Six New Tools for the Study of Protein, DNA and RNA Motifs
Researchers from the University of Queensland, Brisbane and the University of Washington, Seattle launched in 2009 the MEME Suite, a web-based service for the study...
Basic Research
Bioinformatics
Computational biology in practice: pipelines, algorithms and the software used to make sense of biological data.
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New Method Predicts Protein Motion from Static Structures
Researchers from Oregon Science and Health University have gone further in the understanding of protein motion. The study “Parsimony in Protein Conformational Change” has been published...
Bioinformatics
InSilico DB: A Startup That Does The Bioinformatics For You
Biology today is increasingly dependent on IT: genome-wide experiments yield massive amounts of data and there is a growing need for big data analysis. Public repositories...
Bioinformatics
Genome-wide Mapping of DNA Repair Sites by XR-seq
A new method described by researchers at UNC Medical School allowed mapping the whole genome DNA repair sites for the first time. The authors, led...
Bioinformatics
Combining MinION with Raspderry Pi Gives a Portable Pathogen Detector
Researchers at Genome Analysis Center in Norwich, England are working on combining MinION USB gene sequencers with Raspberry Pi to create portable real-time DNA sequencers....
Bioinformatics
23andMe Begins Sorting Through its Vast Genetic Database
With a genetic database of 850,000 people at its personal disposal and the newly hired ex-CSO of Genentech onboard, 23andMe is stepping into Biotech realm...
Bioinformatics
Google Enters Genome Storage with Google Genomics
Google has launched the low cost genome storage service Google Genomics. The company can now store and compare thousands –and soon millions- of genomes in their...
Bioinformatics
Genotyping Platform with Pre-Amplification from Fluidigm
Fluidigm just launched its new SNP genotyping platform with pre-amplification called Juno. The new platform targets the production genomics market segment specifically those involved in the industrial...
Bioinformatics