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Volume 2 - Number 29 | July 21, 2008
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Bio-Reference Laboratories’ GeneDx to Launch Genetic Test Based on Illumina GA This Fall
New Base Caller Improves Accuracy of Long Illumina Reads; May Allow De Novo Assembly
Tim Hubbard On Sequence Databases, Ensembl, ENCODE, and More
Sequencing-Related Papers of Note, June 2008
Illumina, Avantome, Roche, 454 Life Sciences, Applied Biosystems, InteRNA Genomics, Biotique Systems, Genomatix Software, BioTeam, Invitrogen, Active Motif, Genetic Technologies, LabCorp, 23andMe, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, International Genomics Consortium, LabVantage, NHGRI, US Department of Agriculture, NIH, US Genomics
SOLiD Software Analysis Tools, GenomeQuest 5.0, Metagenomic DNA Isolation Kit
Steven Pinker, Stephen Pentoney, Joseph Hogan
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Features
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Calif. State Senator Vows to Push Life-Sci Bill Without More Stem-Cell Amendments
State Sen. Sheila Kuehl said the amended bill would survive what she said were attempts by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, a supporter of embryonic stem-cell research, to make the bill “go away.” Last week the stem-cell agency and a patients’ rights group promised to continue fighting the legislation because they fear it will discourage the funding of human embryonic stem cell research in the state.
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New York State Agency ‘Adopts’ Columbia University’s $6.3B Mixed-Use Expansion
The action by the board of the Empire State Development Corp. sets the stage for a future public hearing on the general project plan, which would allow Columbia University to undertake its $6.3 billion mixed-use project into a 17-acre section in West Harlem, located near the school’s main campus. Columbia hopes the project will bring nearly 2.6 million square feet of new research lab space.
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Deals and Doings
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Minnesota Biomedical Research Program, University of Minnesota Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Empire State Development Corp., Pall, South Carolina Research Authority, Medical University of South Carolina, Quebec Ministry of Economic Development Innovation and Export Trade, Genopole D’Evry, Medicago, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Biotechnology Center at Elk Run, Ohio Tax Credit Authority, GammaStar Medical Devices
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