Science

Prioritizing transcriptomic and epigenomic experiments by using an optimization strategy that leverages imputed data

AbstractMotivationSuccessful science often involves not only performing experiments well, but also choosing well among many possible experiments. In a hypothesis generation...
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Unraveling the genome in 3-D space

2 hours ago | Phys

Proper folding of extremely long chromosomal DNA molecules is crucial for the correct functioning of the cell. Scientists from the Gerlich lab at IMBA-Institute of Molecular...
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Bioinformatics Scientist - Eclipse BioInnovations - San Diego, CA

22 hours ago | San Diego Biotechnology | 3 articles

Eclipse is an RNA genomics life sciences tools company in San Diego, CA looking for dynamic and talented people to join our fast-growing team. $80,000 - $120,000 a yearFrom...
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Sr. Research Associate I, Process Development Oceanside, CA. - Gilead Sciences - Oceanside, CA

22 hours ago | San Diego Biotechnology | 2 articles

The successful candidate will contribute to experimental execution, data analysis and interpretation, and presentation of results in group meetings.From Gilead Sciences - Tue...
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Bristol Myers Squibb Company: Research Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry

1 day ago | San Diego Biotechnology

Bristol Myers Squibb Company: At Bristol Myers Squibb, we are inspired by a single vision - transforming patients' lives through science.In oncology, hematology, immunology and...
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Illumina to reunite with Grail for $8B in bold bid to detect cancer earlier

1 day ago | San Diego Biotechnology

It's one of San Diego's largest-ever life science deals and marks new ground for the sequencing company...
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“To boldly go where no man has gone before!” - forging space bioethics

1 day ago | Duke University

Space colonisation is no longer just a dream of science fiction novelists. It is seriously being considered by governments and corporations. Space entrepreneur Elon Musk...
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Farmer knowledge is key to finding more resilient crops in climate crisis

1 day ago | Phys

In a review paper published in Frontiers in Plant Science, scientists urge the importance of combining the knowledge harbored by farmers of diverse crop varieties-which is...
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Xconomy Awards On-Demand ‘Meet the Finalists' Webcast Series Continues This Week

2 days ago | Xconomy

The 2020 National Xconomy Awards complimentary two-week, 11-part, on-demand Meet the Finalists daily webcast series continues this Tuesday and Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET...
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With November election looming, San Diego's biotech community eyes policy issues

3 days ago | San Diego Biotechnology

Policy shapes the direction and scale of life science research, and that's on full display now...
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World Biotechnology Congress 2019

Hilaris Conferences is going to host its premier World Biotechnology Congress 2019 during October 01-02, 2019, Valencia, Spain. Biotechnology 2019 Congress aim to create a... Read more ...

World Biotechnology Congress 2019

Hilaris Conferences is going to host its premier World Biotechnology Congress 2019 during October 01-02, 2019, Valencia, Spain. Biotechnology 2019 Congress aim to create a... Read more ...

2nd International Conference on Tissue Science and Regenerative Medicine

This conference is designed for experts in academia and industries working in the tissue science and regenerative field, this conference will examine cutting-edge research in... Read more ...

Berkeley Team Plays Key Role in Analysis of Particle Interactions That...

This image shows a reconstruction of a particle event at CERN's ATLAS detector that produced W bosons from photons, which are particles of light. Researchers at the U.S... Read more ...

Tau-Targeting Alzheimer's Drug from AC Immune, Roche Fails in Phase 2

An Alzheimer's disease drug from partners AC Immune and Roche has failed a mid-stage clinical trial, adding another compound to the list of experimental therapies that have... Read more ...

Athira CEO Kawas: Alzheimer's Drug Aims for “Recovery of Brain Function”

The key to Athira Pharma's approach to Alzheimer's disease is already inside each of us: a repair mechanism that can regenerate damaged neurons. What's needed to begin the... Read more ...

Gene Therapy Firms Seek Clarity on FDA Exclusivity, Orphan Designations

Gene therapy product developers are seeking more clarity from the US Food and Drug Administration on when viral vectors from the same class will be considered sufficiently... Read more ...

Checkmate, Chromosome 8: The First End-to-End Sequence of a Human Autosome

Even in the field of genomics where new breakthroughs occur every few months, completion of the first-ever fully sequenced human autosome is a momentous achievement. Highly... Read more ...

Illumina to Acquire Cancer Diagnostics Developer Grail in $8B Deal

Grail is set to be acquired for $8 billion by Illumina, the gene sequencing giant that formed the cancer diagnostics developer and spun it out as a separate company four years... Read more ...

Xconomy Awards On-Demand ‘Meet the Finalists' Webcast Series Continues This Week

The 2020 National Xconomy Awards complimentary two-week, 11-part, on-demand Meet the Finalists daily webcast series continues this Tuesday and Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET... Read more ...

Knockoff Boosted Tree for Model-Free Variable Selection

AbstractMotivationThe recently proposed knockoff filter is a general framework for controlling the false discovery rate when performing variable selection. This powerful new... Read more ...

IsoResolve: Predicting Splice Isoform Functions by Integrating Gene and...

AbstractMotivationHigh resolution annotation of gene functions is a central goal in functional genomics. A single gene may produce multiple isoforms with different functions... Read more ...

Bedtk: Finding Interval Overlap with Implicit Interval Tree

AbstractSummaryWe present bedtk, a new toolkit for manipulating genomic intervals in the BED format. It supports sorting, merging, intersection, subtraction and the calculation... Read more ...