Imaris 10.0 revolutionises the well-known and trusted Filament Tracer, which has been used by the neuroscience community for over 15 years, leading to almost 700 scientific papers. The new 10.0 Filament Tracer combines the versatility of an Autopath intensity-based method with a unique machine learning approach, providing the most flexible tool on the market for tracing a multitude of neuron types...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), kicks off the 2023 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, January 18, with The Importance of a Complete LIMS Solution: Don’t Forget the Enhancements, Support, and Training! Purchasing a LIMS –whether for the first time or as a replacement-- can be overwhelming for any laboratory...
Asynt reports how the deepmatter® Group, with facilities in the UK, France and Germany, have developed the cloud-based SmartChemistry® platform to share chemical reaction and sensor data direct from the laboratory to allowing analysis of this information on an unprecedented scale. This single platform allows reaction data to be compiled from multiple data sources to provide...
accroma labtec Ltd., a Swiss manufacturer of lab automation systems, announce the acquisition of LabMinds product range and IP in an asset deal. This allows customers to benefit from in-depth automation knowledge and services that stand out from the well-known pipetting automation solutions and cover the largest bottlenecks, sample and solution preparation...
Ziath has donated 2D-barcode scanners, software, and barcoded sample tubes to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to assist them in creating a unique biobank of zoological specimens that will be available to researchers worldwide. Assembled over the last 40 years, the ZSL collection include samples that have been donated from many diverse sources including tissue biopsies from animals with unusual diseases, zoological objects seized by regulatory authorities and endangered species specimens from various parts of the world...
Recent data released by Autoscribe Informatics shows the breadth of industries purchasing a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS); many for the first time. This market analysis from recent projects shows the cross-section of clients is moving well beyond what many think of as the LIMS core market of Healthcare, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals....
From 9 to 11 May next year, LABVOLUTION 2023 in Hannover will demonstrate its development into a new hub for the topics of laboratory digitalization, artificial intelligence and sustainability. As a recognized trade fair for laboratory equipment and automation, LABVOLUTION reflects the events of the past years in a special way: The Corona pandemic caused a forced hiatus of the event in 2021 and, at the same time, significantly shorter innovation cycles for the industries that traditionally present themselves at LABVOLUTION...
Ziath reports how a leading Dutch genome diagnostics lab is using their Mohawk semi-automated tube picker to retrieve DNA samples accurately and rapidly from their extensive biobank. The Genome Diagnostics Laboratory (AGDx) is centred at the VU Medical Centre in Amsterdam - the largest University Medical Centre in the Netherlands. Bringing together a network of medical specialists in
Autoscribe Informatics, the global leader in configurable Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), has announced the release of Matrix Gemini version 6.6. The December 2022 release includes a number of enhancements designed to improve the user experience even further. The ability to split and freeze columns and rows in a complex grid mirrors the Excel Freeze Panes function...
As an active player in the chemical industry, Alfa Chemistry decided to combine the power of computational chemistry with drug design and synthesis. This move aims to largely enhance the overall drug discovery efficiency and open up new possibilities for the pharmaceutical industry. Fairly recently, the company launched a series of structure-based drug design (SBDD) services, showing capabilities in virtual screening, flexible target sampling, skeleton transitions, de novo design, and more...
The life science group Sartorius and the Sweden-based BICO Group, a provider of instruments and consumables for bioprinting, bioscience and bioautomation applications, have agreed on a comprehensive technology as well as sales and marketing cooperation. As part of the partnership, both companies will enter into a research & development collaboration relating to 3D cell printing and associated technologies as well as digital solutions for cell line development workflows...
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the release of the AssayMAP Bravo Protein Sample Prep Workbench 4.0 software. This release adds 21 CFR Part 11 compliance-enabling features that allow AssayMAP Bravo-based automated sample preparation in workflows across the biopharma drug development process. The requirement for labs to use instruments that comply with regulatory guidelines such as 21 CFR Part 11 or have the option of...
Global Healthcare Opportunities, or GHO Capital Partners LLP, the European specialist investor in global healthcare, today announces its investment in Sapio Sciences (“Sapio”), a high growth integrated lab informatics platform helping to transform and accelerate life science R&D for international biopharmaceutical companies, CROs and clinical diagnostic labs...
ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes software in support of R&D, has announced the release of version 2022 software applications on the Spectrus® platform, and updates to Percepta® platform software. “Analytical data utilization ‘beyond just-in-time’ decision making grows every year,” said Andrew Anderson, Vice President of Innovation and Informatics Strategy, ACD/Labs...
Dolomite Bio launches free Droplet Analyzer Software, enabling fast and accurate detection and analysis of hydrogel scaffolds and aqueous droplets generated with microfluidics technology. The analysis of emulsions and products from microfluidics can be slow, difficult, and prone to human error. For this reason, Dolomite Bio is launching a Droplet Analyzer Software as a free online tool...
Waters Corporation has announced a new Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) quantitation workflow enabled by enhancements to its waters_connect™ for quantitation software. Through a combination of Waters™ ultra-sensitive instrumentation, sample prep chemistries and software, the end-to-end workflow simplifies and automates the measurement of PFAS in food, soil, air, and water at parts-per-quadrillion levels that meet and exceed regulatory detection limits...
Benchling, the R&D Cloud powering the biotechnology industry, has announced that Novozymes, the global leader in biological solutions, will expand the use of the Benchling R&D Cloud across its entire R&D organization. After initially rolling out Benchling to improve collaboration and accelerate innovation within select strain and engineering research and development (R&D) teams, the company determined Benchling was the right solution to create a central source of truth for data, collaboration, and insights across all Novozymes’ R&D teams...
Rapid 2D barcode rack readers and automated tube picking equipment from Ziath are helping Colorifix (Norwich, UK) to accelerate development of revolutionary biological dyes to help the textile industry dramatically reduce its environmental impact. Dyeing of fabrics by the textile industry represents one of Man’s most polluting industrial processes, using many toxic chemicals and over 5 trillion litres of water every year...
One of the many benefits of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is that all laboratory data is captured in one place. This allows laboratories to easily extract Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and detailed management statistics from the data, providing a rich source of information to optimize operations and eliminate wastage. Yet few laboratories take maximum advantage of this capability...
Linkam Scientific Instruments, experts in sample characterisation, has launched a new software, NEXUS, revolutionising the way Linkam stages are used. It is used to precisely control and record all aspects of heating, cooling, vacuum, humidity, and other environmental conditions in a Linkam stage with optional optical measurement capabilities. NEXUS Core is the main NEXUS platform that introduces a range of new specifications to enable a greater degree of experiment control...
BioAscent, the leading provider of integrated drug discovery services, has introduced a new web-based interface for customers using its compound management services. The Compound Connect interface provides BioAscent customers with a secure online inventory, ordering and tracking system for compound libraries managed by BioAscent at its state-of-the-art facility in Newhouse, UK...
The new Thermo Scientific EXTREVA ASE Accelerated Solvent Extractor is the first system to automatically extract and concentrate analytes of interest from solid and semi-solid samples, such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) or pesticides, in a single instrument, eliminating manual sample transfer for a walk-away sample-to-vial workflow...