Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ► Reviews, News and Commentaries

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 1  January 8-15, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

The year in pathogens
Sharlach M. The Scientist, Dec 29, 2014.

Infectious disease MDx 2014: qPCR for Ebola; disease panels; isothermal amplification
Johnson M, Genome Web Jan 5, 2015 [by free subscription only]

New clues to where the Ebola epidemic started
Maron DF. Nature, Dec 31, 2014.

FDA grants first CLIA waiver for nucleic acid-based flu diagnostic test
FDA, Jan 6, 2015.

Get your flu shot anyway, despite genetic "drift"
Kroll D. Forbes.com, Dec 31, 2014.

Science scores major victory in fight against antibiotic resistance
Maron DF. Salon, Jan 1, 2015.

Mistaken identities
Researchers are working to automate the arduous task of identifying—and amending—mislabeled sequences in genetic databases
Grens K. The Scientist, Jan 1, 2015.

The arXiv preprint server hits 1 million articles
Van Noorden R. Nature, Dec 30, 2014.

The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers
Eissfeldt J, Tony1. Wikipedia Signpost, Dec 31, 2014.

Illumina plans to tap consumer market for its smartphone-ready DNA chip
DarkDaily, Dec 29, 2014.

Breakdown + Breakdown runners-up. Breakdown of the year: Ebola
Cohen J. Science, 2014; 346: 1450-1451.

Microbiology. Persisters unmasked.
Holden DW. Science 2015; 347: 30-32.

A movable defense 
Koonin EV, Krupovich M. The Scientist, Jan 1, 2015.

Nanopore sequencing is here to stay 
Krol A. Bio-IT World, Dec 22, 2014.

Mathematical models for emerging disease
Dobson A. Science 2014; 346: 1294-1295. 

The two cultures of mathematics and biology
Pachter L. Bits of DNA (blog), Dec 30, 2014.

GenomeWeb updates on molecular diagnostics [by free subscription only]:

FDA issues EUA for Roche Ebola MDx test

Cepheid's HIV MDx assay gains CE-IVD mark 

Roche's Cobas CMV viral load assay gets CE mark 

SpeeDx preps to launch meningitis MDx test in 2015