Jan 9, 2017, 06:48 AM by Michael Croft

NEW YORK, NY, USA - Jan 9, 2017 - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that the 2017 Reaxys PhD Prize is open for submissions from young chemists from institutions around the world

Jan 6, 2017, 10:55 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World This week Synthego, a leading provider of genome engineering solutions, announced a $41 million Series B financing, bringing the company’s total fundraising to $50 million. The latest round includes investment from several venture firms, as well as direct, individual investments from Jennifer Doudna and Jamie Cate.

Jan 6, 2017, 09:26 AM by Michael Croft

HPCwire | Twenty years ago high performance computing was nearly absent from life sciences. Today it's used throughout life sciences and biomedical research. Genomics and the data deluge from modern lab instruments are the main drivers, but so is the longer-term desire to perform predictive simulation in support of Precision Medicine (PM).

Jan 5, 2017, 14:36 PM by Michael Croft

SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES - Jan 5, 2017 - Transform Research, LLC dba Bio Data Bridges, a life science software and knowledge management company, received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Jan 5, 2017, 13:07 PM by Michael Croft

BRANFORD, CT, UNITED STATES - Jan 5, 2017 - Core Informatics today announced the release of two new genomics workflow solutions for use on the Platform for Science

Jan 5, 2017, 12:20 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Pieris and Servier today announced a broad collaboration in immuno-oncology. Under the collaboration, Pieris and Servier will initially pursue five bispecific therapeutic programs.

Jan 5, 2017, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The National Heart Centre of Singapore (NHCS) has chosen WuXi NextCODE to support its 18-month proof-of-concept precision medicine project, focusing on cardiovascular disease.

Jan 5, 2017, 01:32 AM by Michael Croft

LONG ISLAND CITY, NY, UNITED STATES - Jan 5, 2017 - At the end of 2016, BOC Sciences launched Vitamin D5, a chemical with rare quality access in the general market, and list it in its featured products line, which is the last new productsintroduction of 2016, but also a commencement for a bigger product plan

Jan 4, 2017, 09:23 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | San Diego's Edico Genome is now in its fourth year as a startup, and well into the hard slog of striking partnership deals, generating revenue, and building a business.

Jan 3, 2017, 10:49 AM by Michael Croft

Forbes | Dave Smoley has led a remarkable transformation of the information technology function at AstraZeneca during his nearly four years as CIO. He has codified the methods used to double IT's value at half the cost in ways that others can follow, as well.

Jan 3, 2017, 10:01 AM by Michael Croft

NPR.org | In 2016, scientists combined the genes of three people in an effort to make a baby free of an inherited disease. But the process doesn't wipe out all faulty mitochondria, and could pose new risks.

Jan 2, 2017, 05:22 AM by Michael Croft

BASEL, SWITZERLAND - Jan 2, 2017 - BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management solutions, today announced that it has been selected to take part in a large global new partnership called ‘MultipleMS’

Dec 30, 2016, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World Brief | Yesterday the Regents of the University of California filed a patent suit against Roger Chen and Genia Technologies in California Northern District Court.

Dec 30, 2016, 06:34 AM by Michael Croft

OCEANSIDE, CA - Dec 30, 2016 - TrialsFind PRO, is the first clinical trials intelligence tool that offers unmatched analysis and data downloads at an unbelievable cost

Dec 29, 2016, 10:22 AM by Michael Croft

insideHPC | Argonne National Laboratory is working on its next generation computing system: Aurora.

Dec 28, 2016, 11:28 AM by Michael Croft

TechCrunch | As our desktop computers, laptops, mobile devices, etc. stand idly by for a huge portion of the day, the need for computing resources is growing at a fast pace.

Dec 28, 2016, 11:28 AM by Michael Croft

Forbes | There's something especially fun about talking with scientific entrepreneurs who raised their first big wad of investment cash. They're latching onto some kernel of insight from a discovery. Here were a few trends I observed from covering startups which raised issues that will remain relevant in the year ahead.

Dec 23, 2016, 10:51 AM by Michael Croft

WA Today | The embattled stem cell biotech has seen a major US drug company becoming a cornerstone investor and taking an option over two of its main products.

Dec 21, 2016, 09:35 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Three years after its launch, Genohub is refining its mission, focusing on process and user experience more than just transactions. 

Dec 20, 2016, 11:32 AM by Michael Croft

SALISBURY COVE, ME - Dec 20, 2016 - The MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has announced that James Godwin, Ph.D., has joined the faculty as a research scientist