Amnis and Gene Company Announce Agreement to Market ImageStream Technology in China
Under terms of the agreement, the Gene Company will sell and service the Amnis ImageStream® system in China.

Crelux and ProQinase Establish Joint Crystal-Grade Kinase Protein and Structures Platform
Agreement will establish and expand an off-the-shelf crystal-grade protein kinase portfolio, optimized and quality-controlled for successful crystallization.

Sigma-Aldrich Joins Phase 2 of the RNAi Consortium to Validate shRNA Libraries
Sigma-Aldrich to provide full functional validation data for its MISSION® shRNA collection.

Almac Signs Deal to Provide Process to Extract Genetic Information from Clinical Trial Samples
Newly validated capability developed by Almac to be used by Biogen Idec in gastrointestinal cancer study.

Agilent Technologies Expands Therapeutic Nucleic Acids Manufacturing Capacity
As a part of this expansion, the company has acquired Dow nucleic acids medicines business assets.

Invitrogen Scientists Link microRNA Sequences to Cancer Using RNA Samples from BioServe
Invitrogen and BioServe technologies have identified noncoding RNAs that were differentially expressed in healthy and diseased tissue.

A high-throughput protein array-based approach
Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research

Here we present a novel discovery-oriented high-throughput approach to the screening of allergen reactivates in crude biological extracts is presented using seafood allergens as an example. The CPGR workflow permits the effective screening of hundreds of putative allergens in parallel using minute amounts of patient serum and constitutes a cost-efficient allergen-specific antibody screening method for a routine diagnostic setting.

Apoptosis Inducing Novel microRNA for Breast cancer and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
UC Davis Medical Center

MicroRNA provides a mechanism to target cancer stem cells and restraint tumors cells permanently; this could lead to promising cancer therapeutics and imaging agents. Apoptosis inducing microRNA was identified to target HCC and breast cancer cells for imaging and therapy.

A Novel Fluorimetric Assay for the Detection of TACE (a-Secretase)
AnaSpec, Inc.

To facilitate high throughput screening of TACE inhibitors, AnaSpec synthesized a novel peptide substrate for TACE using QXL™ 520/5-FAM FRET pair. Using this FRET substrate, AnaSpec developed a new kit – the SensoLyte™ 520 TACE Activity Assay. This kit can be used to detect the activity of the enzyme and for screening of TACE inhibitors. It is highly sensitive and can detect subnanogram amounts of enzyme.

Permanent Senior Scientist Position in NMR-based Metabolomics
CIBERDEM
Tarragona, Spain

BBSRC Funded Microfluidics Engineering Resarch PhD
University College London
London, UK

Post-Doctpral Position in Mollusk Health Laboratory
UPEI
Charlottetown, Canada

Production Chemist II
Independent
Torrance, CA, USA

Research Chemist
Independent
Torrance, CA, USA

phD Scholarship in BioInformatics
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Tarragona, Spain

QC Analyst
Genomic Health
Redwood City, CA, USA

Research Scientist II - Biology
Gilead Sciences
Foster City, CA, USA

High Throughput Coordinator / Engineer
AJI
Houston, TX, USA

Assistant Director, Automation Services
Medarex, Inc.
Milpitas, CA, USA

3rd Annual Biomarkers Congress,14 & 15 May 2008, Manchester, UK
14 May 2008 - 15 May 2008

The conference programme will feature keynote addresses, case study presentations, panel and roundtable discussions from over 65 speakers in Biomarker Discovery and Validation, Molecular Diagnostics, Data Integration, Modelling and Bioinformatics, Imaging, Clinical Development and Toxicity Biomarkers.

IBC’s TIDES®: Oligonucleotide and Peptide® Technology and Product Development, Las Vegas, NV, USA
18 May 2008 - 21 May 2008

TIDES® is the all encompassing conference on manufacturing, formulation, delivery, process and analytical development, as well as overall market trends for peptides and oligonucleotides. In addition to gaining scientific updates in conference sessions, you can develop and maintain your professional skills with two tracks focusing on oligos and peptides.

Emerging Regulatory Issues in Genomic Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico
21 May 2008 - 23 May 2008

The purpose of this meeting is to identify synergies and common issues in Genomic Medicine and to develop common approaches to address these issues. The FDA has a major effort in the area of genomics and personalized medicine. It is working with clinicians, the pharmaceutical industry, and other regulatory agencies worldwide to integrate genomic medicine into medical practice
  


Pathway Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes in Patients with Acute Aortic Dissection

Salah Mohamed, Laboratory and Group Leader of Cardiac Surgery, University SH-Lübeck, Speaking at Advances in Microarray Technology 2007


Allergen Microarrays: From a Versatile Research Tool Towards a Promising Novel Diagnostic Application

Reinhard Hiller, Director, Centre for Proteomic & Genomic Research, University of Cape Town, speaking at Advances in Microarray Technology 2007

MicroRNA 2008
Published January 2008

This report presents an exhaustive analysis of all the products and services offered by the various vendors into the microRNA market. Select Biosciences' proprietary market surveys addressed the qualitative and quantitative trends in the microRNA research market in terms of challenges, opportunities, and quantitative industry metrics—all the raw data and analyses based on the data are presented. In addition to the microRNA research market, this report also addresses the industry dynamics/trends

RNAi Therapeutics 2008
Published November 2007

An exhaustive analysis of all the current RNAi therapeutics candidates in various clinical trial stages, a detailed market survey with a view of all therapeutic areas where RNAi therapeutics are expected to impact, drug targets amenable to RNAi therapeutics, druggability factors of RNAi-based therapeutics, a detailed analysis of technologies in RNAi, as well as the intellectual property (IP) landscape of RNAi-based therapeutics space.