LabVantage Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services including purpose-built LIMS solutions that allow labs to go live faster and at a lower total cost, has announced that its platform is now available as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) package. With LabVantage SaaS, customers pay a simple subscription fee to access the entire LabVantage platform – laboratory information management system (LIMS), electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), laboratory execution system (LES), and scientific data management system (SDMS)....
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has introduced its BrightLab™ cloud-based inventory management and instrument connectivity platform for research scientists. The new software includes an electronic lab notebook, which allows scientists and lab managers to track and update experiments from any computer or mobile device. “In today’s research environment, analog methods of documentation and analysis often take us away from the research itself....
Visitors to analytica 2020 can experience the laboratory of the future in a special show that is unique in the whole world: 18 partners from science and industry have joined forces to demonstrate device networking, collaborative robotics and user interaction, using the example of eight workflows from real-world applications. In the associated Forum, experts give lectures on the current state of digitization in the laboratory...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2020 LIMS Webcast series on Wednesday, February 12th with Lab Automation in the Water/Wastewater Industry. This webcast will provide an update on some of the leading challenges facing water, wastewater and environmental laboratories today and highlight some of the latest advances in laboratory automation and LIMS in addressing these challenges....
Known for its ease of configurability the latest version of Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) from Autoscribe Informatics will be on show at PITTCON 2020. Unique among LIMS vendors every customer LIMS is based on the same software with configurable workflows and screen designs to suit any industry. The graphical configuration tools allow controlled changes to be made to the system without the need for software coding skills...
Testa Analytical Solutions e.K. has launched the new Particle Explorer software suite for its popular BI-200SM light scattering goniometer system. The new software suite has been designed to enable even occasional users to simply access the unmatched research grade performance and extensive operational versatility of the BI-200SM in one convenient user interface. All Particle Explorer software modules are easily accessible and packed with a plethora of new and exciting features....
Ziath has announced that it will launch a revolutionary web-based 2D-barcoded tube identification product - Datapaq 5 at SLAS 2020 in San Diego, USA. In modern laboratories - samples are typically stored in large -80°C freezers, liquid nitrogen tanks or fully automated stores that are often inconveniently situated in an outbuilding or a basement. Datapaq 5 is the first of a new generation of digital sample management tools being developed by Ziath to allow sample management...
Safe and distinct sample ID is key for successful results in the lab. The new Eppendorf SafeCode system enables a safe sample vial tracking from the bench to the longterm storage in the ULT freezer. SafeCode is based on a multi-level coding of the CryoStorage Vials for sample storage. The coding can be read by the Eppendorf RackScan instrument or any handheld datamatrix scanner....
Optibrium™, BioSolveIT™ and Enamine™, leading providers of software and services for drug discovery, announce a three-way collaboration enabling efficient search of Enamine’s REAL Space directly from within Optibrium’s StarDrop™ software. This extension to StarDrop is powered by BioSolveIT’s proprietary Feature Trees (FTrees) technology, to search a gigantic chemical space of over 11 billion readily accessible compounds and identify novel compounds that are similar to a query structure of interest....
The latest version of the Matrix Gemini LIMS software from Autoscribe Informatics provides significant enhancements which keep Matrix Gemini amongst the most innovative LIMS solutions currently available. Key new features are now included in the runsheet, graphical configuration tools and substance management functionality. QC runsheets are important in many industries as they help ensure the quality and accuracy of analytical work....
Arctoris Ltd, the developer of the world’s first fully automated drug discovery platform, has opened the doors to its new global headquarters and state-of-the-art research and development (R&D) facility in Oxford, UK. Housing the company’s proprietary technology and providing space for its rapidly growing commercial and scientific teams, the facility will enable Arctoris to continue to support its research partners around the world with its structured, automated approach to drug discovery....
The Instrument Calibration & Maintenance System (ICMS) for the Matrix Gemini LIMS from Autoscribe Informatics provides busy laboratories with another tool to improve quality and compliance as well as drive efficiency. Proactively scheduling the calibration and maintenance of every piece of equipment in a timely manner ensures maximum instrument availability within the laboratory....
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), kicks off the 2020 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, January 15th with Lab Automation Today: Five Key Trends Currently Impacting Your Laboratory. This webcast will focus on five trends challenging many analytical testing laboratories today and the role that a LIMS can play in addressing the impact of these trends....
Ziath has launched a competitively priced starter kit for organizations involved in food research, production and testing to keep track of samples to help improve food safety. Reflecting the threat of foodborne illnesses and product recalls, food safety is an issue of significant and growing importance to consumers, food manufacturers and research laboratories. Increasingly legislative bodies around the world are pushing for handlers along the entire food supply chain to put in place food 'track and trace' provisions to prevent....
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is delighted to announce its GeneSys software is now available with the addition of new ChemiRapid, Signal Accumulation Calculator (SAC) and Enhanced Image features designed to improve chemiluminescence imaging workflow and quality. The software, available for free download to users of specific Syngene imaging systems, offers picture perfect chemi blot images....
Thermo Fisher Scientific and Agilent Technologies are continuing their agreement to the industry-wide Instrument Control Exchange Program (ICEP) – fostering compatibility among key vendors’ instrumentation and chromatography data systems (CDS). Organizations across the life sciences and applied industries will continue to benefit from the ability to select the hardware and software that most appropriately meets their application and business needs through the sustained involvement of key vendors....
Cresset, provider of software and contract research services for small molecule drug discovery, and Liverpool ChiroChem, (LCC) a chemical technology innovator that produces chiral small molecules for biotech and pharmaceutical R&D, announce a collaboration to design novel compound libraries with the maximum pharmacological diversity within the smallest library size. Excellent library design is the key to efficient drug discovery.
Autoscribe Informatics, a leading provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), is delighted to announce the appointment of Claude Hatfield as President, North American Operations. Claude brings with him a wealth of knowledge of the informatics market which includes significant experience in the Pharmaceutical industry. He held a number of positions at Ortho Pharmaceutical including coordinating workflows....
Radleys explores and looks into how automation is making a significant difference to labs, offering a variety of benefits. It is arguable that we are currently in the midst of an automation revolution. Most things are becoming digitised and everywhere you turn, it seems that technology is doing a job once reserved for a human. From the self-service checkout at the supermarket, to the maps app on your smartphone; some things are now so ingrained in our everyday lives....
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), ends the 2019 LIMS Webcast series on Wednesday, December 11th with Roadmap to a Successful LIMS Needs Assessment. This webcast will focus on the critical role that a needs assessment can play in guiding an organization through the complex process of selecting and implementing a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)....
Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, has announced the introduction of StarDrop™ 6.6, the latest version of this comprehensive software platform for small molecule design, optimisation and data analysis. The enhanced software will introduce new in silico modelling approaches, ensuring scientists can easily link two- and three-dimensional structural information, identify potential liabilities and design new compounds with the highest chance of success....
The new Quantitative Assay Apps from BioTek Instruments, Inc. provide convenience and simplicity for researchers performing four commonly used detection-based applications: absorbance-based BCA, Bradford, Lowry protein assays, and fluorescence-based DNA assays. These easy-to-use Apps are powered through Gen5™ Data Analysis Software and are compatible with BioTek microplate readers equipped with the relevant detection mode....