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Can Fox' genome help cure Parkinson's?: 23andme has signed up The Parkinson's Institute as a test market for its personal genome service. The effort is being underwritten by the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Since announcing he had Parkinson's a decade ago, Fox right has built a charitable powerhouse which has donated over $120 million...; Tags: Genome, Co-founder, Disease, Parkinson, 23andme, Institute, Biotechnology, Social Networking, Public Relations, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-14
The changing SAP culture: As Henning Kagermann, SAP's co-CEO prepares for what will probably be his swansong keynote speech at SAPPHIRE 2008 and Leo Apotheker, CEO-in-waiting prepares for the transfer in power, still a year away, a group of the Enterprise Irregulars were able to contrast the different styles of these two industry leaders....; Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Sales Strategy, Leadership, Biotechnology, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales, Management, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Online dating comes to the iPhone: Dating DNA has announced a full-featured online dating system for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Just like online dating is shifting away from traditional dating sites such as Match.com and eHarmony to social networks like Facebook and MySpace, so too are many people moving to their cell...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Dating DNA, Web App, Web Browsers, Digital Music, Biotechnology, Channel Management, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-29
VC Supports Next, Greener Generation of Biotech: Using, not losing, all the carbon. Courtesy Zeachem and Mohr Davidow. Click on diagram for full view. We've had several blogs here recently reflecting the building political anxiety around the current generation of biofuels, esp. those based on using food products. You...; Tags: Food, Biofuel, Biodiesel, Clean Technology, Zeahcem, OPX, Genomatica, Biotechnology, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-29
The color of disease: Sickle cell anemia. Lactose intolerance. Melanoma. There are many conditions which affect one race more than others. They are not entirely race-specific, but the differences are real. Partly against this backdrop the folks at MIT will host a conference this weekend titled "What's the Use...; Tags: Race, Federal Government, Biotechnology, Healthcare, Government, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-22

Shooting movies of molecules: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's DOE Argonne National Laboratory have developed techniques for creating movies of biological and chemical molecules. It has been done before for crystalline structures of salt or metals, but organic molecules are more complex, and more difficult to catch. Until now, researchers had to...; Tags: Argonne National Laboratory, Molecule, Biotechnology, Productivity, Research & Development, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-17
The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media: Over the last few months I've been listening with growing alarm at the claims made for enterprise 2.0 and social media. Or rather the lack of claims coupled to an incredible amount of posturing. What concerns me greatly is that in the mad rush to all things X2.0, we seem...; Tags: DNA, Network, Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, CXO, Social Networking, Biotechnology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-04-16
On the (mis-) use of DNA: Fascinating piece in the Wall Street Journal recently about the English/Welsh DNA database. We'll sneak up on it. The movie GATTACA always bugged me, or rather people's reaction to it did. Whenever I'd mention biometrics, people would say, "Have you seen GATTACA? Isn't that a frightening view...; Tags: DNA, Analysis, Employee Discrimination, Biotechnology, Ed Gottsman; Blog posts 2008-04-11
Virtual Me (html): From the geniuses at Chromosomal Games, Virtual Me is an MMORPG unlike any other. Using genetic material gathered from your PC mouse, Virtual Me analyzes your unique DNA to create an identical 3D replica of yourself. You'll then be thrust into a completely customizable and tweakable 3D universe full of...; Tags: 3D, HTML, Chromosomal Games, Biotechnology, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-04-01
Skype appoints new CEO: "I want to learn." Well, duh: Former Evite co-founder (well, I guess he will always be a co-founder), and eBay marketing exec and current Shopping.com CEO Josh Silverman has just been named the new CEO of Skype. As Jim Courtney of Skype Journal notes, Josh is already blogging. In...; Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., CEO, Social Networking, Blogging, Corporate Governance, Biotechnology, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-25
DNA Baser (exe): Easy to use aligner software for DNA sequence assembly, contig editing, and mutation detection for Windows. It is molecular biology software that can view and assemble sequences in contigs. Features: end clip, export sequences, assemblies, code detection. DNA Baser is an affordable alternative for assembly of DNA sequences and generation...; Tags: DNA, CubicDesign, DNA Baser, Biotechnology; Software downloads 2008-02-21
Study reveals the ABCs of successful biopharmaceutical partnerships: Recently, the IBM Institute of Business Value and Silico Research conducted a study that uncovered a disturbing trend--more than half of all joint bio tech ventures fail. Learn how to make sure yours doesn't. Discover the basics of the ABC Framework, a methodology that can help your collaborations succeed. Get...; Tags: ABC Inc., Partnership, IBM Corp., Biotechnology, Business Structures, Finance; White papers 2008-02-20
TuneDNA (dmg): Welcome to TuneDNA, Music Lovers' essential to discover and share their passion. One click scoring of iTunes or iPod tracks based on PlayCounts and Ratings. Save your Scorecard Musical DNA and send it to friends. Match your DNA with others to discover Music you like. Find your Musical DNA soulmate...; Tags: DNA, Biotechnology; Software downloads 2008-02-11
TuneDNA (exe): Welcome to TuneDNA, Music Lovers' essential to discover and share their passion. One click scoring of iTunes or iPod tracks based on PlayCounts and Ratings. Save your Scorecard Musical DNA and send it to friends. Match your DNA with others to discover Music you like. Find your Musical DNA soulmate...; Tags: DNA, Biotechnology; Software downloads 2008-02-11
The evolution of the Tree of Life: The Tree of Life was an expression used by Charles Darwin to describe the diversity of organisms on Earth and their evolutionary history. There are only two life forms, eukaryotes, which gather their genetic material in a nucleus, and prokaryotes, such as bacteria, which have their genetic material floating freely...; Tags: Earth, Life, Researcher, Tree, Life Form, Wiki, Biotechnology, Online Communications, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-01-22
At last, a tech company that can help you sniff out a life partner: Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk takes a look at ScientificMatch, a site that claims it will find you that special someone with the help of a test tube. I have friends who tried match.com. They met people who frightened them. And only sometimes because they looked nothing...; Tags: Partnership, DNA, Gene, Site, Scientificmatch.com, System Gene, Business Structures, Biotechnology, Litigation, Gender And Diversity, Finance, Business Operations, Human Resources, Chris Matyszczyk; Blog posts 2008-01-11
CLC RNA Workbench (exe): CLC RNA Workbench--a bioinformatics program for advanced RNA sequence analysis. All analyses are fully integrated in one single, user-friendly, and intuitive software application. Version 2 improves functionalities of interactive restriction sites adds new actions, and includes better editing functions.; Tags: Software, Biotechnology, Tools & Techniques, Healthcare, Management; Software downloads 2008-01-10
TWIT.TV Gadget (TV): TWIT.TV Gadget allows you to listen podcasts from various shows produced by Leo Laporte. Shows available in this TWIT.TV Gadget are: - this week in Tech - The Tech Guy - MacBreak Weekly - Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott - Security Now - net@nite with Amber and Leo - Daily...; Tags: Paul Thurrott, TV, TWIT.TV Gadget, Podcasts, Biotechnology, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-01-09
CLC DNA Workbench (exe): This 4-week fully functional demo of CLC DNA Workbench provides a wide range of advanced DNA sequence analyses, and is based on the same user-friendly and integrated software environment as CLC Free Workbench. Version 3.5.1 improved overall program stability, improved view layout of very long sequence labels, fixed stability issues...; Tags: Environment, Sequence, Biotechnology; Software downloads 2008-01-04
Life in extreme environments: U.S. biologists have developed a model mapping the control circuit governing a bacteria named Halobacterium salinarum, which can live in extremely salty environments, and that can survive to radiation which would be deadly to most other organisms. Their model shows how these bacteria adapt themselves in response to their environment....; Tags: Genome, Environment, Gene, Bacteria, Cell, Biotechnology, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-12-30