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Experts Discuss Challenges of Moving Next-Gen Sequencing Into Diagnostics
Explore GenomeWeb (Feb 29 2012)
Rapidly changing technology , complex sample preparation, unreliable instrumentation, insufficient data quality for some applications, and difficult and non-standardized data interpretation are among the challenges facing researchers trying to move next-generation sequencing into the diagnostic arena, according to several users of the technology who have been dealing with these issues. (Read Full Article)
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New Products: New Product Launches from AGBT and More
Explore GenomeWeb (Feb 21 2012)
Agilent Technologies has launched SureSelect XT Human Methyl-Seq and HaloPlex target enrichment systems. (Read Full Article)
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Backed by $300M, China Launches Data-Coordination Node for Human Variome Project
Explore GenomeWeb (Dec 16 2011)
China this week officially kicked off its participation in the Human Variome Project — an international effort to create a centralized catalogue of all human disease variants. (Read Full Article)
NSF to Offer $15M for Plant Genome Research Program
Explore GenomeWeb (Dec 8 2011)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Science Foundation will provide $15 million in 2012 to continue funding its Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP), an effort that has been supporting plant genome biology research since 1998. (Read Full Article)
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Galaxy Joins Host of Bioinformatics Projects Embracing Cloud as Infrastructure Option
Explore GenomeWeb (Nov 11 2011)
The open source bioinformatics community is increasingly leveraging cloud computing resources for managing and analyzing genomic data. (Read Full Article)
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Downloads and Upgrades
Explore GenomeWeb (Oct 21 2011)
Downloads and UpgradesGenomeWeb Daily NewsAppistry has released a series of RNA-seq data analysis tools for Ayrris/Bio, a cloud platform for next-generation sequence data analysis that the company launched in September (BI 9/9/2011). These new tools, which are based on TopHat, TopHat-Fusion, ... (Read Full Article)
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Microsoft Transfers Open Source Bioinformatics Suite to Nonprofit in Bid to Boost Participation
Explore GenomeWeb (Oct 21 2011)
Microsoft Research said this week that it has handed the reins of its open source bioinformatics toolkit to the Outercurve Foundation, a nonprofit group charged with encouraging corporate participation in open source software projects. (Read Full Article)
VisionGate Raises $2M, Partners on Technology for Lung Cancer Testing
Explore GenomeWeb (Oct 19 2011)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – VisionGate today announced it has raised $1.96 million in the first tranche of a financing round and forged two collaborations to evaluate its automated 3D cell imaging platform for the early detection of lung cancer. (Read Full Article)
For RNAi Screening, Key Hurdles Include Assay Optimization and Data Analysis
Explore GenomeWeb (Oct 13 2011)
Researchers taking advantage of high-throughput RNAi screening's ability to understand gene function and biological pathways should not overlook the need for properly optimizing and validating assays in order to get the most out of such screens, according to the director of New York University's RNAi Core. (Read Full Article)
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Google Invests in DNAnexus, Hosts Company's Cloud-Based Sequence Read Archive
Explore GenomeWeb (Oct 12 2011)
Google has joined several investors in a $15 million funding round for web-based bioinformatics provider DNAnexus and is working with the company to provide a cloud-based version of the Sequence Read Archive that will be available to life science researchers without charge. (Read Full Article)
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DNAnexus Raises $15M, Announces Deal with Google to Host SRA Database
Explore GenomeWeb (Oct 12 2011)
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – DNAnexus today announced it has raised $15 million in a financing round, and it will collaborate with Google to support hosting of the public Sequence Read Archive database. (Read Full Article)
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Software Surfeit
Explore GenomeWeb (Oct 9 2011)
While people tend to look for the most cutting-edge software, when it comes to informatics tools for comparative genomics, "cutting edge" is a relative term. (Read Full Article)
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IU Receives $1.4M NSF Grant to Host National Genome Analysis and Consulting Services Center
Explore GenomeWeb (Oct 7 2011)
The Digital Science Center at Indiana University's Pervasive Technology Institute has been awarded a three-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build a national center that will provide genome assembly software, data analysis tools, and consulting services to NSF-funded researchers. (Read Full Article)
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New Products
Explore GenomeWeb (Sep 13 2011)
New ProductsGenomeWeb Daily NewsThe new release includes improvements to the Galaxy Tool Shed for sharing tool definitions; new or updated tool definitions for Trinity, BWA, FASTQ Groomer, Cufflinks, Cuffdiff, and Cuffcompare; data visualization enhancements; and improvements to ...
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Osu's Ccts Uses Private Cloud to Link Users, Tools, Data for Translational Research
Explore GenomeWeb (Sep 2 2011)
Ohio State University's Center for Clinical and Translational Science has developed a private cloud-based platform that adds to a growing cache of informatics resources for translational research efforts in the life science community. (Read Full Article)
NCI Taps RemedyMD to Provide Research Management Software for NCI Projects
Explore GenomeWeb (Aug 24 2011)
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute will use RemedyMD's Investigate Integrated Research Management System software to manage and analyze large quantities of cancer research data generated in nine laboratories in NCI's Advanced Technology Program and Patient Characterization Center, according to a statement issued this week. (Read Full Article)
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Biomax Expands Viscovery Data-Mining Software into Life Science Market
Explore GenomeWeb (Jun 17 2011)
Biomax Informatics said last month that it has secured several life science customers for the Viscovery data-mining software, meeting a goal that the bioinformatics company set when it purchased the Viscovery business in 2007. (Read Full Article)
Affymetrix, BioDiscovery to Co-market Data Analysis Tools for OncoScan Service
Explore GenomeWeb (May 30 2011)
Affymetrix will market BioDiscovery's Nexus Copy Number data analysis tool to users of its OncoScan FFPE Express Service, the companies said this week. (Read Full Article)
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