• Medicine in the Age of Supercomputers

    Bloomberg | Eric Schadt discusses how supercomputing will change medicine: first in handling ever-increasing data sizes and second in building predictive models of disease.

    Mar 7, 2014

  • Craig Venter Speaks with Eric Topol on the Future of Genomic Medicine

    Bio-IT World Roundup | Just days after the announcement of his new company, Human Longevity, Craig Venter sat down with Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute to discuss the future of genomic medicine.

    Mar 7, 2014

  • Goals for the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health

    Nature News | The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health was established to link genotypes with phenotypes to discover mechanisms of disease. The group just had their first official meeting.

    Mar 6, 2014

  • Broad Releases Updates to GenePattern

    Bio-IT World News Brief | The Broad Institute has released an updated version of GenePattern, the Institute’s open-source genome sequence analysis software with user-requested fixes and updates including a new user interface.

    Mar 5, 2014

  • Chinese Government Bans Sequence-Based Testing

    Forbes Asia | The Chinese government has banned domestic hospitals and other medical and health institutions from providing genetic tests to customers, specifically mentioning prenatal DNA tests, raising questions about the future of Chinese sequencing.

    Mar 5, 2014

  • J. Craig Venter's Latest Venture Has Ambitions Across Human Lifespan

    Bio-IT World | J. Craig Venter today announced the launch of a new company, Human Longevity, Inc., that aims to promote healthy aging by building the world's largest and most wide-reaching genome sequencing center.

    Mar 4, 2014

  • PacBio's Rise from the Hype Ashes

    Xconomy | PacBio seduced investors with a promise of revolution, Xconomy's Luke Timmerman says. Their first predictions failed, but now PacBio is making a name for itself

    Mar 4, 2014

  • Accelrys’ ScienceCloud Offers Route to Cloud Computing, Collaboration

    Bio-IT World | On the heels of its acquisition announcement, Accelrys launched the ScienceCloud last month, a SaaS-based information management and collaboration workspace hosted by BT Global. ScienceCloud currently boasts five applications, including a Mobile Data Capture App just announced this morning.

    Mar 3, 2014

  • Google Joins Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, Proposes API

    Google Research Blog | Yesterday on the Google Research Blog, the company announced that it has joined the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health

    Feb 28, 2014

  • Internet2 for George Washington University to Facilitate Genomics Work

    Washington Business Journal | George Washington University is stepping up their genome analysis thanks to a 100-gigabit-per-second link to the Internet2 Network.

    Feb 28, 2014