• Wisconsin Group to Develop $60 Million Partnership to Bring Sequencing to Patients

    Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel | Building on its pioneering use of DNA sequencing to diagnose and treat Nic Volker, the Medical College of Wisconsin is in talks to develop an ambitious $60 million public/private partnership aimed at bringing sequencing to more patients.

    Oct 24, 2012

  • Big Data Will Create Big Job Void

    Computerworld | Gartner says that big data is becoming an engine of job creation. By 2015, big data will create 4.4 million IT jobs globally, of which 1.9 million will be in the U.S.

    Oct 23, 2012

  • Clouds, Drugs and Big Data at Bio-IT Europe 2012

    Bio-IT World | VIENNA—Scientists shared some important advances in fields from big data and cloud computing to bioinformatics and clinical genomics in the beautiful surroundings of Vienna at the fourth annual Bio-IT World Europe conference earlier this month.

    Oct 23, 2012

  • Frezza on Election, Science Funding

    Mendels Pod | Bill Frezza, venture capitalist and Bio-IT World guest columnist (The Skeptical Outsider), talks to Mendels Pod about the two presidential candidates.

    Oct 22, 2012

  • Rienhoff IDs Genetic Source of Daughter's Illness

    Bio-IT World Roundup | Hugh Rienhoff has found the gene responsible for his daughter's extremely rare condition. Bea Rienhoff's condition stumped doctors and led her father on his own quest in 2007. At an Open Science Summitt on Saturday, he said he found the point mutation responsible for her illness.

    Oct 22, 2012

  • Ancestry.com Acquired for $1.6 Billion

    Wall Street Journal | Ancestry.com has been acquired by a European private equity firm for $1.6 billion. The buyer's goal--sources say--is expansion into Western Europe.

    Oct 22, 2012

  • ISO Ratifies Cloud Standards

    Computerworld | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has ratified the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI), a set of protocols defining how companies can safely move data between private and public clouds.

    Oct 19, 2012

  • Can Private Jets For The Poor Save Health Care Dollars?

    Bio-IT World Guest Column | The Skeptical Outsider | Few perks of wealth are more widely demonized than the private jet. Yet these very symbols of power and luxury could save health care dollars by being placed at the disposal of the poor. In what alternate universe is this possible, you ask? In today’s Rube Goldberg U.S. health care market, where else?

    Oct 19, 2012

  • The Race for Martian DNA

    Technology Review | The race to Mars is on! J. Craig Venter and Jonathan Rothberg both have their sights set on sequencing DNA found on the red planet.

    Oct 18, 2012

  • DNA Data Storage?

    Extreme Tech | George Church and colleague Sri Kosuri at Harvard have successfully stored 5.5 petabits of data — around 700 terabytes — in a single gram of DNA using the DNA as just another digital storage device.

    Oct 18, 2012

  • EC2 I/O Performance Broken Down and Stranger Than Expected

    Scalyr Blog | Scalyr Blog breaks down Amazon's EC2 I/O performance with data from over 1,000 EC2 instances, $1,000 in AWS charges and billions of I/O operations. The results were stranger than they expected.

    Oct 18, 2012

  • Mainframes Considered 'Highly Strategic' Study Finds

    CA Technologies | A CA Technologies survey finds that more than 80% of IT decision makers call the mainframe a "highly strategic part of their IT plans." But  most consider it essential within the realm of their cloud plans.

    Oct 18, 2012

  • Sequencing at Scale: Pros and Cons

    NYGC | There are two opinions in sequencing: "bigger is better" and "small is best." Big sequencing centers can scale efficiently, but sometimes big centers can't meet the specific needs of users.

    Oct 17, 2012

  • Google: Behind the Curtain

    Wired | A peek into Google's top secret data center featuring a Google Street View tour and more.

    Oct 17, 2012

  • Biotech IPOs: More to be Expected?

    Forbes | Are Biotech IPOs back? Two recent offerings netted 20% above their offer price.

    Oct 17, 2012

  • Appistry to License Broad's GATK 2.0 to For Profit Users

    Bio-IT World | The Broad Institute and Appistry announced an arrangement this morning for Appistry to distribute and support the Broad’s Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) for next-generation sequencing data analysis. For a subscription fee, Appistry will distribute the GATK and its suite of analysis tools to for-profit users and provide commercial-grade customer support. 

    Oct 16, 2012

  • New Cancer Center Planned for Northern Virginia

    Washington Business Journal | A new comprehensive cancer center planned for Northern Virginia might be able to accomplish what Dietrich Stephan's Ignite Institue wasn't able to.

    Oct 15, 2012

  • News from Vienna: BT, Aspera, GenoLogics, CLC

    Bio-IT World | Bio-IT World Europe wrapped up in Vienna last week. A full report will follow, but first, some company announcement highlights from BT, Aspera, GenoLogics, CLC bio.

    Oct 15, 2012

  • AstraZeneca Inks Chinese Drug Discovery Partnership

    Bloomberg | AstraZeneca has partnered with Beijing-based Pharmaron to expand their R&D efforts. The partnership adds "a few hundred" researchers to AstraZeneca's team in China.

    Oct 15, 2012

  • Whole Genome Class for Medical Students

    Nature News Blog | Mount Sinai Medical School in New York is offering an elective course called ‘Practical Analysis of Your Personal Genome’ this year. The goal is to teach upcoming physicians how sequencing information might affect clinical care.

    Oct 12, 2012