• Illumina, VAST Data, Thermo Fisher Scientific, And More: News From February 2019

    Bio-IT World | February featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Illumina, VAST Data, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and more.

    Feb 27, 2019

  • PacBio Generates Accurate Long Read Sequences Through Circular Consensus Sequencing

    Bio-IT World | PacBio has developed a protocol based on single-molecule, circular consensus sequencing to generate accurate long read sequences. The company hopes this approach will provide an alternative to the limited read lengths of short read sequencing and the limited read accuracy of long read sequencing.

    Feb 25, 2019

  • The Imperative For Open Data Access And Sharing: A Progress Report

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Clinical data sharing creates new value, with benefits to science and society. There has been a great deal of activity, which is a positive step, yet current approaches are somewhat fragmented in terms of process and openness.

    Feb 21, 2019

  • What’s New Out West: Preview Of Bio-IT World’s First West Coast Event

    Bio-IT World | This year Bio-IT World is taking the show on the road. After 17 years in Boston, the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo is visiting the West Coast with the launch of Bio-IT World West, a program within the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference focused on bioinformatics, data management, and machine learning.

    Feb 20, 2019

  • No Black Box: Securing Our Data Analytics

    Bio-IT World | Data scientists and lawyers have fundamentally different goals. A data scientist wants as much relevant data as possible. A lawyer wants to limit unauthorized use of the data. How do you create a symbiotic relationship? How do you mitigate the concerns of both? A company called Immuta is building a data management and permissions platform that will please both.

    Feb 18, 2019