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Molecular Assemblies Wins $256K NIH Phase I SBIR Grant to Develop Enzymatic DNA Synthesis

The San Diego-based firm said the funding will help it develop three key steps in its chemistry: incorporation of nucleotides, deblocking, and cleanup.

Armonica Technologies Wins $349K SBIR Grant From NHGRI

he funding will help support product development of a nanopore sequencing-based method of direct DNA analysis, including epigenetic modifications.

GeneCapture Awarded $250K SBIR Grant to Test Rapid Wound Pathogen Platform

GeneCapture's platform would allow medical providers of all skill levels to quickly treat bacterial infections with the appropriate antibiotics in remote environments

'Serverless' Cloud Technology Dramatically Accelerates RNA-Seq Alignment Time
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By chopping RNA-seq reads into smaller bits, UW-Tacoma data scientists are able to cut the alignment step to one minute, but the approach has skeptics.

ICBiome Bets on Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis to Control MRSA, COVID-19 Outbreaks
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Working with Amazon and Illumina software tools, startup ICBiome has built a platform to help hospitals spot clusters of pathogens early.

Oct 6, 2020

Startup Coral Genomics Wins $2M SBIR Grant From NIH

Sep 30, 2020

Circulomics Wins $2M in NIH Grants to Develop DNA Library Prep Products for Long-Read Sequencing

Sep 29, 2020

NIH Awards Two SBIR Grants Totaling $3.9M to Phase Genomics

Sep 28, 2020

Ceres Nanosciences Nabs $243K SBIR Grant to Adapt RNA Capture Tech for Portable Sequencing

Aug 24, 2020

Kromatid Wins NHGRI Grant to Develop Single-Cell Structural Genomics Tech for Disease Research

Jun 9, 2020

IsoPlexis Receives $2M SBIR Grant for Alzheimer's Research

Jan 7, 2020

Phase Genomics Wins $1.5M for Proximity Ligation-Based AMR Tracking

Oct 24, 2019

Calviri to Develop Checkpoint Inhibitor Response Prediction Test Under $300K NCI Grant

Oct 23, 2019

IsoPlexis Wins $2M SBIR Grant From NCI

Oct 23, 2019

Envisagenics Awarded $300K NCI Grant to Refine Drug Discovery Tech

Oct 10, 2019

Mission Bio Lands $2M NCI SBIR Grant to Advance Minimal Residual Disease Detection

Oct 10, 2019

FYR Diagnostics Wins $618K NIH Grant to Develop Acquired Epilepsy Assay

Oct 9, 2019

Fauna Bio Awarded $229K NIH Grant for Animal Genomics-Based Drug Discovery Platform

Sep 16, 2019

Aethlon Medical Lands $1.9M SBIR Grant for Exosome Isolation Device

Sep 16, 2019

Alzheimer's Disease Test Firm DiamiR Awarded Additional $345K From NIA

Jun 21, 2019

IsoPlexis Wins $4M SBIR Grant From NCI

May 21, 2019

Sage Science Wins $1.8M NIH Grant for CRISPR/Cas9 DNA Prep for Long-Read Sequencing

Apr 26, 2019

Gencove Wins $330K NIH Grant for Polygenic Risk Score Evaluation Tech

Apr 23, 2019

Cell Microsystems Awarded $1.6M NIH Grant for Single Cell Analysis

Feb 5, 2019

Akonni Wins $3M NIH Contract to Develop TB Sample Prep Device

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Science Confidence Boost

The New York Times reports that a new poll finds trust in science and scientists has increased with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Appeal and Funds

Some grant applications denied funding due to an Australian Research Council rule change have now been funded following an appeal, the Guardian reports.

Surveillance for Variants

Vox writes that the detection of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant highlights the need for improved viral genomic surveillance.

Nature Papers Examine Taxonomic Gaps in Plant Sequencing, SARS-CoV-2-Human Interactome

In Nature this week: plant genome sequencing dominated by affluent countries, and more.