ANGLE plc , the specialist medtech company, has announced that the results of the University of Southern California (USC) Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center’s ongoing work with ANGLE’s Parsortix system have demonstrated the potential for the use of Parsortix as a ...
Read More »RNA-Seq in Space – Release of New Datasets by NASA GeneLab
Germinating Fern Spores Help Identify Genes Involved in Sensing and Responding to Gravity During germination, a calcium current is triggered in the fern spore by a gravity sensing mechanism. The calcium current is part of a signalling cascade that orients ...
Read More »RNA-Seq Providing More Clues to Understanding the Mechanism Between Zika Virus, Birth Defects
from HealthDay News – Scientists say they’ve discovered how the Zika virus might cause severe brain and eye birth defects. The Zika outbreak in Brazil and other parts of Latin American and the Caribbean has coincided with a sharp increase ...
Read More »RNA sequencing opens door to accurate, highly specific test for prostate cancer
from Prostate Cancer News Today by Margarida Azevedo Researchers have identified that RNA markers in prostate biopsy samples and in the urine of prostate cancer patients are highly specific biomarkers for prostate cancer. The study, presented at the European Association of ...
Read More »High school student wins grand prize at science fair with RNA-Seq experiments
from MyNews4.com by Cassie Wilson RENO, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) — 200 young scientist and engineers competed in the 49th Annual Western Nevada Regional Science and Engineering Fair (WNRSF) March 2-3. The projects represented the top winners from school fairs ...
Read More »Researchers Use RNA-Seq To Prove Zika Causes Fetal Brain Defects
from Newsweek by Jessica Firger A group of researchers say they’ve taken a critical step in proving the Zika virus is most likely the cause of a rising number of microcephaly cases in Brazil. An investigation conducted on lab cultures, ...
Read More »TACC Supercomputers Power RNA-Seq Analysis Tools at Summer Bioinformatics Workshop
from HPC Wire by Makeda Easter, Sept. 21 — Undergraduate biology labs are designed to prepare students for real-life biology work. These labs usually involve tried and true exercises like animal dissections, investigating enzymes, and microscope work.While traditional lab work ...
Read More »The latest supercomputing technology is powering RNA-Seq data analysis pipelines at the Center for Genomic Regulation
from HPC Wire by John Russell Univa’s recent launch of the Grid Engine Container Edition is the latest evidence of growing support for Docker containers in high-performance computing (HPC). Last month NERSC introduced Shifter, a tool for bringing Docker containers ...
Read More »Broad Technology Lab Refining Automated Single Cell RNA-seq, Digital Gene Expression Services
from GenomeWeb by Andrew P. Han NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Scientists interested but not well versed in transcriptome profiling can now go to the Broad Institute for help. The Broad Technology Labs Specialized Services Facility offers automated services for high-throughput ...
Read More »MinION – $1000 flash drive-sized sequencer is big news
Portable ultrafast genetic sequencer goes to market DEALSTREETASIA-6 hours ago MinION, a portable DNA sequencer that fits in a human palm and can gives the advantage of analysing samples by on-the-spot sequencing is … MinION: $1,000 pocket-sized DNA sequencer successfully ...
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