by Christoph on June 23, 2016
in Software
The UEA small RNA Workbench is a suite of tools for analyzing micro RNA and other small RNA data from High-Throughput Sequencing devices. For a quick overview of what the UEA sRNA Workbench can do for you, and which tool you should select for the task, please visit this page.
Latest release is version 4.2 alpha which is released as java binaries only to streamline the release process until the software moves into the stable release stage of its lifecycle.
Download 4.2 alpha
Changes include:
General
- All linux binaries are now compiled as 64bit removing the need to install the 32bit libraries prior to running the software
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
miRCat 1 (Version 3.2)
- Fixed the show genome browser view
RNA Annotation
- Fixed the issues with hairpin sequences not rendering
VisSR
- Fixed the issues with the VisSR tool not having required resources included within the most recent build
Database
- Chromosome headers can now be much longer than in previous versions (very long chromosome headers such as those found in scaffolded files caused the software to crash)
The Biochemical Pharmacology Discussion Group at the New York Academy of Sciences is presenting a miRNA Symposium with a great speaker line-up:
EVENT: MicroRNAs: A Gene Silencing Mechanism with Therapeutic Implications
WHEN: July 13, 2016 from 9am – 5:00 pm
WHERE:
The New York Academy of Sciences Conference Center in NYC
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Keynote Speaker
David Bartel, PhD
Whitehead/MIT/HHMI
Speakers
Maria Angelica Cortez, PhD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Paul Grint, MD
Regulus Therapeutics
David S. Hong, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Daniel J. Siegwart, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Frank Slack, PhD
BIDMC Cancer Center/ Harvard Medical School
Joana Vidigal, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
REGISTRATION:
Here. Webinar is available.
by Christoph on June 14, 2016
in Webinar
And a second webinar this week presented by abcam:
Time:
Thursday, June 16, 2016
3pm-4pm CET / 2pm-3pm GMT / 9am-10am EST
Webinar Overview:
Drug‑induced cardiac injury (DICI) detection remains a major safety issue in drug development. While circulating microRNAs (miRs) have emerged as promising translational biomarkers, novel early detection biomarkers of cardiotoxicity are needed to evaluate toxicity in a time-dependent manner.
This webinar will review: [click to continue…]
by Christoph on June 14, 2016
in Webinar
Time:
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
3pm-4pm CET / 2pm-3pm GMT / 9am-10am EST
Summary:
There are many different types of extracellular vesicles (EVs). Different subpopulations of exosomes, microvesicles and apoptotic bodies have been found to vary in size, composition and intracellular origin.
Within the last decade, cell-secreted EVs have been isolated from most of the fluids of the body, with many laboratories from around the world showing that their composition of lipids, proteins, messenger and micro RNAs are cell-type specific and subject to changes in pathological scenarios. As a result, EVs have been widely studied as a biological source to unravel low invasive biomarkers for predicting, diagnosing and monitoring diseases.
However, despite the many technological advances [click to continue…]
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