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Transcriptic Aims to Make the Biology Lab Programmable
Aug 13, 2014, 12:15 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | The Menlo Park startup Transcriptic is now hiring out its robotics lab to automate life science tasks — but its real innovation is a programming interface that lets users customize their lab procedures down to the smallest pipetting step.
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Modular Brain Model Joins Neurons in Three Dimensions
Aug 12, 2014, 08:25 AM by Michael CroftNew York Times | Scientists at Tufts University have produced a three-dimensional model of the brain in which rat neurons can be grown for months at a time in the lab.Full story -
Bibby Scientific incorporates Qualoupe Lite into more instruments for better data tracking and storage
Aug 12, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftSTAFFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM - Aug 12, 2014 - Qualoupe Lite, Bibby Scientific’s low cost, intuitive laboratory information management system (LIMS), is now available across an even wider selection of the company’s laboratory equipmentFull story -
Pistoia Alliance Forms Expert Group on Controlled Substance Legislation
Aug 11, 2014, 09:50 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World News Brief | The Pistoia Alliance, an industry group that addresses non-competitive problems shared by stakeholders in drug development, today announced the launch of an expert community to streamline how pharma companies and their partners track the laws governing the use and distribution of chemical substances worldwide.Full story -
Pharma Investors Express Support for Biosimilars
Aug 11, 2014, 08:50 AM by Michael CroftPharmalot | A large investor group has been circulating a document asking pharmaceutical companies to pledge certain measures to foster the takeup of biosimilars in the U.S., including the acknowledgement of safety data from Europe.Full story -
Certara’s New Muse Invent Allows Chemistry Researchers to Design Drug Candidates That Are Synthetically Feasible
Aug 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftST. LOUIS, MO - Aug 11, 2014 - Certara®, the leading global technology-enabled drug development and drug safety consultancy, announced today that its Muse molecular design workflow for the identification and optimization of lead drug candidates now has virtual synthetic chemistry capabilitiesFull story -
Dotmatics announces New Academic Site License Program at the 248th ACS Meeting in San Francisco
Aug 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftBISHOP'S STORTFORD, UK - Aug 11, 2014 - ~~Dotmatics is pleased to announce a new Academic Site License program that will provide ample access to the Dotmatics Platform for Universities and Schools around the world at a specially reduced subscription priceFull story -
DNAnexus, AllSeq Share HiSeq X Ten Data
Aug 8, 2014, 14:25 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World News Brief | The Garvan Institute, one of the earliest users of the "$1000 genome" HiSeq X Ten platform, has provided two whole genome datasets for public analysis, through a partnership with DNAnexus and AllSeq.Full story -
Data Virtualization Powers Next Generation Sample Intelligence
Aug 8, 2014, 08:00 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | With more than one billion samples stored in biobanks around the world, research advancements, genomics and biomarker development, and reduced research budgets are all driving the need for unified sample intelligence.Full story -
The Genomics of Infectious Diseases
Aug 7, 2014, 13:00 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | The Genome Center for Infectious Diseases (GCID) at the University of Maryland in Baltimore is dedicated to bringing new genomics technologies to bear on the bacteria, fungi, and parasites that cause disease in humans and livestock. One of the first targets: artemesinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes the most deadly type of malariaFull story -
MolecularHealth Adds Renowned Oncologist to Advisory Board
Aug 7, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftTHE WOODLANDS, TX, UNITED STATES - Aug 7, 2014 - MolecularHealth announces the addition of Fadi Braiteh, MFull story -
Tumor Cells Shedding their DNA Fingerprints
Aug 5, 2014, 11:00 AM by Michael CroftNature News | Circulating tumor DNA--released into the blood when a tumor cell dies--has the potential to tell us far more about the various mutations in cancers than just tissue biopsies.Full story -
NIH Announces Last Round of Advanced DNA Sequencing Grants
Aug 5, 2014, 08:55 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World News Brief | A new four-year program of grants to organizations developing DNA sequencing technologies, totaling $14.5 million, will bring to a close the Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology initiative that has been funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute for over a decade.Full story -
100,000 Genomes Project Expected to Meet Goal with New Funding
Aug 4, 2014, 14:40 PM by Michael CroftScience Insider | U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that Genomics England, the publicly-owned company created one year ago with the mission of sequencing 100,000 human genomes, will receive the funding to reach its goal by the end of 2017.Full story -
Certara Launches D360 in Japan to Improve Drug Discovery and Development Productivity
Aug 4, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftTOKYO, JAPAN - Aug 4, 2014 - Certara®, the leading global technology-enabled drug development and drug safety consultancy, today announced the launch in Japan of D360, its integrated solution for the query, analysis and visualization of drug discovery and development dataFull story -
What You Need to Know About the FDA's Push to Regulate Laboratory Developed Tests
Aug 1, 2014, 13:15 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | On Thursday afternoon, the FDA announced that it plans, for the first time, to regulate laboratory developed tests in the same way it does other diagnostics. Bio-IT World looks at the proposed regulations and what comes next.Full story -
Craig Venter on the State of Genomics
Aug 1, 2014, 09:00 AM by Michael CroftTechnology Review | Craig Venter talked to MIT's Technology Review about genomics and his new hire--the former head of Google Translate. When asked about how we're doing in genomics, Venter was terse.Full story -
July News and Product Briefs
Jul 31, 2014, 09:10 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | News and product releases from around the industry, including new research initiatives in autism, lung cancer, malaria, and Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, and a new device for isolating circulating tumor cells.Full story -
Pad Pipetter Eases Tedious Lab Work
Jul 30, 2014, 12:00 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World News Brief | The Yaniv Erlich lab at MIT's Whitehead Institute, famous for its pioneering work in "genome hacking," has released an app to help lab technicians with complex pipetting procedures.Full story -
Cambridge-Based Emulate Plans to Jumpstart Organ-on-a-Chip Market
Jul 30, 2014, 08:20 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | Emulate is not the first company to test the drug industry’s readiness for organs-on-chips, but after five years incubating at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, it’s entering the field with big industry partners, a plug-and-play product suite, and a toehold at the FDA.Full story