“MUST READ”
DISRUPTION, REVOLUTION
TOOLS/TECHNIQUES
HEALTH/MEDECINE
COMPANIES
o This video explains the market
dynamics of the FBS/Sera industry on how there are many aspects (ie climate)
that impact the industry especially the price.
o Choose the wrong CMO and your
project could easily be derailed, costing your company billions. But how do you
avoid making such a mistake? To help answer that question, Life Science Leader
brought together a panel of outsourcing experts at the inaugural Outsourced
Pharma West conference and exhibition in San Francisco last November. Our
panelists share some personal experiences and lessons learned on the topic.
DISRUPTION, REVOLUTION
o Tonight's dispatch is from a chat
with Illumina focused on their now launched NeoPrep library preparation
instrument
Library preparation has been an
ongoing issue for anyone wanting to dive into high throughput sequencing
systems, particularly with the Illumina platform.
o Pleasanton, Calif.-based 10X Genomics, which raised $55.5 million in venture capital last month, is providing its first technical
look at the technology that drew the investment. The company and its scientific
collaborators are discussing its method for assembling tough “long-read”
stretches of DNA into whole genomes at the Advances in Genome Biology & Technology conference in Marco Island, Fla.
TOOLS/TECHNIQUES
o For most labs, the greatest amount
of time involved in doingnext generation sequencing is spent
prepping samples. More of their dollars, in terms of headcount and what
people that work in the lab actually do, is spent on preparing samples
for sequencing than actually doing the sequencing. Innovation in
automation to enable very minimal hands-on time to do these complicated
library prep protocols is on the horizon, and this will allow labs to be
more productive with their headcount.
o The NeoPrep System is the first
commercially available product that performs library prep, quantification
and normalization, in a single, self-contained instrument. Innovative
digital microfluidics technology decreases hands-on time from several
hours to 30 minutes
o The government on Friday approved
the commercial planting of genetically engineered apples that are resistant to
turning brown when sliced or bruised.
o HOLLISTON, Mass. (AP) _ Harvard
Bioscience Inc. (HBIO) on Thursday reported a loss of $19,000 in its fourth
quarter.
o Agilent has just introduced SureVector,
the world’s first modular vector kit for researchers involved in molecular
cloning and DNA assembly.
LaBiotech Map is the First Free, Elegant and
Focused European Biotech Database. “Finally a great way to discover amazing
European Biotech companies”
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
o Leonard Nimoy, famous for playing
the half-Vulcan, super-logical alien Spock on “Star Trek,” died this
morning of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), caused by years
of smoking tobacco — even though he gave up the habit three decades ago.
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