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June 2008

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Cover Story
Best Biotech Places & Emerging Clusters
Looking to relocate? Check out this list of 20 biotech hotspots and emerging clusters before you decide where to go.

Feature Story
PCR Aims for Diagnostics
PCR is no stranger to clinical labs. But thanks to advances in that and qPCR — especially in multiplexing — look for this well-known research tool to become a mainstay of the diagnostic realm.

Venturing into Startup Life
Ever longed to start your own company? Chances are, you'll rely on venture capitalists to make it possible. A look at the funding process and how to get your best ideas in front of the right people.

Markers
Microsoft Research Funds Six GWAS Projects
Computational biology

Salk Team Gets Better Resolution, New Browser
Epigenomics

FDA/NCI Alliance Emerges as the Cancer Biomarkers Collaborative Project
Biomarkers

Windber Spinoff Aims for Better Patient Care
Clinical perspective

Primate Study Provides Clues to Chimp, Human Split
Sequence alignment

At AACR, Brenner Calls for 'Bedside to Bench' Approach
Translational research

Short Reads
NEWS IN BRIEF

Under One Roof
The Future of Complex Disease
The Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology teams the University of Chicago and Argonne for translational research, with a heavy helping of metagenomics, too.

Brute Force
Progress and Promise
While data storage and algorithm acceleration for genomics have advanced by leaps and bounds, proteomics is still learning to go from crawl-to-walk status. Many on the front line agree that collaboration and algorithm development are key.

Technology Spotlight
New Cancer Consortium to Study 25K Samples
Sequencing

Japanese Mushroom Key to Protein Sequencing
Proteomics

BioIT Alliance Continues to Grow
Bioinformatics

Cequent Delays Lead Candidate Program
RNAi

Agilent Will Debut 30 New Expression Chips
Microarrays

In the Clinic
Behavior and Genetic Risk
A health psychologist investigates whether people will make lifestyle changes in response to knowing their genetic risk for a disease, and speculates about the role of personalized medicine in the future of healthcare.

Screening with Proteomics
A Mass Gen team uses a new bacteriophage proteomics technique to come up with a potential biomarker for early stage pancreatic cancer.

ESHG Issues Gene Patenting Guidelines
PGx & Molecular Dx

Calendar & Deadlines
Upcoming Events
MEETINGS, DEADLINES & WORKSHOPS

Where Are They Now
NHGRI and the Human Genome Project, SARS, Rothberg, and Salaries
GT IN YEARS PAST

Primer
A Lingering Fear of Lists
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Blunt End
Venture Capital Cartoon
Humor, We Hope

Other
EST Expert, Scientific Coach
A legend of EST technology and large-scale gene mapping, James Sikela leads where others follow. But despite his accomplishments, this PI is tuned in to his students' own directions.

The More Things Change
A panel discussion of technology visionaries on the implications of the personal genome raises more questions than it answers.

On Credibility and Privacy
This month, bloggers weigh in on GINA, "academic freedom" bills, ghostwriting scientists, and personal genomics data.

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