Apr 5, 2016, 15:30 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | BOSTON—The Bio-IT World Conference & Expo kicks off today in downtown Boston, and a host of companies have made news and announcements already. Here’s a roundup of news and notes we’ve seen so far.

Apr 5, 2016, 11:48 AM by Michael Croft

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Apr 5, 2016 -

• IDBS sees rapid adoption of Cloud based services by small and mid-tier Pharma market 
• Majority of large enterprise accounts planning migration to IDBS hosted Cloud over next 3 years 
• E-WorkBook platform makes collaboration and data sharing simple 
• Over 50,000 researchers and 80% of the top 20 pharma firms worldwide now use IDBS software 

Boston, US & London, UK, April 5, 2016 - Today at Bio IT World Conference & Expo 2016, IDBS signalled its commitment to delivering its enterprise research and development (R&D) platform in the Cloud

Apr 5, 2016, 08:54 AM by Michael Croft

WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES - Apr 5, 2016 - CloudLIMS announces the release of a new version of its flagship product, BioTracer, an advanced sample management software, to accelerate research in clinical testing and diagnostic laboratories

Apr 4, 2016, 12:15 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Sunquest Information Systems Inc. today announced the acquisition of GeneInsight Inc., an IT company that streamlines the analysis, interpretation and reporting of complex genetic tests, and was honored in 2013 at the Bio-IT World Best Practices Awards with the Editors’ Choice Award.

Apr 4, 2016, 09:43 AM by Michael Croft

ST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES - Apr 4, 2016 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is growing with the addition of two principal investigators, Ru Zhang, Ph

Apr 4, 2016, 06:43 AM by Michael Croft

CORK, IRELAND - Apr 4, 2016 - Zenith Technologies and GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business have announced a collaboration to support biopharmaceutical manufacturing deployment

Apr 1, 2016, 16:43 PM by Michael Croft

FARGO, ND - Apr 4, 2016 - CSM, a leading clinical trial supply company, today announced the promotion of Brian Swites to President, effective immediately

Apr 1, 2016, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Invitae—which began life in 2012 promising an “all-in-one” genetic test but has since become a piecemeal provider of gene panels—has launched a new series of pediatric tests, focusing on rare, high-impact variants.

Apr 1, 2016, 10:54 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | If it's April 1, it's the day the Internet is rife with pranks. Here are some of the best we've found.

Mar 31, 2016, 12:47 PM by Michael Croft

NEW YORK, NY - Mar 31, 2016 - –Cycle Computing, the leader in cloud computing orchestration software for Big Compute and Big Data, today announced that its CEO, Jason Stowe will deliver the introduction to one of the Keynote speeches at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo to be held April 5-7 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston

Mar 31, 2016, 10:10 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The latest announcements and product launches from around the industry, including funding for new projects at 10X Genomics and Emulate, and the opening of a canine genotyping service.

Mar 30, 2016, 18:25 PM by Michael Croft

SAN JOSE, CA - Mar 30, 2016 - Quantum Corp. (NYSE: QTM) today announced it will showcase multi-tier storage solutions to address challenging data management problems for genomics, bioinformatics, medical imaging and cancer researchers at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo in Boston, April 5-7 (booth #557)

Mar 30, 2016, 14:20 PM by Michael Croft

STAT | The Nestlé Health Science subsidiary is pouring money into companies targeting conditions like gut infections, muscle loss, and Alzheimer's disease.

Mar 30, 2016, 10:10 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Among the events scheduled for the 2016 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, there will be two book signings in the exhibit hall: William Loging will speak and sign Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Drug Discovery and Development and Mansur Hasib will speak and sign Cybersecurity Leadership: Powering the Modern Organization. Mary Chitty, Library Director & Taxonomist for Cambridge Healthtech Institute, takes a brief look at the two works.

Mar 29, 2016, 16:05 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Bio-IT World is pleased to announce the 2016 Best of Show competition with the Bio-IT World People’s Choice award.

Mar 28, 2016, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

ST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES - Mar 28, 2016 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced that Alexandra Asaro, a graduate student at Washington University in St

Mar 28, 2016, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The myGenome service from Veritas Genetics, a $999 screen that includes a whole genome sequence and reports on an expansive number of health conditions, is running up against both the financial and regulatory limits of what genetic testing can offer today.

Mar 28, 2016, 09:22 AM by Michael Croft

MIT Technology Review | More industries are looking for ways to use artificial intelligence. What will that mean for the technology's future?

Mar 25, 2016, 10:07 AM by Michael Croft

The Atlantic | Scientists have created a bacterium with a minimal, life-sustaining genome, but they don't know what a third of its genes do.

Mar 24, 2016, 11:20 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and a lavish philanthropist in the life sciences, has made a $100 million commitment to a new scientific grant program, the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group.