Mapping in Biological Technology

Elsevier and Brain Mapping Foundation Co-Host 6th Annual World Congress of IBMISPS on Brain Mapping and Image Guided Therapy

... information products and services and Brain mapping Foundation, announced today that it will Co-host ... , Boston, USA. The International Brain mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society's ... Inc. Elsevier, IBMISPS and Brain mapping Foundation will also Co-host a virtual conference ...

BioNanomatrix Announces Appointment of Dr. Pui-Yan Kwok to Its Scientific Advisory Board

... genome analysis and their application to gene mapping and haplotyping. He pioneered the high throughput ... Dr. Kwok more recently has been developing mapping and haplotyping methods based on ... has extensive experience in single-molecule DNA mapping and haplotyping, both as a distinguished research ...

BioNanomatrix Awarded New NIH Grant for Development of Nanoscale Platform for Single-Molecule DNA Mapping and Haplotype Applications

... DNA molecules, allowing for high resolution mapping of labeled genomic sites," said Han Cao, Ph.D., ... and reader capable of single-molecule mapping of linearized genomic material extracted directly ... molecules to permit standardized, high-throughput mapping of sequence motifs or polymorphic sites along the ...

U.S. Genomics Awarded $9.1 Million Contract for Development of Advanced Biosensor by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

... of airborne pathogens using single molecule DNA mapping technology. "The award of the Phase IIIX BAND ... of U.S. Genomics' single molecule based DNA mapping technology for use as a biological sensor," said ... security of our citizens. Additionally, our DNA mapping technology can be applied to multiple ...

Elsevier's Engineering Village Search Platform Combines the American Geological Institute's Georef Database With Google Maps

... YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - New mapping Tool Plots Geographical Search Results on a ... with Google Maps to create a unique results mapping tool. The additions optimize geosciences ... the competitive advantage they need." mapping Specific Database Search Results GeoRef ...

Sigma-Aldrich Partners With Sunset Molecular Discovery to Expand Your Favorite Gene Search Tool

... associated with their genes of interest. The mapping of Sigma-Aldrich bioactive small molecules ... to PubChem in July 2007. "We're excited to be mapping Sigma-Aldrich's chemicals to the target and ... an informatics knowledge company specialized in mapping the chemistry-biology space, Sunset Molecular ...

Greeks get space-based help in wake of deadly fires

... Centre (DLR) and the Strasbourg-based rapid mapping specialist company (SERTIT) to produce the maps ... of Earth Observation (EO)-based crisis/damage mapping products generated using a variety of EO sensors. ... offers EO-based operational services for rapid mapping of major disasters as well as other ...

Elekta Demonstrates Commitment to Stereotactic Innovation at EANS

... Neuromag(R) system provides real-time MEG brain mapping with high spatial resolution Elekta also will be ... The technology is used routinely for pre-surgical mapping and epilepsy investigations as well as in ... than any other MEG system. MEG offers functional mapping information and measurement of brain activity in ...

Real Time Genomics to Show SLIM Search(TM) Technology on Windows HPC Server 2008 at Bio-IT World Conference

... sequence comparison technology from Real Time Genomics offers genomic mapping and alignment functions that are highly tolerant of mismatches such as ... applications based on its own fast, accurate and mismatch tolerant read mapping and alignment algorithm. Real Time Genomics is a private, San Francisco ...

DuPont Acquires Ag Data Management Business to Enhance Information Solutions for Growers

... This new relationship will allow Pioneer to extend its Pioneer FIT® mapping service and information available through GrowingPoint® website ... The miracles of science™, GrowingPoint® and FIT® mapping are registered trademarks or trademarks of DuPont or its affiliates. ...

MedTechIQ Selects TheBrain to Visualize Expansive Biointellingence Database and Connect the Dots Between Life Sciences, Medicine and Venture Capital

... Medicine and Venture Capital." Topics Covered include: Mind mapping and organizing ideas , contacts and research Making connections between ... organizations. TheBrain's personal information management and dynamic mind mapping software, PersonalBrain™, helps users see and organize their files ...

Hershey Center for Applied Research Supports Acceleration of Scientific Research and Development

... of ground-breaking social networking and scientific mapping online community HERSHEY, Pa., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Simon Revell, ... HCAR KnowledgeMesh(TM), a cutting-edge social networking and scientific mapping online community that will drive research and development in the life ...

AtriCure Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

... centers - Release of Coolrail(TM) linear ablation device and ORLab(TM) mapping system WEST CHESTER, Ohio, May 6 ... our recently released Coolrail(TM) linear ablation device and ORLab(TM) mapping system, when used with our other leading minimally invasive products, will ...

Allen Institute for Brain Science Launches Three New Landmark Atlas Projects Focusing on the Human Brain, Developing Brain and Spinal Cord

... could expedite progress toward life-changing medical breakthroughs." mapping the Human Brain Building on new technology and information gained in the ... is following its successful ABA-Mouse Brain project with an atlas mapping gene expression in the mouse spinal cord. Expected to be complete in a ...

454 sequencing uncovers significant genetic variation

... and economically than existing techniques. The study, entitled "Paired-End mapping Reveals Extensive Genomic Structural Variation in Humans," appears online ... research. The novel approach described today in Science, called Paired End mapping (PEM), used 454 Sequencing to comprehensively study SV at an unmatched ...

Stereotaxis' Niobe System Used to Perform More Than 10,000 Procedures Worldwide

... Steady Utilization Growth Seen in Atrial Fibrillation, EP mapping and Ablation, PCI and Additional Complex Procedures ST. ... vascular procedures; approximately 6,000 right-sided electrophysiology mapping and ablation procedures; and nearly 2,000 atrial fibrillation and other ...

Axial Biotech Enters Partnership with the University of Utah to Utilize the Utah Population Database to Develop Personalized Diagnostic Tests for Spine Disorders

... code to progressive scoliosis using our GenDB database," said John Climaco, president and chief executive officer of Axial Biotech. "Through the mapping of a disease passed on from family member to family member, the University's proprietary datasets further accelerate our ability to identify and ...

Powerful Image Registration and Recognition Software Unveiled for Medical, Satellite, and Defense Imaging Industries

... image registration algorithm, which both decides whether or not two images overlap and computes the inter-image transformation (pixel location mapping function). Hence it is both a registration and recognition algorithm. DualAlign provides image registration and recognition software that can ...

European Airports Actively Engaging on Reducing CO2, Despite the Crisis

... endorsed programme." Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE commented "Until now, there hasn't been a common framework for mapping and reducing carbon emissions on the airport site - which is a uniquely complicated space. The 31 airports signing up today to Airport Carbon ...

Graphene yields secrets to its extraordinary properties

... scanning tunneling microscope allowed them to sweep an adjustable magnetic field across graphene samples prepared at Georgia Tech, observing and mapping the peculiar non-uniform spacing among discrete energy levels that form when the material is exposed to magnetic fields. The team developed a ...

New cow genome sequence released

... 35 million DNA sequence fragments into the 30 chromosomes that make up the Bos taurus genome. The algorithms use paired-end sequence information, mapping data, and synteny with the human genome to detect errors, correct inverted segments and fill in sequence gaps. The resulting assembly has around 91% ...

Keynote Panel at Bio-IT World Expo to Feature Five Leaders in the Field of "Personal Genomics"

... in the first throes of a revolution in medicine and healthcare thanks to the collapsing costs of gene analysis and the dramatic success of late in mapping DNA variants that predispose to common disease. We are thrilled with the caliber of this panel, and anticipate a fascinating, interactive and highly ...

New imaging technique reveals the atomic structure of nanocrystals

... are positioned in order to do so accurately. Getting this information, however, has proved to be a challenge for nanocrystals like quantum dots. mapping out the positions of atoms requires clues provided by the diffraction pattern. But quantum dots are so small, the clues provided by diffraction alone ...

Bert W. O'Malley, M.D., Recipient of the 2008 National Medal for Science, Joins Bionovo's Scientific Advisory Board

... ovarian, prostate, and brain tissues under normal and cancer conditions. In 1992, the O'Malley lab used proteolytic enzyme and antibody epitope mapping to demonstrate specific distinct receptor structures for pure agonists, pure antagonists, and mixed antagonists/agonists of estrogen receptors (ER) ...

Historic Seed Delivery Made in Illinois for First New Soybean Varieties With the Greater Yield Potential of Roundup Ready 2 Yield(TM)

... flexible, dependable weed control and crop safety as original Roundup Ready soybeans, but with higher yield potential resulting from advanced gene mapping and insertion technology. The technology provides higher yields by producing more beans per pod on the plant. Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans are the ...

Scientists publish complete genetic blueprint of key biofuels crop

... Miscanthus, and sugarcane--will be compared," said Andrew Paterson, the publication's first author and Director of the Plant Genome mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia. Scientists and industry officials say that completion of the sorghum genome will aid with sequencing of ...

Stereotaxis Showcases Advancements for Remote Magnetic Ablations

... It provides users with many enhanced features and new capabilities that simplify and accelerate its use, including automated registration of the 3D mapping system and calibration of the Cardiodrive System; faster and more accurate automation with re-targeting to compensate for patient movement; and ...

New label-free method tracks molecules and drugs in live cells

... in living tissue. These are just two early examples of how SRS microscopy may impact cell biology and medicine." Xie, Freudinger, and Min's mapping of saturated and unsaturated fats in live cells offers exciting new opportunities for metabolic studies of omega-3 fatty acids, required but not ...

Houston LASIK Eye Surgery Expert and Pioneer Jack Holladay, M.D. Joins Influential Group of Eye Surgeons Listed at Trusted LASIK Surgeons

... essential for accurate preoperative evaluations of potential LASIK patients and he has devoted his career to helping other surgeons interpret corneal mapping and wavefront testing. He is frequently consulted by other surgeons about complicated cases and his work has significantly helped advance the field ...

KGI Announces Second Annual Executive Education Conference for Women in Life Sciences

... The brave new Biotech Century Leader -human assets, leadership strategies and teams, global resources and challenges, partnering strategies mapping your future in the industry - career imprinting, "glass ceiling" lessons learned, strategies for leadership, and trends in compensation ...

Case Western Reserve University researcher improves LCDs with 3-D nanoimaging process

... the fluid, and collecting images at a series of heights above the substrate. The result is polarized optical nanotomograpy (ONT), a system for 3D mapping of anisotropic fluid on top of a substrate. The team chose a nematic liquid crystal, whose molecular orientation is controlled by a nanoscopic ...

U.S. Genomics Inc. Receives $4.5 Million Investment from BD

... for diagnostics and biodefense applications by combining advanced microfluidics, optical engineering, and novel labeling strategies. Using its DNA mapping technology, the Company is developing sophisticated biological sensors for the detection and identification of pathogens and biomarkers in the air ...

Myanmar's Cyclone-Damaged Rice Production Regions Monitored with GIS

... ESRI applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. ESRI is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit ...

New map IDs the core of the human brain

... (the brain "connectome"), but also describes a novel application of a non-invasive technique that can be used by other scientists to continue mapping the trillions of neural connections in the brain at even greater resolution, which is becoming a new field of science termed "connectomics." ...

ASCO Results: Oncologists Rank Genentech Number One

... cited Genentech at the top of the list, according to AlphaDetail, Inc., a leader in oncology primary market research and influence network mapping solutions to the Global Life Sciences Industry. In a brief on-line survey of 103 oncologists conducted soon after the close of the conference, ...

Stereotaxis' Market Leadership Highlighted at Heart Rhythm 2008

... for Niobe focused on simplification, automation, and enhanced integration. New capabilities include automatic registration with x-ray and mapping systems, enhanced automation features, and re-targeting to compensate for movement. Stereotaxis believes that, particularly when used in ...

Prestigious Scientific Leaders Join InterWest Advisory Committee

... the DNA gene sequencer and synthesizer and the protein synthesizer and sequencer -- four instruments that paved the way for the successful mapping of the human genome. A pillar in the biotechnology field, Dr. Hood has played a role in founding more than 14 biotechnology companies, including ...

For creating new field of science, Texas chemist wins international prize

... surfaces and the study of chemical reactions at the nanoscopic regime. The microscope is used worldwide in the identification of cancerous cells, mapping of transport paths in the skin for trans-dermal drug delivery and for lithographic patterning of surfaces. Bard is largely responsible for the ...

Stereotaxis Announces FDA Approval of Its Partnered Magnetic Irrigated Catheter

... that the Company has been advised that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its partnered magnetic irrigated catheter for use in mapping and ablation in the United States. "The long-awaited FDA approval of our partnered irrigated catheter is a very significant milestone for ...

AstraZeneca and Banner Alzheimer's Institute Collaborate to Evaluate New Tool Targeting Alzheimer's Disease

... imaging research in the Alzheimer's field. This setting is ideal for further evaluation of our new radioligand with the potential for detailed mapping of amyloid deposits and early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease," said Lars Farde, Chief Scientist for CNS and Pain Research at AstraZeneca. This ...