COVER STORY
Managing the Microarray Data Mountain
Manufacturers are striving to ensure that their software meets the increasing demand for microarray tools.
By Deb Janssen

Business + Strategy

• Pharsight CRADA to Assist FDA with Modeling 
  REGULATORY - Five-year agreement lends support to Critical Path.
• Survey Sounds Wake-Up Call
  SCIENCE POLICY - Are U.S. scientists losing their competitive edge?
• Monsoon of Capital
  NOTHING VENTURED - Sophisticated capital markets benefit everyone.
  By Michael A. Greeley
• From Inventory to Information
  INSIGHTS | OUTLOOK - Distributors must differentiate themselves through products and services.
  By Eric Newmark
• News Blast

Science + Technology

• Beyond the Last Chromosome
  CONFERENCE - Diagnostics and systems biology lead CHI's flagship event.
• Sequencing Is SOLiD
  GENOMICS - Applied Biosystems acquires Agencourt technology.
• RIP, Data Managers?
  CONFERENCE - DIA meeting runs the gamut of trials, tools and teams.
• Tests for Hospital-Acquired Infections
  FULLY EQUIPPED - Reliable new tools for detecting resistant pathogens.
  By Robert M. Frederickson
• News Blast
• New Products

IT + Informatics

• NCI Awards $1.4M for Biomarker Software
  PROTEOMICS - Insightful to provide processing and data tracking.
• The Uncommon Information Commons
  DATA MANAGEMENT - Data liquidity is at the heart of a new data sharing approach.
• Going Beyond Search for the Enterprise
  GUEST COMMENTARY - Semantic Web tools boost keywords with context.
• MathWorks Launches a 'Systems Biology' Tool
  SYSTEMS BIOLOGY - Graphical front end reduces grunt work to build biochemical pathway models.
• Mastering the Art of QSAR
  CHEMINFORMATICS - QSAR modeling tops World Pharmaceutical Congress.
• Power Users
  INSIDE THE BOX - Ever wondered how to monitor the cost of your systems' power usage? Here's an answer.
  By Chris Dwan
• Combining Drug Toxicity Knowledge
  SCIENCE AND THE WEB - A wealth of data empowers toxicity prediction. 
  By Eric K. Neumann
• News Blast
• New Products

In Every Issue

• Science Publishing and the Web
  FIRST BASE - Radical online initiatives help carve out a new space for scientific publishers.
  By Kevin Davies 
• Burrill's Biotech 2006
  THE RUSSELL TRANSCRIPT - Summer reading from a leading authority on the biotech market.
  By John Russell