NewsIsFree Search:Search results for "" at newsisfree.com (powered by SIETSCaBIG Users and Developers Meet and Swap Tool-Building Experiences as Network Grows- (Found June 29, 2008 ) Users and developers taking part in the annual caBIG meeting this week in Washington, DC, shared frank experiences about the technical challenges of adapting legacy tools to caBIG in BioInform Current Issuehttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,291860120,38077,o/ Merck: Multiplexed Imaging, Transfluor Beats FLIPR at Predicting GPCR Activity- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The findings suggest that a multiplexed imaging assay for this GPCR is a good predictor of direct biochemical inhibition, and may be used in compound structure-activity relationship studies. The investigators also provided a method for rescuing false negatives and eliminating false positives. in Cell-Based Assay News Current Issuehttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,291856735,38080,o/ Note to Subscribers- (Found June 29, 2008 ) in BioInform Current Issuehttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,291860113,38077,o/ Richard Karp, Alexander Tropsha- (Found June 29, 2008 ) in BioInform Current Issuehttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,291860114,38077,o/ GenePattern, DNA Analytics 4.0, SynaWorks, CELSHome- (Found June 29, 2008 ) in BioInform Current Issuehttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,291860115,38077,o/ Sophic, Biomax, University of Texas at Austin, Geospiza, Illumina, Golden Helix, Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh, the University of A- (Found June 29, 2008 ) in BioInform Current Issuehttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,291860116,38077,o/ NSF Bioinformatics Grants Awarded May 29 &151; June 26, 2008- (Found June 29, 2008 ) in BioInform Current Issuehttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,291860117,38077,o/ Roadrunner Breaks Petaflop Barrier to Crown Top500; Life Science Systems Stable at Four- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The Roadrunner system, which will be used for a range of computational tasks including bioinformatics, achieved peak performance in the Linpack benchmark of 1.026 petaflops, making it the first supercomputer ever to surpass one quadrillion floating point operations per second. in BioInform Current Issuehttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,291860118,38077,o/ Compendia to Expand Oncomine with New Meta-Analysis Tool Used to ID Biomarker- (Found June 29, 2008 ) In a recent study, a research team led by the University of Michigan used a meta-analysis tool called Meta-COPA to identify a specific gene expressed in a subset of prostate cancers that holds potential both as a diagnostic biomarker and a therapeutic target. in BioInform Current Issuehttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,291860119,38077,o/ Georgia Tech Team Develops Automated Microfluidic System to Screen C. elegans- (Found June 29, 2008 ) The platform can automate and standardize the genetic screening of small, multicellular animals such as C. elegans and zebrafish, and could enable researchers to more widely use these animals in drug discovery. in Cell-Based Assay News Current Issuehttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,291856734,38080,o/ |