Biological

SDBN BUZZ Podcast: Using Biology as Technology to Stream Data

Michael Heltzen is the CEO of Cardea Bio. He envisions a time when biology is part of the technology. What exactly does that mean? We currently use aspects of biology to...
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Accounting for cell type hierarchy in evaluating single cell RNA-seq clustering

19 hours ago | Genome Biology

Cell clustering is one of the most common routines in single cell RNA-seq data analyses, for which a number of specialized methods are available. The evaluation of these...
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ARTDeco: automatic readthrough transcription detection

20 hours ago | BMC Bioinformatics

Mounting evidence suggests several diseases and biological processes target transcription termination to misregulate gene expression. Disruption of transcription termination...
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SCSIM: Jointly simulating correlated single-cell and bulk next-generation DNA sequencing data

20 hours ago | BMC Bioinformatics | 2 articles

Recently, it has become possible to collect next-generation DNA sequencing data sets that are composed of multiple samples from multiple biological units where each of these...
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Nucleus Biologics Unveils World's First Online Portal for Instantaneous Custom cGMP Cell Culture Media Configuration

22 hours ago | San Diego Biotechnology

SAN DIEGO, May 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Nucleus Biologics, a leader in precision cell culture, today announced the availability of NB-Lux™, an online configuration and ordering...
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Insitro Adds $143M to Fuel Machine Learning-Driven Drug Development

1 day ago | Xconomy

A stem cell biologist, a gene editing expert, and a data engineer walk into a room...and that's just a few of the people Daphne Koller has recruited in the past two years to...
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Research Scientist

1 day ago | San Diego Biotechnology

We are seeking a motivated candidate to work within our antibody discovery team generating, troubleshooting and testing polyclonal, monoclonal, and single-domain antibodies...
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Breaking down stubborn cellulose in time lapse

1 day ago | ScienceDaily

Researchers have for the first time ever succeeded in visualizing at the single-molecule level the processes involved in a biological nanomachine, known as the cellulosome, as...
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HECNet: a hierarchical approach to Enzyme Function Classification using a Siamese Triplet Network

2 days ago | Oxford Journals

AbstractMotivationUnderstanding an enzyme's function is one of the most crucial problem domains in computational biology. Enzymes are a key component in all organisms and many...
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Biosynthesis of aromatic polyketides in microorganisms using type II polyketide synthases

2 days ago | Microbial Cell Factories

Aromatic polyketides have attractive biological activities and pharmacological properties. Different from other polyketides, aromatic polyketides are characterized by their...
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World Biotechnology Congress 2019

Hilaris Conferences is going to host its premier World Biotechnology Congress 2019 during October 01-02, 2019, Valencia, Spain. Biotechnology 2019 Congress aim to create a... Read more ...

World Biotechnology Congress 2019

Hilaris Conferences is going to host its premier World Biotechnology Congress 2019 during October 01-02, 2019, Valencia, Spain. Biotechnology 2019 Congress aim to create a... Read more ...

2nd International Conference on Tissue Science and Regenerative Medicine

This conference is designed for experts in academia and industries working in the tissue science and regenerative field, this conference will examine cutting-edge research in... Read more ...

AbCellera Raises $105M to Advance Antibody Discovery Operations

Most of the best-selling drugs worldwide today are antibodies, and in the three decades-plus since the first such drug was approved, makers of such treatments have begun... Read more ...

New webinars: Simple Signaling Reporter Assays & Reducing Attrition From...

Xconomy Insight is excited to offer two special webinars to our community this June. Sponsored by Eurofins, registration is free to all. Screening Approaches for Reducing... Read more ...

Gilead Gains Foothold in Solid Tumors With $375M, 10-Year Arcus Bio Pact

With the year's biggest oncology conference days away, Gilead Sciences is signaling now what its cancer immunotherapy pipeline could look like in the years to come. The drug... Read more ...

Unanswered Questions Drive Convalescent Plasma Research

On Saturday, March 14, in southwest Wisconsin, a woman was working in her yard, raking and clearing the first spring weeds. She coughed a bit during the day, and felt some... Read more ...

Merck Outlines COVID-19 Ambitions With Buyout Deal, Collaborations

Merck exited the holiday weekend with some fireworks of its own, announcing three major programs on Tuesday all related to investments in finding ways to treat and prevent... Read more ...

Insitro Adds $143M to Fuel Machine Learning-Driven Drug Development

A stem cell biologist, a gene editing expert, and a data engineer walk into a room...and that's just a few of the people Daphne Koller has recruited in the past two years to... Read more ...

Site of LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Search Project Carefully Ramps Up Science Work

A photomultiplier tube array that is part of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The photomultiplier tubes are... Read more ...

Viacyte Adds $27M to Move Ahead Trio of Stem Cell Diabetes Treatments

Privately held biotech ViaCyte has banked $27 million, the majority an installment of cash from a tranched $80 million Series D financing round it closed in late 2018. The... Read more ...

COVID-19 Sparks New Opportunities for Digital Health Companies

Clinicians and regulators are rethinking how healthcare is provided amid precautions prompted by COVID-19. In-person physician visits don't fit within the physical distancing... Read more ...

AveXis Inc.: Business Systems Analyst

AveXis Inc.: OverviewReady to join a team committed to developing and commercializing gene therapies for patients and families devastated by rare neurological gene San Diego... Read more ...