Up Front

• Allen Brain Atlas Hailed as 'Epoch-Making'
  Revolutionary mouse brain gene database completed.
• Entelos Makes Post-IPO Report 
  Systems biology pioneer releases financial results.
• Fast Track to Compounds and Crystals
  FULLY EQUIPPED - Nexus offers automated approach to crystallography.
  By Robert M. Frederickson
• The Advantages of a Drug Safety Commons 
  SCIENCE AND THE WEB - Pooling safety data would boost the industry.
  By Eric K. Neumann
• What Use Is the $1,000 Genome? 
  NOTHING VENTURED - Technology's great, but where are the applications?
  By Michael A. Greeley
• News Briefs

Computational Biology

• Microarray Platforms Shine
  FDA Consortium study lauds cross-platform reproducibility.

Computational Development

• GNS Charts 'Unknown' Biology
  Gene Network Sciences pushes into commercial systems biology. 

IT/Workflow [Cover Story]

• Marshall's IT Plan for Janelia Farm
  HHMI's Marshall Peterson designs dream data center.

Clinical Research

• Datasci Lawsuits Jar E-Clinical Industry
  EDC vendors bemoan cost of settling patent disputes.

• The Perfect Circle
  How technology is accelerating adaptive trials.

Strategic Insights

• Eight Essential Elements for Commercial Success 
  Location lessons for life science companies.

In Every Issue

• Cracking the Cancer Genome
  FIRST BASE - New insights into the complexity of cancer warrant a cancer genome project.
  By Kevin Davies 
• Sweetening the Swiss Bio Mix
  THE RUSSELL TRANSCRIPT - A tasty sampling of Swiss science.
  By John Russell
• New Products