Helicos unveils transcriptome sequencing datasets on open access website - April 10, 2009
Life sciences company Helicos BioSciences, US, has announced the release of transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) datasets on the HeliSphere Technology Center (http://open.helicosbio.com), the company's open access website for sharing Helicos datasets and bioinformatics software tools. Helicos' amplification and ligation-free approach is projected to… Read More
Lab Manager Magazine and ALMA announce collaboration - April 10, 2009
Lab Manager Magazine, a publication for the scientific research market, has entered into a collaboration with ALMA, the Association of Laboratory Managers. Through this collaboration ALMA and Lab Manager Magazine will mutually support the missions of their organisation and readership - to deliver learning opportunities and… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 10, 2009
The third edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Steven Sieck (Science Publishers Stepping Up Online Community Initiatives); Charlie Rapple (If we invented the scholarly journal today, what would it look like?"); Morgan Langille (Is PLOS One the future of scientific publishing?); Kheskett (EndNote & HubMed); and John Timmer… Read More
ICSTI 2009 public conference: Managing Data for Science to be held in Ottawa - April 9, 2009
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) has announced that the ICSTI 2009 Public Conference: Managing Data for Science will be held from June 9-10, 2009, at Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa. For registration and more information, visit www.icsti2009.org.… Read More
Elsevier, Brain Mapping Foundation to co-host Annual World Congress of IBMISPS - April 9, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and Brain Mapping Foundation have announced plans to co-host the 6th Annual World Congress for Brain Mapping and Image Guided Therapy, scheduled for August 26-29, 2009 at the Harvard Medical School in Boston. The International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society's… Read More
UpToDate offers free access to physicians in low and middle income countries - April 9, 2009
Electronic clinical information resource UpToDate, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it is providing low and middle income countries (LMICs) with access to its evidence-based, physician-authored medical information resource. It had launched a two-year programme earlier this year with Brigham and Women's Global Health Equity… Read More
