Cell-Based Assay News | May 2, 2008

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Volume 5 - Number 18 | May 2, 2008

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Facing a Tangle of Tape, Scientists Seek New Options for Storing Sequencing Data

Intel Seeks Partners to Develop FPGA-Based Solution for Next-Gen Sequencing Analysis

BioIT Alliance Continues to Grow as Life Sciences Users Face New Data Decisions

News Briefs from the Bio-IT World Conference Floor

Entelos, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, SGI, University of Hawaii, National Cancer Institute, Tranche, University of Michigan

Genomics Workbench, dbSNP, SciTegic Enterprise Server 7.0, Bioconductor 2.2, NextBio, SimGlycan 2.51

Christophe Lambert, Francesca Demichelis

Features

Cellectricon Names Ohlsson as New CEO; Company Has Eye on US, Asian Foothold
Ohlsson’s appointment comes at a time when Cellectricon is entering “a phase of rapid expansion,” while Ohlsson said the company, which has “traditionally … been stronger in the European market,” will be focusing more on growing its business in the US.

Scientists Derive Cardiac Stem Cell; Study May Strengthen VistaGen�s Cardiotox Assays
VistaGen plans to apply the results of this work to further develop commercial applications of ESC-derived cardiomyocytes in drug screening and predictive toxicology assays.

Cell Kinase Blocks HIV Infection In Vitro; May Have Rx Application
When the investigators inhibited ITK, they found that they inhibited the HIV life cycle at three different steps: the level of entry, the level of expression, and the level of the virus being released.

Patent Watch

Taikong Corporation, Huai-Jen Tsai, Multi-Gene Vascular Systems

News Scan

International Stem Cell, CellSystems Biotechnologie, Transgenomic, National Cancer Institute, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, BioSeek, Texas A&M Health Science Center Research Foundation, Caliper Life Sciences

Migrations

James Thomson

Products

Nanopoint, Invitrogen, Lab Armor