• Tidbits From The Trenches: BioTeam Panelists Advocate Decentralization

    Bio-IT World | A panel representing BioTeam at the 2017 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo discuss trends in the bio-IT space, analyze cultural issues, and offer advice for practitioners in the healthcare and life-sciences space.

    Jun 6, 2017

  • At Bio-IT World, CIOs Talk Technology, Talent, And Threats

    Bio-IT World | A panel of CIOs of healthcare and life-science organizations at the 15th annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo discuss a range of topics from cybersecurity to the talent that might develop the IT realm.

    Jun 5, 2017

  • Rafael Irizarry Announced As 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award Winner

    Bio-IT World | Rafael Irizarry, of Harvard University and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, was recently chosen as the 2017 laureate of the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in the Life Sciences. In his lecture at the 2017 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, Irizarry spoke about his collaborative efforts in Open Source Software and Educational Resources.

    Jun 2, 2017

  • Sema4 Eric Schadt’s Genomics Startup Spins Out of Sinai to Raise Cash

    Xconomy | Eric Schadt has been incubating a genomic data project within the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for more than five years. Today, the company, Sema4, formally launches with 300+ employees.

    Jun 1, 2017

  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Offers Funding, Engineering Help To Human Cell Atlas

    Bio-IT World News Brief | The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced financial support for the Human Cell Atlas, which is using sequencing technology to redefine every cell in the body. Funding and engineering support from CZI will enable EMBL-EBI, the Broad Institute, and the University of California Santa Cruz Genomics Institute (UCSC) to set up an open, cloud-based Data Coordination Platform to check, share, and analyze the vast amounts of diverse information generated.

    Jun 1, 2017

  • Rommie Amaro on Curing Cancer at Exascale

    Bio-IT World | In her opening plenary keynote at the 2017 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo last week in Boston, Computing Cures: Discovery Through the Lens of a Computational Microscope, Rommie Amaro emphasized to attendees the direct correlation between advances in life-sciences IT and scientific discovery.

    Jun 1, 2017

  • Genome editing Thats the way the CRISPR crumbles

    Nature Book Reviews | Nathaniel Comfort finds heroism but little nuance in Jennifer Doudna's account of her co-discovery.

    Jun 1, 2017

  • Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Edico, Illumina, Veeva Systems, And More: News From May 2017

    Bio-IT World Brief | News, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Edico, Illumina, Veeva Systems, and more.

    May 31, 2017

  • CRISPR Gene Editing Can Cause Hundreds of Unintended Mutations

    Phys.org | As CRISPR-Cas9 starts to move into clinical trials, a new study published in Nature Methods has found that the gene-editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations into the genome.

    May 30, 2017