SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, announces the release of firefly®+, an expansion to its established firefly genomics liquid handling platform, integrating an on-deck thermocycler and increased labware capacity to enable complete hands-free Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) library preparation...
Confience, a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2024 LIMS Webcast series on Wednesday, February 14, with LIMS: Promoting Productivity and Progress in Today’s Water and Wastewater Laboratories. This webcast will highlight the ways in which a LIMS may stimulate laboratory productivity and growth. This includes discussion on LIMS support for regulatory requirements around PFAS and the new EPA Lead/Copper rules...
Cresset, a provider of integrated in silico solutions for drug discovery, has released the latest version of its Flare drug discovery platform, which aims to improve ligand and structure-based drug design and the lead optimization process in early drug discovery. Flare Free Energy Perturbation (FEP) provides a quantitative method to reliably calculate relative binding affinity, enabling accurate ranking of molecules in a congeneric ligand series...
HORIBA Medical has launched the new HELO 2.0 high throughput automated hematology platform which is CE-IVDR approved. Following the success of HORIBA Medical’s previous HELO, this new generation high-end hematology range has been designed in consultation with customers to further improve and cover all needs of high throughput fully automated hematology. HELO 2.0 offers a highly flexible and efficient modular hematology solution that is fully scalable with many possible configurations for mid to large-scale laboratories...
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the launch of the Gibco™ Cell Therapy Systems (CTS™) Cellmation™ Software, a first-of-its-kind automation solution designed to connect and integrate workflows across multiple Thermo Fisher Scientific cell therapy instruments while enabling cGMP compliance. This new offering can help eliminate the need for costly custom software projects and extensive validation, saving valuable time and resources during the cell therapy manufacturing process...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, continues to lead the way with first-to-market concepts to help laboratories achieve goals faster and with greater accuracy. The company announces it has developed the first commercially available anti-TRBC2 conjugated antibody for flow cytometry, providing greater clarity to clinical researchers in the identification of T-cell neoplasms in areas including cancer research...
Autoscribe is thrilled to be demonstrating its latest Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) innovations at the industry’s leading US laboratory event PITTCON 2024. Autoscribe Informatics, now part of Xybion Digital, will showcase the industry’s leading configurable laboratory software solution, Matrix Gemini LIMS. Combining these two leading organizations in the field of laboratory informatics has doubled the installed user base and provides a comprehensive offering from preclinical systems through to contract testing...
Scitara, a market-leading innovator in laboratory digital transformation, has announced an agreement with Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), a global leader in analytical instruments and software. Under the agreement, Waters has licensed Scitara’s Digital Lab Exchange DLX™ cloud platform to communicate with Waters’ Empower™ Chromatography Data System and waters_connect™ Lab Informatics Platform to bring greater lab connectivity to an even broader set of laboratory users...
Rapid technological advancements in the life sciences field have made automation a key focus for many laboratories, and INTEGRA Biosciences is proud to provide advanced liquid handling solutions to streamline laboratory protocols. The company offers a wide range of electronic pipettes, automated pipettes and reagent dispensers that can be seamlessly integrated into a digital or walk-away workflow, improving both productivity and reliability in the lab...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), kicks off the 2024 LIMS Webcast series on Wednesday, January 17 with Top Ten Reasons Why Your Laboratory Needs a LIMS Today. This webcast is ideal for organizations seeking guidance as they justify acquiring a LIMS. The highlight of our presentation will be counting down a list of the top ten reasons why a typical testing laboratory should invest in a LIMS...
Carterra Inc., the world leader in label-free high-throughput antibody discovery and development, and ENPICOM B.V., an innovative bioinformatics software solutions provider, announced today a collaboration to streamline the analysis of rapidly growing sequencing and antibody screening data generated in the lab. The collaboration will focus on accelerating the identification of clinical-grade antibody candidates with improved characteristics...
Two health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland have gone live with Clinisys WinPath, at the start of a series of deployments from the Core Laboratory Information Management System or Core LIMS project. This project, which is being led by the Business Services Organisation, will see every pathology service in Northern Ireland adopt the laboratory information system to support the modernisation of services...
Micronic launches its first high speed camera-based rack reader, for fast and precise rack reading: the Micronic Rack Reader DR900, complete with the intuitive Micronic Code Reader Software. Optimized for rapid and accurate sample identification, the DR900 high speed reader can read and decode a whole rack of 2D Data-Matrix codes in just 3 seconds. The new DR900 is compatible with most brands of 2D Data-Matrix coded tubes whether they are in a 139-, 96-, 48-, or 24-well format...
TESTA Analytical reports on how its flowmeter software driver for chromatography data systems (CDS) has successfully passed extensive testing in a regulated pharmaceutical laboratory environment. Thorough testing of new software packages and drivers are nowadays an integral part of any new product release. This testing gains even higher importance when the software to be released is designed to operate flawlessly with chromatography software packages from different HPLC and GPC/SEC manufacturers...
Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents and a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays, and Biotage, a global life sciences company, providing high-quality purification and sample preparation solutions, have announced a partnership to offer Biotage® PeptiPEC, based on Gyros’ PurePep® EasyClean (PEC™) catch and release technology, on Biotage® Extrahera™ automated sample preparation system...
Autoscribe Informatics, the global leader in configurable Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), has announced the release of Matrix Gemini version 6.11. In the past twelve months there have been 6 new software releases. It is a testament to the agile approach of the development team that fully tested releases are available on average every two months. New or improved features in the last twelve months include...
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has launched its AIDDISON™ drug discovery software, the first software-as-a-service platform that bridges the gap between virtual molecule design and real-world manufacturability through SynthiaTM retrosynthesis software application programing interface (API) integration. It combines generative AI, machine learning and computer-aided drug-design to speed up drug development...
AFYS3G launches its first camera-based rack reader, for fast and precise rack reading: the AFYS3G High Speed Rack Reader Delta50. Due to its camera-based design, the Delta50 can read and decode racks with 2D coded tubes in less than 2 seconds. The Delta50 comes standard with the in-house made AFYS3G Delta Decoding Software. This software is specifically developed to decode 2D tubes in ANSI/SLAS format racks from a variety of brands...
Innovation Provides United States with First Workflow Update in 25 Years. Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to distribute its popular AQUIOS STEM System in the United States. This innovation provides labs with an evolution of the gold standard for hematopoietic stem cell enumeration...
To support ongoing digital transformation in life sciences and chemistry-driven organizations, ACD/Labs has introduced Spectrus Conduit—the first out-of-the-box, low-code/no-code application that connects, designs, and manages automated dataflows from analytical instruments and other data sources. Spectrus Conduit creates standardized, harmonized digital twins of the R&D laboratory, improves collaboration, and supports downstream AI/ML applications..
Featuring a novel design, the new tri-coded 1.6ml Maximum Recovery tube from Azenta Life Sciences is ideally suited for automated workflows using liquid handling, where more sample can be retrieved due to the unique shaped bottom. Large dead volumes in storage tubes are particularly concerning for users handling precious samples, such as stem cells, enzymes, antibody solutions and difficult-to-make compounds...
Xybion Corporation announce the acquisition of Autoscribe Informatics (“Autoscribe”). This acquisition represents a significant strategic expansion in the Company’s Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) business globally. Autoscribe, a globally recognized LIMS software provider, headquartered in the United Kingdom, with additional operations in the United States and Australia...