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Issue 12/2007

Release date: 12/17/2007

Interview

Biological Networks

A Systems Approach to Medicine

L. Hood, M.D., PhD, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, USA

page 09

Events

Cytoscape Symposium Highlights a Mushrooming User Community

page 010

International MEA Meeting 2008

page 010

International Bioprocessing Event in Vienna

page 011

Business

Intellectual Property

The Landscape of RNAi

C. McKiernan, PhD; K.M. Williams, PhD, J.D.; Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, USA

page 012

Awards

Max-Delbrück-Medal

page 014

Excellent! Protagen Turns Ten in the Land of Ideas

page 015

Eppendorf Young Investigator Award 2007

page 015

Interviews

A View on Labautomation

Information on Informatics

D. Dorsett, Symyx Software, USA

page 016

Tremendous Benefits

Millipore Transforms into a Leading Life Science Corporation

D. Baly, Millipore Corporation, Bioscience Division, USA

page 018

Genomics

DNA Vaccines

Design and Production

G.A. Monteiro, D.M. Prazeres, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

page 020

Tissue Engineering

Macroporous Hydrogels, Cryogels

Novel Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering

Dr. I. Yu. Galaev, Lund University, Sweden

page 028

Molecular Diagnostics

Assessing siRNA-mediated Gene Silencing

A Real-time qPCR Approach

J. Vandesompele, P. Mestdagh, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

page 030

RNA Technology

The Next Frontier in RNA

Chemically Modified siRNA for in vivo Applications

X. de Mollerat du Jeu, PhD; C. Cunning, PhD; Invitrogen, USA

page 033

Informatics

Live Cell Care

Visualising Stem Cells in vitro

Dr. S.L. Minger, Kings College London, UK

page 036

Cell Biology

Endothelial Cells in Microgravity

One More Step to Solve the "Immune Problem” in Space

Prof. Dr. Dr. O. Ullrich, University Zurich, Switzerland

page 038

Systems Biology

Systems Biology

Is Europe Taking up the Grand Challenge?

Dr. H.V. Westerhoff, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, UK

page 040

Application Note

Multiplex Technologies

New Prospects for Infectious Diseases

Dr. T. Ruckes, Qiagen, Germany

page 046

New Developments and Applications in GCPRs

J.-L. Tardieu, Cisbio International, France

page 048

Cover Story

Protected Environment

Automating Stem Cell Research Using Environmental Control

Velocity11, UK

page 052