Last week, GenomeWeb's readers were most interested in Roche's agreement to acquire Lumora's sample prep technology for sequencing.

The popularity of the #sciencemoviequote Twitter trend showcases scientists' eclectic movie tastes and knack for puns. 

Following completion of the merger with Pall, Danaher plans to split into two publicly traded companies. 

If approved, the multiplex Staph panel will grow the firm's menu of assays on its molecular platform to three.

Based on more than 100 genome sequences, researchers saw selection signatures in domestic pigs despite extensive gene flow between domestic and wild animals.

The money will support the university's efforts to understand the biology of lung cancer and develop personalized treatments for the disease.

The new workflow uses barcoding and pooling for an eight-fold increase in throughput and an 85 percent decrease in cost per cell.

The recommendations address incidental findings from next-generation sequencing tests, physician education, as well as test regulation and reimbursement.

In PLOS this week: Uncovering variants associated with diabetes-related kidney disease, a sequencing study of hepatitis E viruses circulating in Cambodia, and more.

Among Sacks' books was "Awakenings," which was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.

A prototype chip enabled by so-called fractal circuit sensors was able to rapidly assess predictive mRNA biomarkers in donor lung tissue samples.

The popular astrophysicist warned that apathy and even contempt for science in politics could lead to the end of informed democracy. 

In developing the recommendations, the expert panel attempted to keep up with the fast-moving advances in oncology.

Because of an autoimmune disorder, a man has been shedding live polioviruses for 28 years, according to an analysis appearing in PLOS Pathogens.

Being in a long-term collaboration can increase researchers' citation rates by 17 percent, a recent analysis says.

According to study leader Neil Kelleher, the effort marks a significant step forward for the use of top-down proteomics in analyzing histone proteoforms.

Overall, analyst Bryan Brokmeier said he is bullish on the space in spite of uncertainty in the general global markets.

Using the technique, the researchers collected phosphoproteomic data on 91 mouse liver samples, generating time-resolved profiles of insulin signaling.

Microarrays can detect smaller deletions in genes relevant to diseases like acute lymphoblastic leukemia, offering insight into diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

The new six-course online specialization will teach core bioinformatics principles and concepts to biologists and computer scientists.

They also put forth a proof-of-concept method for scheduled Swath acquisition, which accounts for changes in precursor ion distributions across LC gradients.

The team recently received funding to develop and validate an assay to help guide clinical decision making when pancreatic cancer precursor lesions are detected.

The study will involve whole-exome sequencing in ovarian cancer patients of European descent, with top candidate genes sequenced in African American patients.