January - March 2002 Archive

Thursday March 28, 2002
Tm Universal Array Launched by Strategic Partner Luminex

• Lynx MPSS™ Data Introduced in Version 3.5 of the Celera Discovery System™; Invites You to Participate in Year End 2001 Conference Call
3-DP Announces Webcast of Presentation At Banc of America Conference

Wednesday March 27, 2002
Xerion achieves two milestones in target validation collaboration with Byk Gulden
Nonlinear Dynamics Appoints Tomy Digital Biology Company Ltd. as Its Distributor in Japan
Instream Partners Initiates Coverage on Ciphergen With a Buy

Tuesday March 26, 2002
CAFC Confirms Biacore US Patent Position

Aspira Biosystems Names New VP of Business Development
InforMax Licenses the GenoMax Enterprise Informatics System to the Johns Hopkins University
Human Genome Sciences' Chairman and CEO to Present Keynote Address At World Genomics Symposium and Exposition

Monday March 25, 2002
• BioInsights Reports Protein Biochip Sales Are Poised for Huge Growth
(Get Report)
Bruker AXS Announces Appointment of New CFO
• Signature BioScience Receives Its Third U.S. Patent for MCS Technology
(See US Patent 6,338,968: Method and apparatus for detecting molecular binding events)
Nobex Announces Collaboration With Pharmacia For Oral Delivery of Protein Drug
Astex Announces Structure-Based Drug Discovery Collaboration with Aventis Pharmaceuticals; Receives Milestone Payment from AstraZeneca for Human Cytochrome P450 Program
New FAST™ PAK Protein Array Kit Improves Stability and Signal Strength Compatible with DNA microarray robots and scanners

Friday March 22, 2002
• LSBC Forms Alliance with ApoImmune

Proteomics Puts its Stamp on Pittcon; Analytical Chemists Say, 'Huh?' -GenomeWeb

Thursday March 21, 2002
• AxCell Biosciences Appoints Marius Sudol to Its Scientific Advisory Board

• GPC Biotech Reports 2001 as the Most Successful Year In Its Corporate History ; shares fall as Cell Genesys ends partnership
OGS Preliminary Audited Results For the Year Ended 31 December 2001 ; Update on Vevesca (OGT 918)

Wednesday March 20, 2002
• Compugen and Millennium Enter Collaboration for the Prediction of Protein Pathways

Xantos Biomedicine AG is to receive 803,000 Euro to develop technology for analysing gene functions
FEATURE: Microfluidics Under the Microscope -GenomeWeb

Tuesday March 19, 2002
GPC Biotech Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Technology to Identify Disease-Specific Validated Targets
• AxCell Appoints New Member to Scientific Advisory Board
• Caliper Adds Protein Separation Analysis to AMS 90 SE System
; Expands Assay Menu for LabChip® High Throughput Screening System
Sense Proteomic Announces First Commercial Array of Functional Ion Channel Proteins

Monday March 18, 2002
• deCODE Announces Completion of MediChem Acquisition

Thermo Electron CEO Highlights the Successes of the Company's "One Thermo" Strategy at Pittcon 2002
• Thermo Finnigan Introduces Several New Products in the GC and GC/MS Family

Cytogen Receives Regulatory Approval In Canada for ProstaScint(R) Prostate Cancer Imaging Agent
Biology Superstars to Align in Seattle March 24-26: Institute for Systems Biology Hosts Grand Opening and First Annual Symposium
Proteome Systems and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance on Proteomics of Cystic Fibrosis
Bruker Daltonics Announces Six Novel Life-Science Products and Three New Bioinformatics Software Releases at PittCon 2002
SPR-MS Collaboration Achieves Significant Milestones: Biacore and Bruker Daltonics Announce First Results From Joint Studies
• Micronics and Honeywell Enter Microfluidic Technologies Co-Promotion Agreement

Friday March 15, 2002
• Applied Biosystems/MDS Sciex Win Patent Suit Against Micromass

Myriad says study shows cancer gene test utility
Molecular Mining Corp Expert Speaks at IIR 7th Annual Drug Discovery Meeting Near San Diego
Cohesive Technologies' TurboFlow™ Chromatography That Eliminates Method Development In Drug Discovery
Myriad Publishes Results of 10,000 Genetic Tests For Risk of Breast, Ovarian Cancer
• Neurolab moves in Europe on multiple biomarkers analysis through preclinical and clinical trials

Thursday March 14, 2002
• OGS and BioInvent form Therapeutic Antibodies Alliance

MediChem Announces Stockholder Approval of Merger With deCODE
• MDS Announces Cash Dividend

• LION and GeneProt Team Up for Better Proteomics Integration

BioITWorld 2002 News Summary through March 14
Accelrys and Sun Microsystems Extend Alliance to Optimize Discovery Studio™ To J2EE™ Technology Standard
• Boston Biomedica Awarded NIH Grant For Commercial Development of Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT) System For Genomics and Proteomics

Nonlinear Dynamics and Amersham Biosciences Collaborate to Automate Protein Picking From Bands in 1-D Electrophoresis Gels
• PerkinElmer to Showcase New Technology At PittCon 2002

Compaq chief's comment stuns biotech crowd

Wednesday March 13, 2002
• SEQUENOM and CuraGen to Apply Genetics and Proteomics To Validate Novel Drug Targets
• Proteome Systems to Enter Agricultural Diagnostics Market with C-Qentec
InforMax Invites You to Join Its Conference Call
Anadys Announces Annotation of The Riboproteome
Luminex May Pick New CFO Next Week-GenomeWeb

Tuesday March 12, 2002
NextGen Sciences: Prototype Protein Biochip Development for Protein Expression Profiling and Novel Antibody Selection (pdf file)
PerkinElmer Life Sciences and NextGen Sciences Announce Corporate Partnership to Launch the ProteinArray Workstation
MindBranch: Proteomics Research And Technologies Forecasted To Grow At Significant Rates Through 2006
Amersham Announces Agreement to Purchase Pharmacia's Shares In Amersham Biosciences
• Myriad and Abbott Form Drug Discovery Collaboration

• AnVil Announces New Name, Expanded Presence at BioITWorld in Boston

BioITWorld 2002 Exhibitor Profiles
GeneFormatics Announces the Availability of Human Oocyte Library for Drug Discovery Collaboration
AVAKI Announces Three Customers to Accelerate Drug Discovery Using Comprehensive Grid Software Product
• Illumina Gets $1.2M From NCI to Build Protein Immunoassay Platform
-GenomeWeb

Monday March 11, 2002
AxCell Finalizes Research Collaboration With Mount Sinai School Of Medicine
• GeneData Announces Functional Genomics Collaboration In Anti-Infectives Research
Medical College of Wisconsin Invests $1 Million in Compaq Supercomputing
Bruker Daltonics to Host Analyst Booth Tour at Pittcon 2002
Illumina Receives $1.2 Million Phase 2 Grant From National Cancer Institute to Develop Microarrays for Protein Profiling
• Amersham Biosciences, University of Washington In Proteomics Collaboration

• Affinium Pharmaceuticals Appoints New CSO

• IDC Launches Company-Wide Initiative Focused on IT Opportunities in Life Sciences

CRS Robotics Corporation to be Acquired by Thermo Electron
Life Sciences Professionals to Experience Advanced Storage Network Appliance Technology at BioITWorld
• DoubleTwist Crashes and Burns; Assets Are Put on the Block
-GenomeWeb

Friday March 8, 2002
MDS Proteomics CEO to Discuss How Proteomics is Revolutionizing Drug Discovery
• Ciphergen Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan
Genomics Conferences to Feature Proteomics, Target Identification & Validation Advances on March 11-14 in Princeton, NJ
Bio-Rad Changes Stock Symbol
U at Buffalo Selects InforMax as a Key Partner to Create Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics

Thursday March 7, 2002
• Incellico Licenses CELL Ontological Database Platform to Beyond Genomics: Informatics agreement to link gene response, protein activity and metabolite dynamics

OGS CEO to Step Down by Year-End
• Bruker AXS Reports Financial Results For the Year and the 4Q 2001

Genetronics to Announce Clinical Study Results at Major Cancer Conference
MDS Reports Solid Start For 2002

Wednesday March 6, 2002
• AxCell Enters Into Strategic Alliance With Thomas Jefferson U. to Study Protein Implicated in Cancer

Lynx Sells Amidate Oligonucleotide Patent Estate to Geron
Scimagix President and CEO to Speak at Silicon Valley Biotechnology Event
Amersham Biosciences Expands Capabilities in Affinity Chromatography: Agreements Signed With Dyax Corp. and Affibody AB

Tuesday March 5, 2002
• Ciphergen and Beckman Coulter Announce Alliance to Automate Clinical Proteomics

PerkinElmer Life Sciences Introduces New Product Portfolio for Protein and Nucleic Acid Detection
• OGS Appoints New President of Global Therapeutics

U at Buffalo Selects InforMax as a Key Partner to Create Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics
Sangamo Granted U.K. Patent Covering Design and Synthesis of Zinc Finger DNA-Binding Proteins
BioITworld Conference & Expo to Highlight New Technologies and Their Impact On Life Sciences
LumiCyte Moving Forward with Clinical Trials Of Protein Biomarker Profiles For The Early Detection of Cancer

Monday March 4, 2002
• GeneProt and Zymark Reach Automation Technology Agreement for U.S. and Europe
LumiCyte Moving Forward with Clinical Trials Of Protein Biomarker Profiles For The Early Detection of Cancer
BD Biosciences Discovery Labware and Kensey Nash Corporation Announce An Agreement to Commercialize Product Line of Three-Dimensional Cell Culture Scaffolds
Discovery Partners CEO to Present Keynote Address at ScreenTech 2002

Friday March 1, 2002
• MDS Proteomics Develops Litmus Test for Drug Efficacy

Bruker Daltonics Comments on its Stock Price
3-DP Appoints New VP And General Counsel
• Metaphorics, Syrrx Ink Ligand-Docking Partnership
-GenomeWeb
The promise of proteins: Proteomics is biotech's new buzzword -SeattleTimes.com

Thursday February 28, 2002
ProteoTech Selected to Give Presentation at Seattle's Invest Northwest Conference on March 4, 2002
• Syrrx Announces Issuance of Patent and Appointment of CSO
• Fujitsu Licenses LabBook's Technology to Integrate Life Science Information

Wednesday February 27, 2002
Proteomics Ramps Up to Deliver More Insights, Better Drug Targets

Genomics Conferences to Feature Proteomics, Target Identification & Validation Advances on March 11-14 in Princeton, NJ
ActivX Appoints New Executive VP, Business Development
• Caprion Enters into Proteomics Agreement with McGill University

• Structural Bioinformatics Announces Novel Method to Predict HIV-1 Drug Resistance

OGS-Marconi JV Debuts Its Protein Atlas. But Customers Will Have to Wait Til June-GenomeWeb

Tuesday February 26, 2002
• Integrative Proteomics Changes Name to Affinium Pharmaceuticals
Affinium forms Subsidiary, Ylektra, for Selective Transformation Chemistry for Lead Optimization
• Compugen Expands Proteomics Product Line

Zyomyx and Specialty Laboratories Collaborate to Discover Novel Patterns Of Disease Markers
Triad Therapeutics Publishes Novel Method for Use of NMR in Structure-Based Drug Design
• Apple, United Devices Join Roster for BioITWorld Conference & Expo

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Secures Patent to Recombinant Human Alpha Fetoprotein
Open Channel Software Releases Unique Gene Expression BioInformatics Tools
Proteome Systems and Cryosite announce agreement for storage of valuable biological samples for proteomic research
An 'Atlas' to Count the Genes
-Wired.com

Monday February 25, 2002
Unveiling of the First-Ever Protein Atlas of the Human Genome

• Prolinx' CTO Joins Elite to Define Human Proteome Project
Anadys Announces SBIR Grant Award in Riboproteomics
3-DP Promotes New COO and Member to Board of Directors
Molecular Mining Presents at the Genome Tri-Conference

Friday February 22, 2002
• Beyond Genomics Forms Strategic Technology Partnership with Micromass

MediChem Reports 2001 Financial Results

Thursday February 21, 2002
Bruker Daltonics Reports Revenue of $92.7 M, and Income Before Taxes of $6.0 M for FY 2001
• Myriad shares falls 10% after sell call
• AxCell Appoints New Member to Scientific Advisory Board

deCODE and MediChem Receive Early Hart-Scott-Rodino Clearance
SignalGene and Arqule to Apply Compound Design Technology to p38 Map Kinase Drug Discovery Program
Start-Up Protein Chip Firm Protometrix Names First President
-GenomeWeb
Protein Microarrays May Just Be the Next Big (Little) Thing -GenomeWeb
• ProteoTech Receives Issuance of Two U.S. Patents Pertaining to Therapeutics And Animal Models for Alzheimer's Disease

Wednesday February 20, 2002
3 - DP, Astex, Caprion, Cytogen, GPC Biotech, Hybrigenics, Scimagix, Structural Bioinformatics, and Structural GenomiX Presenting at BIO CEO & Investor Conference 2002
Anadys Pharmaceuticals and Structural GenomiX Announce Strategic Collaboration for Drug Discovery
• Accelrys Announces the Release of First Applications Optimized for IBM Servers

ProteoTech Receives $2.78 Million in NIH Research Funding to Study the Cause, Prevention and Treatment of Brain Amyloid Protein Deposits Associated With Alzheimer's Disease
• Astex Appoints Director of Biophysics

• CombiMatrix Corporation Receives Grant from National Institutes of Health for Continued Development of Its Protein Biochip Technology

Gene Mappers May Have Missed Half The Genes -Forbes.com

Tuesday February 19, 2002
• Beyond Genomics and diaDexus Enter Research and License Agreement to Identify and Develop Cancer Biomarkers and Drug Targets

Ciphergen Enters China Market
• Cytogen to Present at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference

Luminex Updates Status of Bioinformatics Unit
Disease Sciences Announces Sensitive Detection of Prion Protein in About 1 mL of Human Urine

Monday February 18, 2002
NeuroLab Establishes Proteomics Collaborations with Two Undisclosed Pharmaceutical Companies
• NextGen Sciences Launches New Website Detailing the Protein Biochip Consortium

Friday February 15, 2002
J. of Clinical Oncology Article Demonstrates Link Between Loss of MDA-7 Protein and Tumor Invasiveness
PerkinElmer Appoints New VP of Life Sciences Research & Development, CSO

Thursday February 14, 2002
Ciphergen Reports Record Financial Results for the Q4 And Fiscal Year 2001 ; Ciphergen Signs CRADA With the NIAID for AIDS Research; Ciphergen and Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center Announce Drug Discovery Research Collaboration
Genomic Solutions Reports Financial Results for Q4 and Fiscal Year 2001
Stryker Receives Canadian Approval for OP-1
Celera Protease Inhibitor Enters Development for Chagas' Disease
Eli Lilly, Indiana U., Purdue Create Proteomics R&D Consortium-GenomeWeb
Compugen Uncovers Prostate-Specific Proteins -GenomeWeb

Wednesday February 13, 2002
• Beyond Genomics Closes $11 Million Financing Round

• Syrrx Achieves First Research Milestone in Cubist Collaboration
• Incyte Reports 2001 Q4 and Year End Financial Results

• Compugen Reports Q4 and Year End 2001 Financial Results

• Compugen Discovers Novel Prostate-Specific Proteins Encoded by the PSA Gene

ProdiGene Launches First Large Scale-Up Manufacturing of Recombinant Protein From Plant System
• Thermo Electron Reports Fourth Quarter Results

Tuesday February 12, 2002
• Eprogen's ProteoSep™: Shows Promise in the 'Fingerprinting' of Bacterial Pathogens

• Cytogen Reports Q4 and Full Year Results for 2001
454 Corporation Names New President and CEO
Myriad Participate in Workshop at NCState University's 2002 Emerging Issues Forum on Biotechnology
• InforMax Announces Alliance With Sun Microsystems in Asia Pacific

Applied Biosystems and Vanderbilt Form Proteomics Collaboration
• geneticXchange K1 Data Integration Middleware Platform Provides Solid Foundation for Genomics Collaborative's New Tantalus Database

DPI Reports Q4 and Year End 2001 Financial Results

Monday February 11, 2002
Ciphergen Confirms Use of Its ProteinChip® System in Ovarian Cancer Study Published in The Lancet
• Genomic Solutions and Proteometrics Announce Exclusive License Agreement
Caliper Appoints Susan Evans, Ph.D. Vice President of Product Development
Gryphon and Avecia Enter Strategic Alliance to Make Gryphon's Chemically Synthesized Protein Therapeutics

Friday February 8, 2002
• Ciphergen Conference Call and Webcast
• Genomic Solutions Q4 Earnings and Conference Call Notification

• Correlogic, Ciphergen Tools Help Develop Cancer Diagnostic
-GenomeWeb

Thursday February 7, 2002
• GeneProt Licences OGS' Automated Proteomics Patents

OGS Opens New Office in New Jersey
Apple Releases Apple/Genentech BLAST, Significantly Accelerating Protein And DNA Searches
• Incyte Appoints New Executive VP and Chief Drug Discovery Scientist

IBM Life Sciences Puts Drug Discovery On The Fast Track At The Silicon Valley World Internet Center
• Bio-Rad Announces Record Financial Results for 2001

• Thermo Electron to Hold Conference Call on Thursday, February 14, 2002

Vertex Reports Year End 2001 Financial Results

Wednesday February 6, 2002
Breakthroughs in Effort to Map Body's Proteins -Boston.com
• Cytogen to Announce Q4 Results and Host Conference Call

• InforMax Announces Q4 Results
Caliper Reports Increased Revenue, Contracted R&D in Q4 -GenomeWeb
G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) Drug Discovery Conference To Take Place In Philadelphia, PA, March 18-19, 2002

Tuesday February 5, 2002
• MDS Proteomics Acquires Top Quality cDNA Collection
• Lynx to Provide Immunology Research Services for Keryx Biopharmaceuticals
Bio-Rad Shareholders Approve Increase in Number of Authorized Shares
• Sangamo Reports Q4 2001 and Year-End Financial Results

BIO CEO & Investor Conference 2002 Spotlights Industry Leaders

PerkinElmer to Present At 2002 Merrill Lynch Conference Detailing Position in the Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Monday February 4, 2002
• Myriad Genetics, Inc. Reports Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal 2002
De Novo Pharmaceuticals Announces a Major Initiative to Develop a Comprehensive Platform for Chemoinformatics with SUN Microsystems
Incyte announced today its intention to release fourth quarter fiscal year 2001 earnings results

Friday February 1, 2002
Genomics Conferences to Feature Proteomics, Target Identification & Validation Advances on March 11-14 in Princeton, NJ
• Cambridge Antibody Technology Reports Outcome of Annual General Meeting
Discovery Partners International Presents at UBS Warburg Global Healthcare Services Conference
Bruker AXS Announces Technology Joint Venture for Innovative X-ray Optics
BioProcessors Raises $6 Million in Series A Financing

Thursday January 31, 2002
Hybrigenics and Mindsense Biosystems Announce Collaboration In the Field of Mental Disorders
Ciphergen Develops Enhanced ProteinChip Arrays for Drug Discovery Applications
Luminex Beats Fourth Quarter Consensus Net Loss Estimate While Annual Revenues Increase 143%
Bio-Rad to Report Year-End Financial Results on February 7, 2002
• CuraGen Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2001 Financial Results And 2002 Projected Milestones and Financial Guidance

• UC Berkeley Extension Delivers "Bleeding Edge" Bioinformatics

UK Medical Research Council and Celera Sign Agreement on Access to Genomic Database

Wednesday January 30, 2002
• LSBC Reports Financial Results for 2001

Kinexus Bioinformatics Announces the Launch of its Fourth Proteomics Analysis Service
Bayer and CuraGen Advance Four Projects And Select Additional Obesity and Diabetes Targets
• Biovation Opens US Office

• ABI, PE, Millipore Create Automated Protein-Identification Troika
-GenomeWeb
Announcing IBC's The Impact of Post-Translational and Chemical Modifications on Protein Therapeutics May 8-10, 2002
The Market For Protein-Protein Interactions: Technologies With Tremendous Growth Potential
• Consensus Achieves First Milestone in its Collaboration with Vertex

Tuesday January 29, 2002
• BD Biosciences Enters Into Collaboration With the Harvard Institute of Proteomics to Determine Human Gene Function

• Signature Acquires Protein Design Labs' Small Molecule Group
• Sangamo Announces Q4 2001 Teleconference

Monday January 28, 2002
• Syrrx Appoints New VP of Technology

• Gryphon Sciences Completes $26 Million Financing for Rapid Expansion
• Scimagix to Support Regulatory Standards for Electronic Pharmaceutical Data

U.S. Court Grants Favorable Orders to MorphoSys in CAT Patent Disputes
RLX Technologies and Platform Partner to Offer Platform Clusterware On RLX Systems for Bioinformatics Industry
• Protein Solutions, Inc. Expands U.S. Sales Force

• Albany Molecular Research, Inc. Announces Agreement with Myriad

AstraZeneca Implements Global License of Accelrys Modeling Software
Xerion and ProCorde Enter Cardiovascular Collaboration (pdf file)

Friday January 25, 2002
Making Proteomics More Efficient: Alliance Between Roche and Bruker Daltonics to Develop Highly Sensitive Protein Analysis
Institute for Systems Biology Completes Move to Custom, 64,000-Square-Foot Facility
• HUPO President Says 2002 Will Be the Year of the Proteome
-GenomeWeb

Thursday January 24, 2002
Eprogen Offers Considerable Benefits in Drug Discovery With the Introduction of ProteoSep™
• Structural GenomiX and RoboDesign International Announce Completion and Successful Operation of Automated Crystallization Imaging Technology
CuraGen to Discuss Year End 2001 Financial Results Via Conference Call on January 31, 2002
• TissueInformatics Secures $12.5 Million in Financing, Moves Forward With Toxicity Screening and Drug Target Discovery Tools

• Syrrx Forms Multi-Year Research Collaboration with Pharmacia Corporation

Wednesday January 23, 2002
• Mascot Proteomics Software Ported to IBM's AIX Operating System
MDS Proteomics Strengthens International Team
Astex Announces Plans for New, Purpose-Built Facility on Cambridge Science Park
Galapagos Genomics and Exelixis Collaborate in Gene Function Analysis
Accelrys Announces Three-Year Agreement With Compaq To Accelerate Materials Research
Visualization Expertise From AnVil Informatics Prominently Featured in New Book
3-DP Announces Webcast of Presentation At U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference
X-MINE Launches Opus for Biological Knowledge Discovery
Genome Institute of Singapore selects the geneticXchange K1 Data Integration Middleware Platform
Applied Biosystems Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2002 Earnings Per Share of 24 Cents Excluding In-process R&D Charge
Top Supplier in Mass Spectrometry Market is Applied Biosystems

Tuesday January 22, 2002
Craig Venter resigns as head of Celera

Venter Steps Down From Celera -Forbes.com
Venter quits as president of Celera -Boston.com
Medarex and ZYCOS Establish Alliance to Develop CANVAS™ Targets into Human Antibody Therapeutics
• DoubleTwist Announces New Customers, Realigned Management Team

Cytogen Announces $8 Million Private Placement
BioSilico 2002: The Strategic Summit on In Silico Biology

Monday January 21, 2002
Protein Bioinformatics Market Expected to Reach Nearly $500 million in 2006

• Molecular Mining Corporation Announces the Release of GeneLinker Gold Version 2.0
Imperative Players in Biotechnology, IT and Life Science Announced Participation in BioITWorld Conference & Expo Hong Kong 2002

Friday January 18, 2002
NCSC Named U.S. Mirror Site for the ExPASy Proteomics Server

Luminex Q4 Financial Results to be Released Jan. 31, 2002
• 3-DP Names New Member to Board of Directors

Thursday January 17, 2002
• ACLARA Announces eTag™ Proteomics Collaboration With Stanford Researchers

Prolinx Announces Release of Two New Products for the Proteomics Market
IBC Announces New Emerging Microarray Technologies Event
• Protedyne Introduces The BioCube System

Applera Corporation Declares Dividend

Wednesday January 16, 2002
• Amersham Ranked Top Supplier in Proteomics Market

Proteomics Conference & Exposition to Take Place in Princeton, NJ, March 13-14, 2002
• Compugen and diaDexus Announce Agreement for Identification of New Diagnostic Markers and Therapeutic Targets

• AnVil Informatics Names New CTO

• MitoKor Establishes Agreements to Study the Human Mitochondrial Proteome

NextGen and Cytomyx to Develop Protein Biochips for Cancer -GenomeWeb

Tuesday January 15, 2002
• LSBC to Release Q4 Earnings and Host Conference Call

Applied Biosystems and Celera Q2 FY 2002 Financial Results Scheduled for Release January 23, 2002
Thermo Finnigan Introduces ProteomeX™, the First Completely Integrated Multidimensional Proteomics Workstation ; Thermo Finnigan Introduces the Surveyor® MSQ™, the Smallest, Fastest, And Most Sensitive Quadrupole MS Detector
New U.S. composition patent firmly solidifies Stressgen's position in heat shock protein fusion technology (See Patent 6,338,952: Stress proteins and uses therefor)
Vertex Announces the Date of Its Q4 and Year End 2001 Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast
Bioinformatics, L.L.C. study: The Tools & Techniques of Protein Science: Catalyzing the Future of Proteomics
Book Review: Introduction to Protein Structure by Branden and Tooze

Monday January 14, 2002
• ProteEx Announces Positive Results in Breast Cancer Initiative

Biolog Reports Completion of Microarrays Measuring 2,000 Cell Phenotypes At Biotech Conference
Lab-on-a-Chip Technology Is Poised for Rapid Growth, Reveals Technical Insights

Incyte Appoints New Members to Board of Directors
Founding Chairman of Proteomics Firm Syn X Dead -GenomeWeb

Friday January 11, 2002
• 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals Appoints VP To Oversee Development Programs

• QIAGEN Opens North American Headquarters in Montgomery County, Maryland

Thursday January 10, 2002
Is This The Next Big Biotech Bang?
-Forbes.com
• Celera Announces Achievement of Research Milestone in Aventis Collaboration
GPC Biotech Achieves Milestone in Osteoarthritis Alliance With Aventis Pharma
Lynx Files Patents for Atherosclerosis and Breast Cancer Gene Targets
• Genomic Solutions and PerkinElmer Sign Amended Distribution Agreement

With $1B in the Bank, Invitrogen Hungry for Proteomics, Informatics Acquisitions
-GenomeWeb

Wednesday January 9, 2002
3-D Models Give Proteins Shape
-Wired.com
Cellzome Publishes Novel Approach for the Systematic Use of Protein Interaction Maps in Drug Discovery in Nature
• Tripos Targets Continued Strong Growth in 2002 Following a Record Year For 2001
Oxford GlycoSciences, Medarex and Genmab Announce Comprehensive Campaign To Treat Breast Cancer
• MDS Proteomics Opens New Pathway to Faster Drug Development

Bruker AXS Announces Exercise of Underwriters' Common Stock Over-Allotment Option
• Caprion has New CFO and Executive VP, Legal Affairs

Tuesday January 8, 2002
Applied Biosystems Announces Commercial Launch of Next Generation Proteomics Analysis System
Signature to Acquire PrimeCyte to Rapidly Advance its Drug Discovery Platform
X-MINE Launches X-Miner On-Line -- XOL -- for Microarray Data Mining and Biological Knowledge Discovery
World Genomics Symposium and Exposition Offers the Only Show Uniquely Focused on Genomics
• Gene Logic and Compugen Partner to Expand Genomic Content Offering

New protein analyzer speeds gene research -company
• Caliper Announces Multiple Sales of LabChip High Throughput Screening Systems

Triad Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Patent Related to the Use of NMR For Protein Structure Analysis
• 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals Licenses TPO Peptide from GlaxoSmithKline

Vertex Provides Corporate Update and Outlook for 2002
• Caprion to Present at JP Morgan H&Q Healthcare Conference

Lynx to Present at JP Morgan H&Q Healthcare Conference

Monday January 7, 2002
• Applied Biosystems to Hold New Product Webcast and Conference Call

Gyros AB and ACE BioSciences Reveal Proteomics Collaboration and Begin Field Tests of Prototype
IBM and Accelrys Form Global Strategic Alliance to Transform Drug R and D
GeneFormatics Expands Management with the Addition of Chief Business Officer
• IDG Launches Bio-IT World: First Publication Targeting the Intersection of Information Technology and Life Sciences to Debut in March

PerkinElmer Extends Agreement With Nonlinear Dynamics to Deliver Automated 1-D Gel Protein Picking
• Caliper's Presentation at the JPMorgan H&Q Conference to Be Webcast

Structural GenomiX Announces Drug Discovery Partnership With Millennium; Structural GenomiX to Collaborate with Aventis on Lead Compound Identification
• AxCell Expands Management And Announces Formation Of Scientific Advisory Board To Pursue Broader Range Of Research

• ActivX Appoints New VP And General Counsel

Phylos Announces Strategic Acquisition and Formation of Phylos GmbH

Friday January 4, 2002
• Amersham Biosciences Ranked Top Supplier in Proteomics Market

• Waters Corporation Announces the Reorganization of Corporate Operating Structure
Incyte Presentation to Be Webcast by JPMorgan H&Q From Its 20th Annual Healthcare Conference
• 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals Announces DiscoverWorks® Drug Discovery Alliance With Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development

Thursday January 3, 2002
• Lynx Enters AIDS Research Collaboration With Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Hybrigenics to Present at the 2002 JP Morgan H&Q Healthcare Conference in San Francisco
Bruker Daltonics Reports Strong Q4 Life-Science Systems Bookings, Provides Guidance for 2002
• Caliper Names Wood to Head Corporate Communications and Investor Relations

Tripos Announces Partnership With Pfizer in Multi-Million Dollar Discovery Software Agreement
• Genomatica to Develop 'Next-Generation' In Silico Technology Under DOE Grants

Pharma & Biotech M & A Climate to be Assessed at Partnering Conference January 28-30, 2002 in San Diego
• Applied Biosystems and Celera Diagnostics to Webcast Investor Meeting

Protein Pathways Bails on Bioinformatics Business Model, Chases Drug-Discovery Gold -GenomeWeb

Wednesday January 2, 2002
• Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Secures $22 Million in Series A Financing

New European Biotech Report From MRG, Inc. Forecasts the Growth of Bio Chip Sector to 2010
• 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast Of Presentation at JP Morgan H&Q Healthcare Conference

Norak Biosciences and Universal Imaging Collaborate on Optimization Of Secondary Screening for GPCRs

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