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Public Release: 22-May-2012
 CladisticsResearchers take virus-tracking software worldwide A researcher who tracks dangerous viruses around the globe has restructured his innovative tracking software to promote even wider use of the program around the world. Associate Professor Daniel Janies, Ph.D., of the Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, is working with software engineers at the Ohio Supercomputer Center to expand the reach of SUPRAMAP, a web-based application that synthesizes datasets so that researchers can better understand the spread of infectious diseases. 
US Army Research Laboratory and Office
Contact: Mr. Jamie Abel
Public Release: 22-May-2012
Nature CommunicationsSichuan Agricultural University and BGI to unravel the relation between DNA methylomes and obesity In a highlighted paper published online in Nature Communications, researchers from Sichuan Agricultural University and BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, reported the atlas of DNA methylomes in porcine adipose and muscle tissues, providing a valuable epigenomic source for obesity prediction and prevention as well as boosting the further development of pig as a model animal for human obesity research. Contact: Jia Liu
Public Release: 21-May-2012
Researchers aim to assemble the tree of life for all 2 million named species A new initiative aims to build a tree of life that brings together everything scientists know about how living things are related, from the tiniest bacteria to the tallest tree. Scientists have been building evolutionary trees for more than 150 years. But despite significant progress, there is still no central place where researchers can browse and download the entire tree. Now, a team of researchers aims to make that a reality.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Robin Ann Smith
Public Release: 17-May-2012
PLOS Computational BiologyWe can learn a lot from other species Researchers at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute have confirmed the long-held belief that studying the genes we share with other animals is useful. The study, published today in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, shows how bioinformatics makes it possible to test the fundamental principles on which life science is built. Contact: Irene Perovsek
Public Release: 17-May-2012
PLOS Computational BiologyResolving the ortholog conjecture Researchers at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute have confirmed the long-held conjecture that studying the genes we share with other animals is a viable means of extrapolating information about human biology.
University of Lausanne, Swiss National Science Foundation
Contact: Christophe Dessimoz
Public Release: 17-May-2012
PLOS Computational BiologyGoogle goes cancer: Researchers use search engine algorithm to find cancer biomarkers The strategy used by Google to decide which pages are relevant for a search query can also be used to determine which proteins in a patient's cancer are relevant for the disease progression.
Roland Ernst Stiftung fur Gesundheitswesen, MeDDrive TU Dresden, European Union
Contact: Christof Winter
Public Release: 16-May-2012
NatureHeliconius butterfly genome explains wing pattern diversity Pooling funds and putting their heads together, more than 70 scientists from 9 institutions including the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, sequenced the entire genome of the butterfly genus Heliconius, a brightly colored favorite of collectors and scientists since the Victorian era. Their results are published in the prestigious journal, Nature. Contact: Beth King
Public Release: 16-May-2012
Collaborative study looks for clues on hard-to-treat breast cancer Some types of breast cancer can be successfully treated with drugs such as tamoxifen, but treatment for a type of breast cancer more common in young and black women is still limited to radiation and general chemotherapy. Called triple negative breast cancer, this type of cancer is the focus of a 20-month, $8.6-million research project that aims to find new diagnostic tools and options for drugs.
US Department of Defense
Contact: Mary Beckman
Public Release: 15-May-2012
Ancient plant-fungal partnerships reveal how the world became green Prehistoric plants grown in state-of-the-art growth chambers recreating environmental conditions from more than 400 million years ago have shown scientists from the University of Sheffield how soil dwelling fungi played a crucial role in the evolution of plants. Contact: Amy Stone
Public Release: 14-May-2012
Understanding why some people have propensity to disease Frances Sladek of the University of California, Riverside, has received a $1.5 million National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant to support a research project that will allow her to examine the effect single nucleotide polymorphisms, the most common type of genetic variation among people, have on a special class of proteins called nuclear receptors that bind DNA and regulate the expression of important genes in response to hormones, vitamins and drugs.
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
Public Release: 14-May-2012
Nature BiotechnologyRelative reference: Foxtail millet offers clues for assembling the switchgrass genome The US Department of Energy is interested in the perennial grass switchgrass as a prospective biofuels feedstock, but the plant genome is complex. The DOE Joint Genome Institute has sequenced plant genomes of related candidate bioenergy crops such as sorghum and the model grass Brachypodium but they last shared a common ancestor with switchgrass more than 20 million years ago. The genome of a much closer switchgrass relative -- foxtail millet -- is described in Nature Biotechnology.
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Gilbert
Public Release: 13-May-2012
Nature BiotechnologyBGI reports the completed sequence of foxtail millet genome BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, in cooperation with Zhangjiakou Academy of Agricultural Science, has completed the genome sequence and analysis of foxtail millet, the second-most widely planted species of millet. Contact: Jia Liu
Public Release: 10-May-2012
American Journal of Human GeneticsDiscovery of a gene that causes Joubert Syndrome C5ORF42 was identified as the gene that causes Joubert Syndrome in a number of families in the Lower St. Lawrence region of Quebec where the causal gene had remained unknown since the initial description of the syndrome in 1969.
Finding Rare Disorders Genes in Canada, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé
Contact: William Raillant-Clark
Public Release: 9-May-2012
EMBO welcomes 55 leading life scientists as members 55 life scientists from Europe and around the world were today recognized by EMBO for their excellence in research. 48 of the researchers are from Europe and neighboring countries while seven scientists from Argentina, Australia, South Korea and the United States join as Associate Members. In total, EMBO membership now comprises almost 1,550 life scientists in the international scientific community.
European Molecular Biology Organization
Contact: barry.whyte@embo.org
Public Release: 9-May-2012
NatureNew study shows bird color variations speed up evolution Researchers have found that bird species with multiple plumage color forms within in the same population, evolve into new species faster than those with only one color form, confirming a 60 year-old evolution theory. Contact: Nerissa Hannink
Public Release: 3-May-2012
PLOS Computational BiologySloppy shipping of human retina leads IU researchers to discover new treatment path for eye disease Sloppy shipping of a donated human retina to an Indiana University researcher studying a leading cause of vision loss has inadvertently helped uncover a previously undetected mechanism causing the disease. The discovery has led researchers to urge review of how millions of dollars are spent investigating the cause of a type of age-related macular degeneration called choroidal neovascularization. Contact: Steve Chaplin
Public Release: 3-May-2012
ScienceGeisel researchers sift through 'junk' to find colorectal cancer clues Analysis of non-coding "junk" DNA in the Dartmouth lab of Jason Moore has identified switches capable of turning on or off genes associated with the very common cancer.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Derik Hertel
Public Release: 2-May-2012
BGI, GMU, Mass. Eye and Ear and OUHSC announce agreement to sequence 100 human adenoviruses Representatives from BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, in conjunction with George Mason University, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, jointly announce that they have signed an agreement to sequence 100 human adenoviruses gathered from researchers globally, including ones that cause respiratory, gastrointestinal and ocular diseases. Contact: Jia Liu
Public Release: 2-May-2012
Science Translational MedicineUM School of Medicine study finds vaginal microbes vary over time among healthy women The delicate balance of microbes in the vagina can change drastically over short periods of time in some women, while remaining the same in others, according to a new study led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Institute for Genome Sciences and the University of Idaho. These microbes affect a woman's susceptibility to infection, so such changes might also mean that the risk of infection varies over time. Further study could lead to personalized medicine for women Contact: Karen Robinson
Public Release: 1-May-2012
UC Riverside plant cell biologist receives top scientific honor Natasha V. Raikhel, a distinguished professor of plant cell biology at the University of California - Riverside and one of the most highly-cited researchers in plant science, was elected today a member of the National Academy of Sciences for her excellence in original scientific research. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States. Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
Public Release: 1-May-2012
UC Santa Cruz builds national data center for cancer genome research The University of California, Santa Cruz, has established a large-scale data repository and user portal for the National Cancer Institute's cancer genome research programs. The Cancer Genomics Hub is providing cancer researchers with efficient access to a large and rapidly growing store of valuable biomedical data to advance the field of "personalized" or "precision" care, in which doctors design treatments to target specific genetic changes found in a patient's cancer cells.
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Tim Stephens
Public Release: 27-Apr-2012
Genomatix wins the 'INDUSTRIEPREIS 2012' in the biotech category at Hannover Messe Genomatix is proud to announce that it has been awarded the "INDUSTRIEPREIS 2012" in the biotech category at Hannover Messe, the world's biggest technology trade show. The INDUSTRIEPREIS is awarded in 14 categories to companies for products of a high technological, economic, ecological or social value. Nominees and winners are chosen by a panel of 30 experts including professors and specialized journalists. Genomatix has received the INDUSTRIEPREIS for its data analysis and interpretation platform Genomatix Genome Analyzer. Contact: Korbinian Grote
Public Release: 26-Apr-2012
Spanish researcher releases a video showing a beetle from the inside This film has been awarded a prize at the SkyScan Micro CT Meeting, an international conference of computed microtomography recently celebrated in Brussels, Belgium. Contact: Javier Alba Tercedor
Public Release: 25-Apr-2012
UT Dallas bioengineering head to be inducted as Fellow of Royal Society Dr. Mathukumalli Vidyasagar, an internationally known expert in control and system theory, has been elected a Fellow of The Royal Society, the oldest continuously operating scientific society in the world. Contact: LaKisha Ladson
Public Release: 25-Apr-2012
Bio-IT World Conference & ExpoResearchers announce GenomeSpace environment to connect genomic tools Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have announced that GenomeSpace, a software environment that seamlessly connects genomic analysis tools, is now available to the scientific community. During her keynote address at Bio-IT World Conference and Expo on Tuesday, Jill Mesirov, director of computational biology and bioinformatics at the Broad Institute, invited biomedical researchers and tool developers to explore this beta release of the new resource and to use it in their work.
National Human Genome Research Institute, Amazon Web Services
Contact: Haley Bridger
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