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Automated Microfluidic Systems for Gene Editing
BlogRecently, Oxford Genetics and Sphere Fluidics announced a multi-partner collaboration to expedite the development of automated microfluidic systems for rapid and high-throughput gene editing in mammalian cells. We spoke with Emily Leproust, PhD, CEO of Twist Biosciences, and other collaborators from the partnership to discuss the background of this announcement and the need for automated systems in gene editing.
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Take a Good Book Around
BlogOur recent social media poll on "book recommendations for scientists" provided an incredible response. We decided to collate this information and give you the perfect excuse to treat yourself to a new read. Enjoy!
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Harnessing AI in a Battle Against Aging
BlogA recently announced collaboration between Juvenescence, Ltd., and NetraMark Corp. has yielded a new joint venture, NetraPharma, which aims to fight aging-related conditions. We spoke with NetraMark founder Dr. Joseph Geraci to find out more about how the process of targeting and treating neurodegenerative disorders will be radically changed by AI.
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Challenges and Promises of Translational Informatics
BlogIn this blog, Fan Fan, Vice President of Product Management at DNAnexus, a company focused on biomedical informatics and data management, discusses trends in translational informatics and how it has begun to revolutionize healthcare.
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The Biggest Challenges for Data Integrity
BlogEnsuring that data is reliable, reproducible, and therefore valuable means companies in both regulated and non-regulated spaces must keep data integrity at the heart of their informatics operations. We talked to John Zenk, Validation Services Manager at laboratory informatics consultancy CSols, Inc, to find out what the biggest concerns in data integrity are and how companies can take steps to overcome these challenges.
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Supporting Drug Discovery with Cell-centered Models of the Immune System
BlogMany biological processes, specifically the immune system, operate at a cellular level. CytoReason have harnessed this knowledge to build computational, high-resolution, mechanistic models for a range of diseases that enables better discovery and validation of drug targets.
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Deciphering RNA to Predict if a Patient Will Respond to a Targeted Drug
BlogWe recently spoke to Alif Saleh, CEO of Scipher Medicine to learn how RNA data from a patient’s blood sample can be used to determine the underlying molecular processes driving a disease, and establish how well a patient will respond to a particular therapy.
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Building a Smart City
BlogCities often don't work very well. Bins don't get collected. Traffic queues are long. Shops run out of goods. The Russian team behind Airalab think that AI can help streamline cities and the economy more widely. Their Robonomics platform aims to make it easier to bring automated, intelligent technology into the economy. With Smart City projects already on the go, from Dubai to Milton Keynes, we spoke to Airalab's Aleksandr Kapitonov to find out more.
Assembling the Pieces of the Genomic Puzzle
BlogOmniTier Inc.’s new bioinformatics platform, CompStorTM Novos, takes a de novo assembly-based variant calling approach to the challenge of whole genome sequencing. We caught up with Jon Coker, Omnitier’s CTO, to discuss how this approach matches up to rival techniques, and how high-performance computing approaches like Omnitier’s hope to bring personalized medicine a step closer and boost biology in coming years.
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What’s New in the Food Analysis Toolkit?
BlogIn areas such as food analysis, where detection of contaminants may be imperative to prevent dangers to consumers, speed and reliability is key. We spoke to Tim Jenkins from Waters Corporation, about their coupling of DART to the QDa mass detector with a software solution aimed to enhance compound identification.
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