Log In
Note to readers
Watch for C&EN’s special double issue on Aug. 21 announcing this year’s Talented 12, a list of 12 young chemical scientists whose next moves you won’t want to miss.
Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society
December 14, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 50
COVER: In Pacific Biosciences’ technology, an array of DNA polymerase enzymes in tiny holes called zero-mode waveguides is used to sequence long strands of DNA. Pacific Biosciences
Volume 87, Issue 50
PERSONAL GENOMES
Advances in DNA sequencing technology are making applications of whole-genome sequencing a reality
COVER: In Pacific Biosciences’ technology, an array of DNA polymerase enzymes in tiny holes called zero-mode waveguides is used to sequence long strands of DNA. Pacific Biosciences
Credit: PacificBiosciences
» Full Article
December 14, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 50
December 14, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 50
Advances in DNA sequencing technology are making applications of whole-genome sequencing a reality
(pp. 13-15)
Features
Business
Against the odds, five ventures are pursuing the biobased chemical across the globe (pp. 23-25)
Government & Policy
Federal agencies try new ways to encourage transformative research, but funding remains scarce (pp. 29-31)
Cover Story: Your Own Personal Genome
DNA Sequencing Forges Ahead
Next-generation technologies lower cost of genome sequencing
(pp. 16-19)News of the Week
Crossroads In Copenhagen
Climate change: first week of talks sets stage for tough work to come
(p.6)Biorefiners Win Government Funds
Green goal: grants will advance fuels and chemicals from renewable raw materials
(p.8)Water Treatment
Tata Launches Low-cost Water Filter For Use In Poor Countries
(p.9)N2 Cleaved, Functionalized
Synthesis: hafnium complex enables reaction with carbon monoxide
(p.10)Departments
Business
Against the odds, five ventures are pursuing the biobased chemical across the globe
(pp. 23-25)
Custom chemical manufacturers that can make antibody-drug conjugates see promising business
(pp. 26-27)Concentrates
(pp. 20-21)
(pp. 20-21)- Dow Corning CEO Burns Calls For Green Jobs
- Eastman Drops Gasification Project
- Koppers To Buy Cindu Chemicals
- SolviCore Helps Power Yacht’s Fuel Cell
- Dow And Bayer Sign Biodiesel License
- Amyris Buys Stake In Brazilian Plant
- Nalco Opens Asian Technical Center
- Tranzyme And BMS Sign Discovery Deal
- Big Drug Firms Exit Biotech Partnerships
- Celgene Will Acquire Drug Firm Gloucester
- Ranbaxy Ends Pact With Japanese Partner
- ZymoGenetics Licenses Antibody, Cuts Staff
- Business Roundup
Government & Policy
Federal agencies try new ways to encourage transformative research, but funding remains scarce
(pp. 29-31)
Unconventional water structure theories generate criticism, but don’t hamper funding
(pp. 32-33)
Science & Technology
Next-generation technologies lower cost of genome sequencing
(pp. 16-19)
Advances in DNA sequencing technology are making applications of whole-genome sequencing a reality
(pp. 13-15)
More results question molecular link between red wine compound and its antiaging activity
(pp. 36-37)
Technology and Business news for the laboratory world
(p.38)Newscripts
Editor's Page
Most popular
Viewed
Commented
Chemistry Job Listings