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Volume 11 - Number 29 | July 20, 2007

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In This Week's Issue

North Carolina Group Suspends its Bid for $450M DHS National Ag-Bio Defense Facility

Calif. Stem-Cell Board Eyes Sept. Vote on Loan Program for Regenerative Medicine

Lawyer, Developer Building Incubator In So. Cal. to Retain Ex-Amgen Staffers

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Avesthagen, Harlan Sprague Dawley, Akela Phar, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Empire State Development Corp., Chicago Technology Park

New York State Foundation for Science Technology and Innovation, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Oklahoma’s Economic Development Generating Excellence, San Diego Workforce Partnership, Southern California Biotechnology Center, North Carolina Biotechnology Corp., Accelerator Corp.

Arthur Beeman, Pamela Fulmer, Jonn Beeson, Cameron Weiffenbach, Michael McShea, Peter Larkin, Garheng Kong, Rebecca Kaufman, Salveen Kochnover, Brent Kelly

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Features
Microsoft Research Hopes $700K Award Will Lead to New Software for GWA Studies
Among six areas slated for funding in 2008 is a program to develop improved data-analysis tools for genome-wide association studies. Microsoft Research intends to award a total of $700,000 to several recipients under this program, which is designed to fund higher-risk projects that funding agencies like the National Institutes of Health or the National Science Foundation would typically avoid.

MWG Bets That Improved Software Will Give It Edge In Competitive Gene-Synthesis Market
This week, MWG Biotech of Ebersberg, Germany, announced that it has developed a new software program called GENEius for “optimizing” synthetic genes. The software, developed in collaboration with partner Eurofins Medigenomix, is primarily for internal use as part of MWG’s gene-synthesis service, but a version with limited features, called “GENEius light” is available for public use.

Expression Profile
CIRAD’s Manuel Ruiz on Building a Genomic Resource for Tropical Crops


In Print
Bioinformatics Tool-Related Papers of Note, June 2007


Bioinformatics Briefs
NimbleGen, DNAStar, University of Arizona, Agilent, Denver Research Hospital


Downloads & Upgrades
Nexus CGH, I2E 2.10, Definiens Enterprise Image Intelligence Suite 7, OmicBrowse, EMBOSS 5.0.0, UCSC Genome Browser


People in the News
Richard Brennan, Charles Dimmler, Joanne Smith-Farrell



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