An open challenge that merges the efforts of the International Cancer Genome Consortium, The Cancer Genome Atlas, and the NCI Cloud Pilots with Sage Bionetworks and the open science DREAM Challenge community Scientists from around the world have announced a ...
Read More »CHLA Researcher Awarded $1.665 Million to Study Retinal Development with Single-Cell RNA-Seq
Study seeks to improve understanding of light-sensitive cells in the retina that initiate daylight vision David E. Cobrinik, MD, PhD, of The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has been awarded a four-year grant totaling $1.665 million from ...
Read More »Lexogen Announces Research Award – “Expression Profiling by Sequencing”
Sequencing has become one of the most powerful molecular tools, and Lexogen is dedicated to the development of innovative technologies that go with next generation sequencing (NGS). As much as we care about innovations, we also believe it is important ...
Read More »NSF funds RNA-Seq of “precocious cells”
MADISON — Anthony Gitter remembers the mental spark when listening to a recent talk about the discovery of so-called “precocious cells” — a tiny group of cells that lead a furious advance charge against infection. “What really struck me was ...
Read More »Arthritis Foundation to fund development of RNA-Seq diagnostic test for rheumatoid arthritis
ATLANTA, Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Arthritis Foundation has announced that 11 scientists were selected out of 167 proposals as the 2015 Scientific Discovery Awardees for their innovations toward finding a cure for arthritis and related diseases. This is the ...
Read More »NIH Announces Funding Opportunities for Novel Genomic Technology Development
from GenomeWeb – The National Institutes of Health announced four new funding opportunities to support the development of innovative genomic technologies across a broad range of research areas including single-cell genomics, sample preparation, transcriptomics and epigenomics, and genome-wide functional analysis. ...
Read More »NIH to fund development of methods for direct RNA sequencing
Purpose This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits R01 grant applications to develop novel technologies that will enable at least one order of magnitude improvement in DNA sequencing, and practical methods for direct RNA sequencing. Advances in genomics and more broadly ...
Read More »Cellular Research Launches Grant Program for a Free Single Cell Gene Expression Project
PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cellular Research, Inc., today announced the company has launched a grant program to give researchers the chance to access its Precise assay technology for an RNA-seq project on up to 1,000 cells for free. “We are sponsoring ...
Read More »Maverix Wins $150,000 STTR Award From The National Institute On Drug Abuse For Detection Of RNA Modifications
SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Maverix Biomics, Inc., a leading genomic analysis software company, today announced the receipt of a National Institutes of Health $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Award, funded by the National Institute ...
Read More »Transcriptome Profiling Grants Launched to Support New Biomarker Discovery
CARLSBAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Thermo Fisher Scientific will fast-track 12 translational research teams’ gene-expression profiling through an innovative grant program launched today. Selected applicants will receive free next-generation RNA sequencing services to further their research in the field of cancer genomics. “Transcriptome ...
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