Scripps ends USC merger talks; Appistry starts NGS analysis competition;

> Scripps Research Institute and USC officially ended talks about a possible merger. Article

> Appistry began accepting applications for a NGS analysis competition. Release

> The NIH gave Reaction Biology a grant to create a database of epigenetic drug interactions. Post

> A team from the Allen Institute for Brain Science presented a new way to analyze 3D images. Item

> OmniComm Systems won a contract to provide EDC to support a biotech's three Phase III trials. News

> A synthetic biology software company is set to receive funding from an Israeli-U.S. initiative. More

> The National Center for Genome Resources and Simbiot partnered on a NGS data platform. Release