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Affymetrix Unveils Plans to Double Plant and Animal Genome Microarray Offering

...animal community groups with a single,standardized platform for gene expression research, they can easilycompare results, build reliable databases and move science forward morequickly."Affymetrix Consortia Program arrays are developed using the samereliable design and manufacturing process that have made Affy...

Breakthrough Microarray-based Technology for the Study of Cancer

...ute, Agilent has developed a specialisedmicroarray platform that uses total genomic DNA to overcome severalsci...its utility for DNA analysisapplications. This new platform provides high sensitivity, enabling CGHresearchers to reliably identify the single copy deletions in...

Scientists decipher genome of fungus that can cause life-threatening infections

...virulence. "Notonly have we established a genomic platform for the further study ofthis increasingly important pathogen, but the data from the two strainsmay provide insight into what determines virulence," says BrendanLoftus, a scientist at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) who isthe first author of...

The BIOS Initiative - open source biotechnology is born

...ww.bioforge.net), an online collaborative research platform for biological innovation, developed in partnership with CollabNet Inc (www.collab.net). In the tradition of open source software, BioForge makes it possible for scientists to work together to craft new, deliverable technologies within a "protected c...

Agilent Technologies releases automated literature search tool for biology researchers

...in to Cytoscape 2.1, an open-source bioinformatics platform that enables researchers to form a visual map of c... Cytoscape Cytoscape is a bioinformatics software platform for visualizing molecular interaction networks and integrating these interactions with gene expressi...

Carnegie Mellon scientists develop tool that uses MRI to visualize gene expression in living animals

...netic instructions." "The new imaging method is a platform technology that can be adapted for many tissue types and for a range of preclinical uses in conjunction with emerging molecular therapeutic strategies," Ahrens said. Ahrens' new approach uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to monitor gene expressi...

Affymetrix and Stratagene Announce Strategic Software Alliance

...cs at Affymetrix. "The combination of our GeneChip platform and the ArrayAssist software makes the industry-leading methods for measuring gene expression on a genomic-scale available to an ever broadening community of life scientists." As part of the agreement, Stratagene has joined the community of Affymetr...

Applied Biosystems Introduces Advanced Gene Expression Service Provider Program

...ystems Expression Array System forms the technical platform for the program and can be optionally bundled with companion products that comprise Applied Biosystems?whole solution for gene expression analysis, including microarrays for human, mouse, and rat, TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays, and Real-Time PCR Sys...

Self-assembled nano-sized probes allow Penn researchers to see tumors through flesh and skin

...mersomes define the first nanotech optical imaging platform based on non-aggregating "soft matter" (polymers and porphyrins) and hence have enormous potential in biomedicine. ...

Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld

...ystems Expression Array System forms the technical platform for the program and can be optionally bundled with companion products that comprise Applied Biosystems?whole solution for gene expression analysis, including microarrays for human, mouse, and rat, TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays, and Real-Time PCR Sys...

Researchers develop rapid diagnostic tool for pathogen identification

...ion's (CDC) Emerging Infectious Diseases. This new platform is demonstrated in an assay that detects and discr...y similar pulmonary disease. This new technology platform addresses important challenges for infectious disease identification—sensitivity and breadth. Mass T...

GeneNotes - A novel information management software for biologists

... manage biological information. It also provides a platform for studying how users behave when they manipulate biological information. The results of such study can lead to innovation of more intelligent human-computer interfaces that greatly shorten the cycle of biology research. ...

Different microarray systems more alike than previously thought

... "Biologists occasionally ask me what is the best platform on which to run microarray experiments, but there ...A -- DNA's cousin -- to analyze using a microarray platform of their choice. Five laboratories used commercially available Affymetrix microarrays, and five labs...

Integration of Agilent's MS technology, Proteome Systems' software to help scientists in proteomics research

...s will make its GlycomIQ software, a comprehensive platform for the mass spectrometric analysis of protein-associated glycans (polysaccharides), compatible with the Agilent XCT, XCT Plus and XCT Ultra ion trap mass spectrometers. Proteome Systems developed GlycomIQ to address the emerging field of glycomics,...

Agilent Technologies new genome analysis technology set to accelerate Australia fight against mesothelioma

...vastating disease." "Agilent's new CGH microarray platform provides very high sensitivity, enabling researchers to detect small changes in chromosomes, including single copy deletions, which have previously been the most difficult to find," said Agilent Integrated Biology Solutions product manager David Tunk...

Rhesus monkeys can assess the visual perspective of others when competing for food

...etitors." Each competitor had a grape affixed to a platform by his feet. In each experiment, one of the competitors could see the monkey in front of them, but the other could not. For example, in Experiment 1, one of the competitors stood with his back to the monkey subject, while the other stood facing the s...

Gov't Creates Gene Database of Normal Human Tissues

...al backdrop. "The normal organ database provides a platform that may help scientists find new targets in the cells of previously incurable cancers. The driving force of research in our section is to translate genomic information to the clinic. The goal is to save lives and improve the quality of life for chil...

Affymetrix and bioMerieux Extend Their Agreement on GeneChip(R) Technology to Breast Cancer Diagnostics

...e are pleased that they have chosen the Affymetrix platform for this project." Under the Powered by Affymetrix(TM) program, Affymetrix provides technology and expertise for products that are developed, branded and marketed by diagnostic companies. This includes the GeneChip System 3000Dx, which has been gran...

DOE JGI launches IMG public online microbial genome data clearinghouse

..., the IMG system offers a powerful data management platform that supports timely analysis of genomes from a comparative functional and evolutionary perspective." "IMG's primary goal is to provide high-quality data in a comprehensible system that is diverse in terms of the number of genomes it covers," said V...

Active Vaccine Prevents Mice From Developing Prion Disease

... week in the journal Neuroscience, could provide a platform for the development of a vaccine to prevent a group of fatal brain diseases caused by unusual infectious particles called prions. Although no cure for these diseases -- which include scrapie, mad cow disease, and chronic wasting disease -- is on the...

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