Category Archives: BioInformatics

Cartagenia Opens US Office

By a GenomeWeb staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) Cartagenia has opened its first North American office in Boston, the Leuven, Belgium-based bioinformatics firm said today. The opening of the new office follows recently signed contracts with GeneDx and the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. The firm also said that it has named Drew Arnold, VP of sales and business development for North America, to head the office Continue reading

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Plant breeding, genetics to be discussed at UNL

A noted soybean plant developer will discuss “Genomics in the Age of Plant Breeding” on April 4 at the University of Nebraska. Phillip E. Continue reading

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Research and Markets: Bioinformatics Market Outlook to 2015

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/132bc6/bioinformatics_mar) has announced the addition of the “Bioinformatics Market Outlook to 2015″ report to their offering. During the past decade, the bioinformatics market has significantly evolved across the globe on back of rising genomics industry. The increasing application of genomics in biotech and pharmaceutical research and development has created a huge commercial market for bioinformatics worldwide Continue reading

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IP Update: Metabolon, IBM, Agilent Among Recent Bioinformatics Patent Winners

US Patent 8,131,473. Data analysis methods for locating entities of interest within large, multivariable datasets. Inventors: Marie Coffin, Keith Allen, Brian Bullard, Alan Higgins Continue reading

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Recombinant Data Convenes Translational Science Panel at AMIA 2012 Joint Summits

NEWTON, MA–(Marketwire -03/14/12)- Recombinant Data, a healthcare data warehousing and clinical intelligence solutions provider, today announced that the company will lead a panel on translational bioinformatics and clinical research informatics at the AMIA 2012 Joint Summits on Translational Science held from March 19 – 23 in San Francisco. Featured presenters include clinicians, researchers, and scientists from City of Hope, Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, and the University of California, Irvine. Continue reading

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Bioinformatics Market Outlook to 2015

NEW YORK, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: http://www.reportlinker.com/p0795432/Bioinformatics-Market-Outlook-to-2015.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Genomics During the past decade, the bioinformatics market has significantly evolved across the globe on back of rising genomics industry. The increasing application of genomics in biotech and pharmaceutical research and development has created a huge commercial market for bioinformatics worldwide. As per our latest research report’s estimation, the global bioinformatics market, which reached the mark of around US$ 3 Billion in 2010, will expand at a CAGR of around 25% during 2012-2015 as the declining cost of human genome sequencing and increasing public and private sector investment will give a significant boost to the industry. Continue reading

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Spanish Research Team Uses Roche's GS FLX+ System to Sequence Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria in Recent Hospital Outbreak

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ISCB Calls for Member Input on Bioinformatics Curriculum

The International Society for Computational Biology is asking its members to weigh in on a draft consensus curriculum for bioinformatics education. In particular, members of ISCB’s education committee are looking for ideas to increase the visibility of their efforts and involve a broader cross section of the computational biology community. Continue reading

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BioInformatics LLC New Market Report – The 2012 Antibodies Market

ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BioInformatics LLC announces the release of their newest market report: The 2012 Antibodies Market (12-001) This worldwide primary research study of the academic and pharma/biotech sectors provides a comprehensive analysis of the market for commercial, pre-made catalog antibodies. The report provides an in-depth exploration of scientists expectations and preferences with regards to usage, brands, purchasing, product quality and budgets. Continue reading

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Growing Number of Potential Drug Targets for Screening Drives Growth for High Throughput Screening, According to New …

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on High Throughput Screening (HTS) markets. World High Throughput Screening (HTS) market is projected to reach US$19.9 billion by the year 2017 Continue reading

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Funding Update: NIH Bioinformatics Grants Awarded Feb. 10 — Mar. 10, 2012

Project Title: Statistical Tools for Whole-Genome Prediction of Complex Traits and Diseases Principal Investigator: De Los Campos, Gustavo A. Organization: University of Alabama, Birmingham Project Start Date: March 1, 2012 Project End Date: Jan. 31, 2015 Funding Institute: NIGMS FY Total Cost: $241,145 Project Title: Informatics Center for Neurogenetics and Neurogenomics Principal Investigator: Freimer, Nelson B Continue reading

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Funding Update: NIH Bioinformatics Grants Awarded Feb. 10 — Mar. 9, 2012

Project Title: Statistical Tools for Whole-Genome Prediction of Complex Traits and Diseases Principal Investigator: De Los Campos, Gustavo A. Continue reading

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NCGR Hosts Symposium on Functional Genomics

SANTA FE, N.M.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) announced today that it will host the eighth annual New Mexico Bioinformatics, Science and Technology (NMBIST) symposium on March 22-23, 2012. The two-day symposium features a diverse lineup of speakers who will highlight cutting-edge genomic research addressing Functional Genomics. Continue reading

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New, freely available Web-based program helps predict effect of mutations on mRNA splicing

In a brief paper in the journal Bioinformatics, Brown University researchers describe a new, freely available Web-based program called Spliceman for predicting whether genetic mutations are likely to disrupt the splicing of messenger RNA, potentially leading to disease. “Spliceman takes a set of DNA sequences with point mutations and computes how likely these single nucleotide variants alter splicing phenotypes,” write co-authors Kian Huat Lim, a graduate student, and William Fairbrother, assistant professor of biology, in an “application note” published in advance online Feb. Continue reading

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Will a genetic mutation cause trouble? Ask Spliceman

Public release date: 5-Mar-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: David Orenstein david_orenstein@brown.edu 401-863-1862 Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. Continue reading

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BGI collaborates with Lal Teer Livestock Limited targeting water buffalo genome project

Public release date: 4-Mar-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Jia Liu liujia@genomics.cn BGI Shenzhen March 3rd, 2012, Shenzhen, China Lal Teer Livestock Limited, an associate of Lal Teer Seed Ltd., the largest seed company in Bangladesh with strong hybrid research program, and BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization, jointly announced today that they came to a mutual agreement to conduct collaborative water buffalo genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis. This project will lay an important foundation for the breeding of water buffalo, and the understanding of its origin and domestication process. Water Buffalo is a large bovine animal and common livestock in many countries Continue reading

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Special computer algorithms can help doctors to make rapid diagnoses of known diseases

Just like urine and blood, breath contains traces of the products of metabolism. Continue reading

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Downloads and Upgrades: Enzyme Portal; CIRO+ Data Center; BioCyc 16.0; and more

The European Bioinformatics Institute has launched the Enzyme Portal, a free resource for researchers studying the biology of enzymes and proteins with enzymatic activity. The tool mines and displays data about proteins with enzymatic activity from public repositories and includes biochemical reactions, biological pathways, small-molecule chemistry, disease information, 3D protein structures, and relevant scientific literature. Continue reading

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In Print: February's Bioinformatics Papers of Note

Asp P, Dynlacht BD, et al. Picking ChIP-seq peak detectors for analyzing chromatin modification experiments. Nucleic Acids Res Continue reading

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UK Research Councils Publish New Guidance for Bioinformatics Funding Applications

Three UK funding agencies released a statement this week intended to clarify which agency is most appropriate for different types of bioinformatics research applications. The groups the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and the Medical Research Council said that the new guidelines will make the bioinformatics application processing “more efficient” and “help us ensure that the best and most strategically relevant research is funded.” Under the new guidelines, BBSRC will support informatics projects that involve the development and application of computational tools and technologies with applications to biological challenges that fall under the group’s purview. Continue reading

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