Category Archives: BioInformatics

RESTON, Va., Sept. 7, 2017 Noblis, Inc. is proud to announce today the release of Noblis BioPortal, a comprehensive online resource for exploring the companys cutting-edge bioinformatics research and tools. Its crucial for government agencies and labs alike to harness the power of life science data, which has the ability to combat and protect against bioterrorism, counter the spread of disease, customize healthcare and medical countermeasures and protect our global food supply chain, among other possibilities, said Walter Berger, Noblis BioPortal program manager. Noblis bioinformatics research and tools bring the best of the companys microbiology, bioinformatics, and data science expertise together to solve pressing bioinformatics challenges. Noblis tools run on a robust high performance computing infrastructure, and enable advanced bioinformatic analysis in a variety of domains. This allows users to analyze very large datasets, such as next-generation sequencing reads, to turn genomic data into actionable information. Noblis is a leader in pairing multidisciplinary teams with high performance computing, said Dr. Roger Mason, SVP of National Security and intelligence at Noblis. We are proud to showcase the tangible ways we are helping clients leverage the power of genomic data through Noblis BioPortal. The portal also includes information on Noblis research, technical … Continue reading →

Global Bioinformatics Market (Type - Platforms, Tools, and Services; Applications - Preventive Medicine, Molecular Medicine, and Gene Therapy Drug Development) - Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 - 2020 This press release was orginally distributed by SBWire Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/07/2017 -- Bioinformatics is employed for the purpose of managing the data gathered from the research and development projects in biopharmaceutical, life science, and biotechnology industries. The growth of the bioinformatics is being augmented by the rising application of IT in the healthcare sector along with robust technological advancements. The employment of information technology or IT has enabled easy storage, processing, access, retrieval of data. The adoption of bioinformatics is extensively increasing in the field of biosciences owing to advancement in IT and demand for enhanced and better prevention options and treatment. The growing application of bioinformatics across the healthcare sector is expected to aid the growth of the global bioinformatics market in the near future. The global bioinformatics market is projected to grow at a significant CAGR during the forecast period and is likely to touch a valuation of US$9.1 bn by 2018. Obtain Report Details @http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/bioinformatics-market.html The global bioinformatics market has been segmented … Continue reading →

It is now possible for non-bioinformaticians to create knowledge networks a powerful way for biologists to visualize deep connections between genes and phenotypes quickly and efficiently, thanks to the integration of Rothamsted Researchs open-source KnetMiner software into the Genestack platform. These new software tools make it easier for plant breeders and others to mine genomics data to find novel ways to improve the performance of all kinds of crops. Genotype to phenotype analysis is at the core of what biologists do. With KnetMiner, we have created software that enables biologists to take their own high-throughput experimental data and to see them in the context of all the public knowledge that is out there. This can help them interpret their own data faster and more effectively," Dr. Keywan Hassani-Pak, head of bioinformatics at Rothamsted Research and leader of the KnetMiner project, explained. For a particular target species, such as a crop plant, KnetMiner integrates all the relevant genomics and 'omics' information that is present in more than 25 sources under a multitude of formats. KnetMiner brings it together in the form of a heterogeneous knowledge network. We dont only integrate the data; we also create new relationships based, for example, on … Continue reading →

TheBioinformatics and Computational Biologyprogram, which supports the National Centers for Biomedical Computing, aims to develop novel, cutting-edge software and data management tools to effectively mine the vast wealth of biomedical data generated from sophisticated modern laboratory techniques and facilitate data sharing between researchers. Please note that since the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology program is no longer supported by the Common Fund, the program website is being maintained as an archive and will not be updated on a regular basis. Biology has always been a haven for microscopes, test tubes, and Petri dishes, but this conventional picture of the field is expanding rapidly. Sophisticated techniques adapted from physics, chemistry, and engineering enable scientists to use computers and robots to separate molecules in solution, read genetic information, reveal the three-dimensional shapes of natural molecules like proteins, and take pictures of the brain in action. All of these techniques generate large amounts of data, and biology is changing fast into a science of information management. Today's biomedical researcher routinely generates an amount of data that would fill multiple compact discs, each containing billions of bytes of data. (A byte is approximately the amount of information contained in an individual letter of type on … Continue reading →

Close Serdar Bozdag, assistant professor in the department of MSCS, discussing the new program. Photo by Andrew Himmelberg Photo by Andrew Himmelberg Serdar Bozdag, assistant professor in the department of MSCS, discussing the new program. Bioinformatics, acombination of biology and data analysis, is now available as a major to Marquette undergraduate students. The university launched the new bioinformatics program this fall, jointly-housed by the department of Biological Sciences and the department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science. Bioinformatics was born from the massive amount of biological data that need to be analyzed, saidProfessor Edward Blumenthal, chair of the department of Biological Sciences. Biologists are not trained in how to deal with these data sets. We can generate them, we can collect the data, but we are not trained in the statistics and the computer science in order to analyze them and get the meaning, Blumenthal said. Then youve got computer scientists who are trained at how to analyze these data sets, but they dont necessarily know the biology. Bioinformatics was introduced to produce people who are proficient in both the fields of biology and data analysis,Blumenthal said. Despite the separation of the departments that deal with bioinformatics, the program emerged … Continue reading →

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - August 28, 2017) - Aequus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: AQS)(OTCQB: AQSZF) ("Aequus" or the "Company"), a specialty pharmaceutical company with a focus on developing, advancing and promoting differentiated products, and Ehave, Inc. (OTCQB: EHVVF) ("Ehave"), a healthcare bioinformatics company whose platform efficiently captures, integrates, and delivers high-quality clinical data and treatment tools, have entered into a collaboration whereby Aequus will gain access to Ehave's bioinformatics platform for use in Aequus' anticipated clinical trials for its portfolio products, with an initial focus in neurology. The two companies plan to collaborate on conducting trials in both the traditional pharmaceutical drug regulatory regime and in the medical cannabis regulatory regime. Aequus will pay Ehave a per-patient fee for trials conducted using the Ehave bioinformatics platform and will receive patient assessment, diagnostic and therapeutic outcomes and side-effect profiles content from formal and informal studies conducted using the Ehave platform, subject to standard patient consent and clinical research ethics approvals. Aequus will own all clinical results and data generated from trials using the Ehave platform. "We are excited to work with Ehave as we advance various development programs, both our traditional pharmaceutical products and medical cannabinoid containing products, through clinical trials," says … Continue reading →

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Bioinformatics Partnering Terms and Agreements 2010 to 2017" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The Global Bioinformatics Partnering Terms and Agreements 2010 to 2017 report provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the bioinformatics partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies. The report provides a detailed understanding and analysis of how and why companies enter bioinformatics partnering deals. The majority of deals are discovery stage whereby the licensee obtains a right or an option right to license the licensors bioinformatics technology. These deals tend to be multicomponent, starting with collaborative R&D, and commercialization of outcomes. This report provides details of the latest bioinformatics agreements announced in the healthcare sectors. Bioinformatics Partnering Terms and Agreements provides the reader with the following key benefits: Key Topics Covered: Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. Trends in bioinformatics dealmaking 3. Leading bioinformatics deals 4. Most active bioinformatics dealmakers 5. Bioinformatics contracts dealmaking directory 6. Bioinformatics dealmaking by technology type 7. Partnering resource center For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9t562p/global Read more: Global Bioinformatics Partnering, Deals Terms and Agreements Analysis Report 2010-2017 - Research and Markets - Business Wire (press release) … Continue reading →

Nigeria has consistently under-explored the inherent potentials of bioinformatics due to dearth of infrastructure in the Information Communication Technology, Prof Samuel Oranusi has said. The don, a keynote speaker at a training on bioinformatics organised by the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) in collaboration with Inqaba Biotec West Africa Limited, said the country was lagging behind in the adoption of the field of research for pragmatic solutions owing to erratic power supply, inadequate investment in inquiry and poor internet facility occasioned by inadequate broadband penetration. The interdisciplinary field of science bothers on the development of methods and software tools, applying knowledge of computer science, statistics, mathematics and engineering to analyse and interpret biological data. Oranusi also underscored the fact that the discipline suffered lack of an independent framework with a thoroughly designed curriculum for its research purpose. He noted that while many universities treat it as a component of their coursework, there were few substantial projects to proof the study. Apart from the job creation potential abound in its aspects of software development and real life applications, he said, the benefits including molecular medicine, personalised medicine, waste management initiatives, climate change management and preventive medicine could be derived … Continue reading →

Kannapolis has gone through a lot of change in the three decades since Kevin Lambirth was born in the bustling mill town. And though the Kannapolis native has seen his fair share of change, as well, Lambirths life seems to have come full circle. As a project manager in UNC-Charlottes bioinformatics lab on the N.C. Research Campus, Lambirth walks and drives many of the same streets he did in his youth. I do have the nostalgia of the mill and driving past the mill, he said. The mills were huge. I mean they were big, and they were actually split across four plants. The one that was here in this exact location, which was plant one, was the biggest plant. Lambirth said he drove past the buildingwhich sat where NCRC is todayevery day on his way to high school. It was enormous, he said. Just driving past and youd look straight up, and youd see the top of it, and it was just this huge, giant brick square. I remember some of the doors on the side of it would be open, and you could kind of see in, see all the pipes and all the industrial-looking things in there. … Continue reading →

By Luisa Massarani and Ben Deighton The programme, funded by Research Councils UK, is the first of its kind by the organisation to have such an international reach and to offer tailored training, according to an EMBL-EBI announcement.Initially designed to run for just over four years, the programmes activities will include research secondments, train-the-trainer workshops, short courses and e-learning resources. Training will address three grand challenges identified as significant for Latin America: communicable diseases, sustainable food production and protecting biodiversity.EMBL-EBI, which is part of an international research organisation funded by 25 national governments, justified the programme by saying that Latin American bioinformatics research was under-represented in public archives. This is partly due to a shortage of expertise in data analysis and interpretation, it says.According to the CABANA announcement subtitled Latin America on the bioinformatics map one of the most important aims is to strengthen the regions existing research networks in this area.But the 400-member-strong Iberoamerican Society of Bioinformatics (SoIBio), the main regional scientific and professional body in this field, was not aware of the initiative. The society aims to promote research and development in bioinformatics and computational biology in Latin America, Portugal and Spain.We welcome new programmes and projects supported … Continue reading →