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2017 Bio-IT World Best Of Show People's Choice Award Contenders
May 4, 2017, 12:05 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | Bio-IT World has announced the 2017 Best of Show competition with the Bio-IT World People’s Choice award. The four awards named by the judges and the People’s Choice Award will be announced at a live event on the Bio-IT World Expo floor at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, May 24.
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TraceLink Reports Highest Quarterly Revenue and Record-Breaking Growth in EMEA New Sales Bookings for Q1 2017
May 4, 2017, 09:46 AM by Michael CroftNORTH READING, MA - May 4, 2017 - North Reading, MA (May 4, 2017)-TraceLink Inc., the World's Largest Track and Trace Network for connecting the life sciences supply chain and eliminating counterfeit prescription drugs from the global marketplace, today announced financial and company results for the first quarter of 2017Full story -
RowAnalytics launches public beta of spot.my, its new deep semantic search tool for life science research
May 4, 2017, 09:30 AM by Michael CroftOXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - May 4, 2017 - Complex data analytics software provider RowAnalytics Ltd today announced the beta release of spot.my, its powerful new search platform for open access life science literatureFull story -
Apply AI to De-Risk Drug Discovery & Development
May 4, 2017, 07:12 AM by Michael CroftBOSTON, MA - May 8, 2017 - Unsustainable - The one word frequently used to describe traditional R&D. However, AI technologies are going to change thatFull story -
GenSight Biologics Appoints Mohamed Genead as Chief Medical Officer
May 3, 2017, 12:22 PM by Michael CroftPARIS, FRANCE - May 3, 2017 - GenSight Biologics S.A. (Euronext: SIGHT, ISIN: FR0013183985, PEA-PME eligible), a biopharma company that discovers and develops innovative gene therapies for neurodegenerative retinal diseases and diseases of the central nervous system, announced it has appointed Mohamed Genead, MFull story -
Anniversary Agenda: A Preview of #BioIT17
May 3, 2017, 11:20 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World At the end of this month, Bio-IT World celebrates a milestone: the 15th anniversary of the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. Fifteen years after we launched the event, it has grown into a community that we are proud of, a community of clever, innovative people working from all sides on the problems affecting life sciences. But we’re excited about more than just a champagne toast at this year’s celebration. Our 15th anniversary program in Boston, May 23-25, might be the best yet.
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Heymann and Bhowmik Launch Converge Boston’s Latest Venture Firm
May 3, 2017, 09:48 AM by Michael CroftXconomy | Boston's tech investing landscape has changed a lot in the past couple of years, with a wave of new early-stage funds popping up. That activity continued this week with the unveiling of Converge.Full story -
Science Wins Reprieve In US Budget Deal
May 2, 2017, 10:08 AM by Michael CroftNature News & Comment | Congress gives National Institutes of Health a big boost and avoids cuts to research agencies sought by Trump.Full story -
MDI Biological Laboratory Scientist Receives Grant to Study Peripheral Neuropathy
Apr 28, 2017, 16:38 PM by Michael CroftBAR HARBOR, ME, UNITED STATES - Apr 28, 2017 - The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that Sandra Rieger, Ph.D., has been awarded a highly competitive grant from the National Cancer Institute, an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to study the molecular mechanisms underlying chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, a side effect of cancer chemotherapy causing symptoms such as pain, tingling, temperature sensitivity and numbness in the extremitiesFull story -
Joel Graber, Ph.D., Joins MDI Biological Laboratory As Senior Staff Scientist
Apr 28, 2017, 16:20 PM by Michael CroftBAR HARBOR, ME, UNITED STATES - Apr 28, 2017 - The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that Joel Graber, Ph.D., will join the faculty as a senior staff scientist as of May 2Full story -
Rgenix Appoints Chief Medical Officer
Apr 27, 2017, 16:39 PM by Michael CroftNEW YORK, NY - Apr 27, 2017 - For Immediate ReleaseRgenix, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class small molecule and antibody cancer therapeutics, announced today the appointment of Roger Waltzman, MFull story -
Personalis, Dovetail Genomics, DataDirect Networks, And More: News From April 2017
Apr 27, 2017, 15:15 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World Brief | News, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Personalis, Dovetail Genomics, DataDirect Networks, and more.Full story -
Record growth for life science tech firm as MES adoption increases globally
Apr 27, 2017, 04:26 AM by Michael Croft- Apr 27, 2017 - A global life science technology firm has surpassed the €20 million milestone for sales of its manufacturing execution system (MES) servicesFull story -
BioRxiv Preprint Server Gets Cash Boost From Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Apr 26, 2017, 15:47 PM by Michael CroftNature News & Comment | Money will be used to develop open-source platform and help put articles in web-friendly formats.Full story -
NovaSeq Orders Bring Pleasant Surprises, Says deSouza
Apr 26, 2017, 10:45 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Illumina held its first quarter earnings calls yesterday. Francis deSouza, President and CEO, reported that the launch of the company’s new sequencing platform, NovaSeq, “surpassed our expectations, with more than 135 orders in Q1.” “As far out as we can see, there’s an insatiable demand for high throughput sequencing,” deSouza said.
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Four Decades Of Hacking Biotech And Yet Biology Still Consumes Everything
Apr 26, 2017, 10:05 AM by Michael CroftForbes | Computer-aided drug design is a key contributor to pharma R&D today, but its just one of many contributors. Biology still consumes everything, and is the real constraint on developing new medicines today. Healthy, realistic skepticism regarding recent "software-eats-biotech" claims is needed.Full story -
Concept Life Sciences further expands its service offering by investing in Micro Chamber and Thermal Extraction Facilities
Apr 26, 2017, 08:57 AM by Michael CroftMANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - Apr 26, 2017 - Concept Life Sciences has further expanded its analytical testing capabilities by making significant investment into Micro Chamber and Thermal Extraction facilities, used to sample VOCs or SVOCs emitted from products and materialsFull story -
MR Solutions wins second Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Apr 26, 2017, 08:55 AM by Michael CroftGUILDFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - Apr 26, 2017 - MR Solutions, of Guildford has won the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise for International TradeFull story -
Future of Surfactants Summit North America
Apr 26, 2017, 04:41 AM by Michael CroftCHICAGO, IL - Sep 27, 2017 - Future of Surfactants Summit North America, 27th & 28th September 2017, Chicago, ILThe Impact of Evolving Trends, Environmental Standards &Consumer Preferences on the Demand of Specialty SurfactantsFull story
Following the success of our two European editions and inaugural North American version last year, we are pleased to announce the 2nd edition of our Future of Surfactants Summit North America will take place on the 27th & 28th September 2017, in Chicago, IL -
Genomenon Wins $1.8M NIH Grant To Automatically Curate Genomic Literature
Apr 25, 2017, 16:25 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | Genomenon today announced a $1.8M grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health. The fast-track Small Business Innovation Research grant, awarded by the National Human Genome Research Institute, will fund Genomenon's further innovation in genomic analysis, efficiently streamlining the laborious literature research and curation process leading to faster patient diagnosis.