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Shining a light on human variation

One of the most interesting things about people is how different we are from each other. Work published recently by a large international consortium, including Lindsay Waite at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, reports that sequence variants in one specific gene influence the amount of variation in a group of people’s body mass index, or BMI.
 

How the cat got his blotches

As any cat lover knows, distinct patterns of dark and light hair color are apparent not only in house cats but also in their wild relatives, from cheetahs to tigers to snow leopards. Researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and Stanford University, along with colleagues around the world, today reported new genetic findings that help to understand the molecular basis of these patterns in all felines.

The Birmingham News features ENCODE, highlights HudsonAlpha

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The Birmingham News
Date published: 
September 15, 2012

 

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- This month, 442 researchers from 32 institutions around the world -- including the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville -- simultaneously published 30 papers that unveil an incredibly complex glimpse of the human genome.
 
The work begins to resolve several mysteries, including why some people are more susceptible than others to cancers, autoimmune diseases and metabolic disorders.
 
To read the remainder of the article, click here. 

GREAT educators facilitate student achievement

Genetic Resources to Empower Alabama Teachers designed to meet future needs

Scientists are constantly making discoveries that impact how life and life processes are understood and addressed.  This perpetual influx of information makes it challenging for life sciences educators to sort, select and assimilate current discoveries into meaningful content for life sciences students. The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, with support from the state of Alabama, has a GREAT solution to help Alabama’s life sciences educators.
 

More on ENCODE

Educational resource on YouTube

Still not sure if you really understand what it's all about? Listen to Rick Myers, Ph.D., president and director of HudsonAlpha and Neil Lamb, Ph.D., HudsonAlpha's director of educational outreach, explain the project.  here

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ENCODE continues process to translate book of life

 

HudsonAlpha takes part in publishing genomic insights
 
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- A milestone in genomic research achieved and shared by an international team working on the ENCODE Project, including scientists from the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, means the task of interpreting an individual’s genome and better understanding human disease risk is getting closer to realization.
 

Institute research and artwork featured in Molecular and Cellular Biology

The cover art for the current issue of Molecular and Cellular Biology was conceived and created by personnel at HudsonAlpha.  It illustrates findings from the paper The Hypersensitive Glucocorticoid Response Specifically Regulates Period 1 and Expression of Ci

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TransOMIC, HudsonAlpha's newest resident associate company, featured in The Huntsville Times

News Outlet: 
The Huntsville Times
Date published: 
August 22, 2012

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Huntsville's HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has launched a biotech company to serve the booming market in genetic research. Transomic Technologies is the 22nd company housed, started or incubated atHudsonAlpha since the institute opened in Huntsville in 2007. Like most of the others, it has its roots in breakthroughs in gene knowledge and the ongoing search for more breakthroughs.

To continue reading the story on al.com, follow this link. 

transOMIC technologies targets rapid commercialization of next-generation research tools

Biotechnology company joins roster of residents at HudsonAlpha

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --“We’re here to support researchers across the life sciences through provision of specific, reliable and cost effective tools,” said Blake Simmons, chief executive officer of newly launched transOMIC technologies.
 
Those tools are products for gene manipulation and include new and state-of-the-art RNA interference (RNAi) collections for gene knockdown, large libraries of genes for over-expression and innovative products for RNAi screening. The company’s business model is based on commercializing products like these created through collaboration with leading research labs thus providing worldwide access to new technologies. The company plans to expand its portfolio through continued acquisition of new technology.
 

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Biogen Idec Announces Collaboration with Leading Research Institutions to Sequence Genomes of Patients with ALS

Labs at HudsonAlpha and Duke University to Lead Research Consortium

Read the media release here.

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology joins genetic fight against ALS

by Lee Roop

at The Huntsville Times

Read it on al.com here.

 

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