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Fifteen Years: Where Biotech Has Been And Where It Is Going
Bio-IT World | 2017 marks the 15th anniversary of the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo in Boston. Several friends of Bio-IT World weigh in on the biggest opportunities and biggest roadblocks to bio-IT, research computing, drug discovery, and precision medicine in the next 15 years.
Apr 3, 2017
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Enters Collaboration To Leverage Foundation Medicine’s Molecular Information Platform
Bio-IT World Brief | Bristol-Myers Squibb and Foundation Medicine announced a collaboration that leverages Foundation Medicine’s comprehensive genomic profiling and molecular information solutions to identify predictive biomarkers such as Tumor Mutational Burden and Microsatellite Instability in patients enrolled across clinical trials investigating Bristol-Myers Squibb’s cancer immunotherapies.
Apr 3, 2017
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Georgetown University, 10x Genomics, Jackson Laboratory, And More: News From March 2017
Bio-IT World Brief | News, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community including news from Georgetown University, 10x Genomics, Jackson Laboratory, and more.
Mar 30, 2017
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Hi-C The Game-Changing Technique That Cracked the Zika-Mosquito Genome
The Atlantic | "Hi-C" will make it much easier and cheaper to assemble all of an organism's genetic material from scratch.
Mar 29, 2017
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Fabric Genomics: New Identity, Partnerships, Products for Omicia
Bio-IT World | Omicia rebranded last week, relaunching itself as Fabric Genomics with new products and new partnerships.
Mar 29, 2017
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Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever
The New Yorker | Can billions of dollars' worth of high-tech research succeed in making death optional?
Mar 28, 2017
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2017 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalists Announced
Bio-IT World | Bioinformatics.org has announced five finalists for the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award for Open Access in the Life Sciences. The winner will be announced onsite at the 2017 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo.
Mar 24, 2017
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GSK and Regeneron to mine gene data from 500000 Britons
Reuters | Britain's GlaxoSmithKline and U.S.-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals are embarking on a joint project with UK Biobank, the world's most detailed biomedical database, to hunt for new clues linking genes and disease.
Mar 23, 2017
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A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals
The New York Times | A group of researchers created a ruse to draw attention to the seamy side of open-access journals, some of which will publish just about anything for a fee.
Mar 22, 2017
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Follow The Customer: DNAnexus On The New Wave In Bioinformatics
Bio-IT World | The sequencing space has changed rapidly in the past few years, and DNAnexus has followed their customers, keeping pace with the evolution. Now CEO Richard Daly is looking forward to the next phase of company growth, this time in the cloud.
Mar 22, 2017
