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CONTENTS: DECEMBER 2003

December 15, 2003

Features

Model Patient
The pharmaceutical industry remains cautious about computer simulation of clinical trials.
By Mark D. Uehling

Scenes from a Cell
Breakthroughs are making cell-based screening faster, easier, more powerful.
By Malorye A. Branca



Special Issue 
· Strategic Insights :
Intellectual Property & The Law
· When Patents Persist
BY Douglas J. Kline and Duncan A. Greenhalgh
· The Hidden Costs of 'Free Software'
BY Steve Henry and Liza Vertinsk
· Patenting Bioinformatics Tools
BY Dianne M. Rees and John E. Ottaviani
News·Analysis 
Why Drugs Fail
FDA Guidance: More Questions Than Answers
High-Speed Computing: Clusters, FLOPS, Creativity
C-Sixty Pitches Buckyballs for Drugs
A Diagnostics Dream Team
Big Pharmas Sign Deals with GeneCards
Quick, to the GeneCave!
MIT Researchers Win a GRAM(Y)
Pathway Pandemonium
Unbreakable vs. Disposable



Horizons

David Botstein: Learning the Language of Systems Biology
Geneticist par excellence on the importance of integrated science.
Interview by Zachary Zimmerman

Diamond in the Desert
Impressive research budgets, pharma talent, and a prodigal son build a biotech oasis in Phoenix.
By Mark D. Uehling


Columns 

First Base | Kevin Davies
FDA guidance on the road to genomic medicine.


Nothing Ventured... | Michael A. Greeley
Minuscule devices promise big opportunities.


Fully Equipped | By Robert M. Frederickson
Putting a new spin on the proteomics lab.


The Dodge Retort | By John Dodge
An ego-less model for research and innovation.


Departments

New Products
Velocity11 delivers microplate systems · Biocept introduces 3-D microarrays · Accelrys ports apps to Linux
 


White Papers & Special Reports

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Managing the Modern Genomics Data Flood
Sponsored by SGI

Managing and storing the perfect storm of multi-disciplined data pouring from next generation sequencers and other omics instruments is a central challenge in life sciences. Discover in this paper how the SGI ArcFiniti storage solution, optimized for unstructured genomics and life sciences data can: 

  • Reduce costs, proactively protect data integrity, and deliver the high performance I/O required for genomics data processing and analysis.  
  • Effectively manage capacities from 156TB to 1.4PB as a disk based, integrated hardware and software platform 


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Turning Genomics Data into Practical Insight
Sponsored by SGI

With worldwide sequencing capacity approaching 13 quadrillion DNA bases annually turning genomics data into knowledge is a true computational challenge. Read this paper and learn how the SGI UV coherent shared memory platform can:  

  • Speed results time while cost competitively tackling the most difficult computational problems across all omics disciplines. 
  • Push performance by scaling to extraordinary levels, up to 256 sockets (2,560 cores, 4,096 threads) per single system (one OS image). 

Provide support for up to 16TB of coherent shared memory in a single system image enabling extreme efficiency across a wide range of compute demands. 



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New Complimentary Market Survey…
Collaborations and Communications Within Drug Discovery Research
Sponsored by Accelrys
This survey was conducted by the Cambridge Healthtech Media Group in January, 2012. It was sponsored by Accelrys related to their HEOS initiative to gather valid information around externalizing collaborative research while improving communications in the cloud. With 310 qualified industry respondents the survey findings reveal useful usage and trends patterns.  An insightful follow-on discussion and webinar related to this survey, and the HEOS by Scynexis SaaS portal is also available on the Bio-IT World website for complementary viewing.
 


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Boston MA
$70,000 to $95,000
 
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