jun 11, 2010)
FDA Warns DTC Genomics Firms that Genetic Tests are Not LDTs, May Need Clearance or Approval
If there was any question about the US Food and Drug Administration's intent to regulate the direct-to-consumer genomics market, the agency gave its definitive answer this week by sending letters to four big players in the field and one instrumentation vendor asking them to submit their genome scans for review and clearance by the agency.
(Jun 11, 2010)
C-DACs new solution, Anvaya, to simplify handling of large volume data for biologists
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) with a dedicated bioinformatics group, has developed a new bioinformatics solution, Anvaya, which will help to simplify handling of large volume data for biologists.
(Jun 11, 2010)
PerkinElmer, FDA, LabCorp, Third Wave, Cepheid, Genaissance, Galapagos, TGen, Silicon Genetics, Affymetrix, Lexicon ...
PerkinElmer has reached agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration following the agencys seizure of kits from its Norton, Ohio facility earlier this month, and will resume making and shipping neonatal diagnostic kits made in that facility, the company said late last week.
(Jun 12, 2010)
Diffinity Genomics turns 'pipette dream' into reality
The Henrietta start up is part of a growing stable of companies launched out of technology developed at the University of Rochester.
(Jun 13, 2010)
PROTEOMONITOR SUBSCRIBERS: Moving to Drug Discovery, SGX Lures Ian McDonald from SBI, Cuts Staff
This story is available to ProteoMonitor subscribers. Picotti is developing a brand new targeted proteomics approach that she hopes will serve as an alternative to shotgun proteomics.
(Jun 13, 2010)
Funding Update
The university's departments of biology, chemistry, and mathematics and computer science are integrating bioinformatics into their biology and biochemistry classes. The curricular goals are supported by a new genomics and proteomics core laboratory featuring real-time PCR and 2D gel electrophoresis.
(Jun 13, 2010)
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