Open Bioinformatics Foundation Selected as Mentor Organization for Google Summer of Code
Google this week named the Open Bioinformatics Foundation among 150 mentoring organizations for the 2010 Google Summer of Code — a student internship program for open-source projects. (Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:05:20 GMT)

FDA Top Officials Discuss Ongoing Efforts to Bring Agency Into Genomics Era
From the outside , it may seem that while the US Food and Drug Administration often talks about the promise of personalized medicine, the agency is slow to act when it comes to issuing regulatory policies critical to advancing the discipline. (Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:05:09 GMT)

Q&A: Team Uses Dynamic Proteomics to Study How Multi-Drug Combinations Affect Proteins
In the current issue of Cell , researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, describe a dynamic proteomics approach to predict how proteins react to multiple-combination drug therapies. (Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:35:11 GMT)

Illumina Launches HiScanSQ, Hoping to Lure Microarray Users to Sequencing
Illumina today launched HiScanSQ, which combines a microarray scanner with a sequencing module that is primarily targeted at existing Illumina array users who want to start sequencing. (Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:20:18 GMT)

Finding right balance between high-throughput sequencing and related bioinformatics analysis
Balancing high-throughput sequencing and related bioinformatics analysis between a research group’s internal efforts and specialized service providers can both speed results to difficult biological questions and provide cost-effective access to the latest technology, says Eureka Genomics (EG). The company’s unique capabilities and services and how they can help in “Finding the Right Balance ... (Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:30:48 GMT)

ZS Genetics Enters Genomics X Prize Competition
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - ZS Genetics said today that it has joined the Archon X Prize for Genomics competition, a contest sponsored by the X Prize Foundation that will award $10 million to the first research team that can sequence 100 human genomes within ten days for less than $10,000. (Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:05:20 GMT)

Pressure BioSciences announces presentations on advantages of PCT
Pressure BioSciences, Inc. today announced that five presentations on the advantages of pressure cycling technology (PCT) in the preparation, processing, identification, and quantification of proteins were made at last week's annual meeting of US HUPO (Human Proteomics Organization) in Denver, Colorado. (Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:46:30 GMT)

Better genetic test for autism? Chromosomal microarray analysis picks up more abnormalities than current tests
A large study from Children's Hospital Boston and the Boston-based Autism Consortium finds that a genetic test that samples the entire genome, known as chromosomal microarray analysis, has about three times the detection rate for genetic changes related to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) than standard tests. (Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:23:54 GMT)