Agilent Technologies releases automated literature search tool for biology researchers
...ors' work in genomics. Using Labs' systems biology informatics prototypes, Labs researchers have built qualitative biological models based on experimental data, scientific knowledge from published papers and curated biological network databases. This shared, multi-disciplinary knowledge provides a more comprehen...Wiley announces publication of Databasing the Brain
...d of neuroinformatics integrates neuroscience with informatics to create unique databases and analytical tools fo...the Human Brain Project, a multi-government agency informatics initiative, he is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Amer...... systems. GlycomIQ comprises kits, consumables and informatics software developed specifically for automated glycan analysis. "Analysis of protein glycosylation is a demanding task that has often been reserved for specialized laboratories," said Nicolle Packer, executive vice president and head of glycoproteomi...Designing vaccines by computer
...l companies millions of pounds. Researchers using informatics and computer modelling can help scientists to uncover and harness the hidden patterns in the wealth of DNA and protein sequences that modern bioscience generates and cut the number of compounds drug companies need to test when searching for new vacci......novel classes and to be compatible with modern-day informatics requirements," explains the paper's first author Dr. Eoin Fahy, of the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, who serves as LIPID MAPS' Bioinformatics Project Coordinator. In the LIPID MAPS classification scheme, ...Pathway Studio Enterprise from Ariadne Genomics
Pathway Studio Enterprise is integrated informatics solution for the research of cellular regulatory mechanisms and drug response modeling. This web-based software comes with ResNet, the worlds largest knowledge base of biological networks, and can be equipped with MedScan module capable of extracting...Acuity Enterprise Microarray Informatics Software from Molecular Devices
Acuity is the complete enterprise microarray informatics platform for microarray data storage, data filtering and data analysis. Buy Acuity once and use it forever without paying ongoing license fees. Analysis Tools for Quality Acuity has all the analysis tools you need to get the most from your data, f...Ambion Offers Gene Expression Profiling Service
...tation with Ambion's team of experienced array and informatics scientists and comprehensive data analysis. ...tation with Ambion's team of experienced array and informatics scientists Custom designed experimental and analysis plan Comprehensiv...Exploiting the Life Science Data Explosion to Speed New Drug Discovery
...that one of the biggest challenges in life science informatics and drug discovery today is data access and integration. This issue has become a major bottleneck to R&D productivity for many biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Biological data sources are constantly changing, geographically distributed...Amplification Efficiency of TaqMan Gene Expression Assays
...ficiency associated with assays designed using our informatics pipeline is 100%. Additionally, our results show that the ΔΔC T method for relative quantitation is better correlated with expected fold change in gene expression than methods using predetermined amplification efficiency values for individ......tive analytics , and data warehousing - whatever informatics tools are needed to give underwriters and actuaries the data they need to determine the best price for QBE's insurance products and to select products. Logothetis is in charge of selecting the analytical tools that would enable such data aggregation...Snake venom a treatment for digestive disease
...ons with other animals and the latest computerized informatics research. Qun-Yong Zhou, assistant professor of pharmacology, and his colleagues found that the prokineticin proteins controlled movement of muscles in the intestines of guinea pigs. These muscles regulate the movement of food through the digestive...A Human Brain Gene Could Hold Clues On The Evolution Of Brain Capacity
...volutionary changes. This computer-intensive bio informatics approach produced a list of the most rapidly evolving regions of the human genome, and subsequent work focused on the top hit, a region called HAR1. Salama, a HHMI research biologist, led the "wet lab" investigations, using the laboratory techniques ...Graphics- Helps Bridge Gaps in Patients’ Understanding of Medical Condition
...r, a Ph.D. student in the department of biomedical informatics at Columbia University Medical Center is developing tools, which she calls as the'100-person diagram.' Designed to help patients understand the nuances of medical diagnoses and treatment options, these tools will equip them to appreciate the risks an...Scientists Developing 'intelligent Clothes' to Monitor Wearer's Health
...group of the British Computer Society dealing with informatics and telemedicine, said lower grade information which identified trends, rather than absolutes, was likely to be useful in areas such as monitoring sporting performance, but could not necessarily be used to inform important medical decisions.......ratch, said Karl Gumpper, director of the pharmacy informatics and technology section of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, based in Bethesda, Md. Pharmacists frequently have to call the prescribing doctor or interview the patient because of problems in deciphering handwriting. Currently, only ...AMIA Announces 2008 Summit on Translational Bioinformatics
...dent in Dr.Zerhouni's quote is the role biomedical informatics needs to playin facilitating translational medicin...leaders shaping the future ofbiomedical and health informatics in the United States and over 50other nations. AMIA is dedicated to the development and applicationo...GenoLogics Announces Bioinformatics Partnership with Illumina
...er with anintegrating LIMS system that acts as the informatics backbone inone or multiple labs. GenoLogics CEO, Michael Ball adds, "Our partnership withIllumina extends our network of strategic partners, building on oneof our core differentiators. Our strong ties with best-in-classvendors enable us to provide e...CombinatoRx to Present Combination High Throughput Screening (cHTS) Data at Upcoming AACR Meeting
...s are flagged automatically using acustom-designed informatics backbone, then profiled to furtherdetermine their mechanism of action and product suitability.Innovations in computational biology techniques and software designautomate the CombinatoRx process, enabling the company to searchlarge numbers of combinat...