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IBM CEO Survey Shows Hunger for Change in Life Sciences

Bio-IT World | “Change” is not merely a common refrain on the presidential election campaign trail. It’s also what dozens of life science CEOs are hankering for, according to preliminary findings from the latest IBM CEO survey. Michael Svinte, IBM’s VP Global Innovation and Information-Based Medicine, shared some of those findings with Bio-IT World at a briefing during the Drug Industry Association conference (DIA) this week in Boston.

NIH Laptop Theft: How Safe Is Your Data? Bio-IT World | A laptop stolen from the NIH included seven years’ worth of clinical trial data, including names, medical diagnoses, and details of the patients' heart scans.

Applied Biosystems and the $60,000 Human Genome Bio-IT World | Just weeks after Illumina announced it had cracked the $100,000 threshold for sequencing a human genome, Applied Biosystems has sequenced a complete human genome sample using its new SOLiD next-generation sequencing platform, reportedly for less than $60,000.

Helicos' Kristen Stoops on Next-Generation Data Management Bio-IT World | Interview with Kristen Stoops, Helicos' director of bioinformatics, who is building a federation of IT vendors to identify best practices that will help users manage torrents of data.

Grand Challenges Program Seeks Proposals for Global Health Breakthroughs Bio-IT World | The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has issued a call for proposals for its Grand Challenges in Global Health program.

MIT Launches Interdisciplinary Cancer Center Bio-IT World | The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology opened today in Cambridge, and will replace the previous MIT Center for Cancer Research.

Helicos Ships First Instrument to Expression Analysis Bio-IT World | Helicos BioSciences announced today that it has shipped the first ever single-molecule sequencing instrument – the HeliScope – to Expression Analysis, a contract genomic services company.

Flawed Embryos Seen as Source for Stem Cells

Alzheimer's Research Target May Be a Dead End

Scientists Advance in Effort to Create Synthetic Organism

White Papers & Special Reports

sas whitepaper92Managed Innovation, Assured Compliance 
sponsored by SAS
Discovery organizations are identifying a lot of promising compounds, but clinical research processes haven't kept pace with timely testing of all those potential therapies. This white paper describes how SAS® Drug Development supports true innovation across the clinical trial process.

In this white paper you will learn how to:

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Addressing Life Sciences Constantly Growing Data Challenges Research Environments
sponsored by BlueArc
The continued explosion of raw experimental data, the increased use of video, the growing adoption of new data retention practices, and the move to high throughput computational workflows are all placing new demands on the way life sciences organizations store and manage their data.

Download this white paper to learn about:

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  • New data management issues that must be addressed
  • HPC trends that are placing new demands on storage
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isilon white paper

“Storage for Science – Methods for Managing Large and Rapidly Growing Data Stores in Life Science Research Environments” sponsored by Isilon
Large and rapidly growing stores of file-based and other data are a hallmark of life science research and bioinformatics. Determining how best to manage those data stores has become a significant challenge for Researchers and IT Pros alike.

This paper is intended to:

  • Provide guidance on the many storage requirements common to Life Science research;
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Life Science Webcasts & Podcasts

Adobe

Hospital Paperwork No Longer Has to Be an In-patient Procedure 

Adobe podcast imageHow many times have you filled out that same patient registration form when visiting a doctor or the hospital? If you are a hospital administrator, nurse or registrar, you know that your patients and particularly your staff have managed hundreds of consent forms for medication, procedures, anesthesia, and HIPAA. Paperwork redundancy has become a significant bottleneck in the healthcare system. In this podcast, we’ll learn about how Adobe solutions for healthcare can help you streamline your paperwork and stop making paperwork an in-patient procedure.

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More Podcasts

Job Openings

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We seek a highly motivated individual to lead the administration, expansion and maintenance of our IT infrastructure, supporting our business operations and technological development of a DNA third generation sequencing system.  Includes administration and configuration of core corporate servers, high performance scientific computing and disk systems, security systems, network infrastructure and backups, maintenance of service levels, implementation of any IT related legal compliance issues and policies, and disaster recovery. to apply: www.nanoporetech.com/vacancies




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