Today's Pick: Stanford Professor sequences his entire genome cheaply, easily

Here’s the round-up of the week in the newsfeeds. Below I highlight my favourite articles of the week from each category.

Today’s Top Pick – “With Small Team And At Low Cost Stanford Professor Sequences His Entire Genome”. Find out more under Science and Innovation.

• Biotechnology “Biotech industry shows signs of a strong comeback”
• Cleantech “Canadian energy sector open for Chinese business”
• Health care “Cumberland raises $85M, ending IPO drought”
• Information and communication technology “A High-Speed Race for Broadband Billions”
• Venture capital “Silicon Valley May be Getting its Mojo Back”
• Business and entrepreneurship “America’s Fastest-Growing Companies: Lists & Rankings, Online Database: 2009 Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000 Released”
• Science and innovation “With Small Team And At Low Cost Stanford Professor Sequences His Entire Genome”
• Social Innovation and entrepreneurship “Mobiles fight poverty: Iqbal Quadir on TED.com”

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