Innovative solutions drive long term healthcare programs and accelerate clinical development. ERT, a global data and technology company that minimizes uncertainty and risk in clinical trials, today announced that it has been named to the Journal of mHealth’s annual Global Digital Health 100, an international benchmark for mobile, digital and connected technologies in healthcare. The Global Digital Health 100 is one of the HealthTech industry’s foremost technology award programs....

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has announced new laboratory automation technologies designed to streamline workflows, optimize productivity, and speed time to results.  The new solutions are on display this week at the 2018 Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) conference, Booth 1105, San Diego Convention Center, California....

Autoscribe Informatics will be demonstrating the new ‘Laboratory Execution System’ (LES) module for Matrix Gemini LIMS at Pittcon 2018. Rigorous conformance to standard operating procedures for every analysis is an essential requirement in highly regulated industries and QA/QC laboratories. Utilizing the highly flexible graphical configuration capabilities of Matrix Gemini, the LES module allows standard operating procedures to be captured in a workflow and enforced according to the specific method...

Finnish high-tech company FocalSpec, specialized in devices for fast surface measurement and on-line testing of challenging materials and shapes, and Digital Surf, global provider of Mountains® surface analysis software solutions, have teamed up to release FocalSpec Map, a cutting-edge software package bringing a whole new set of tools to users of the Finnish company’s innovative Line Confocal Imaging (LCI) technology....

TIDE detects genome editing-mediated indels and calculates the efficiency of CRISPR using Sanger DNA sequencing data

Desktop Genetics Ltd (DTG), a biotech company globally recognised for its leadership in gene-editing bioinformatics, acquired exclusive worldwide licensing rights for TIDE (Tracking of Indels by DEcomposition), from the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI)....

Syngene is delighted to announce its GeneSys software has been upgraded to include QuickQuant, a new feature for rapid band quantification analysis on blots or gels.

This software, available to download free of charge to existing users of specified Syngene imaging systems, saves scientists time by allowing them to accurately analyse gels and blots at the point of image capture. For use in Syngene’s G:BOX and GeneGnome systems, QuickQuant is ideal for scientists who need to perform rapid band quantification while they are using their imager....

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Biobank is part of a multi-million pound project to transform cancer care in Merseyside, UK.

A  new case study has been published by Autoscribe Informatics which describes how the newly established Biobank is using the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for complete tracking of all of its samples. The CCC Biobank will act as a major resource for academic oncologists....

SIMCA® and SIMCA®-online software updates in the Umetrics™ Suite help manufacturing industries make better business decisions and optimize process control 

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, has introduced a new version of its SIMCA® and SIMCA®-online data analytical solutions, which are offered by its subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics, formerly known as Umetrics....

BioTek released the second edition of its BioSpa Software.

BioSpa Software controls all aspects of the BioSpa 8 Automated Incubator which links BioTek readers or images together with washers and dispensers for full workflow automation of up to 8 microplates....

Artel, a developer of operator-friendly liquid handling technology, is proud to announce the launch of its next-generation PCS® Software version 1.2.

Designed following extensive feedback from customers, Artel’s latest version of its popular pipette quality and management software features superior ease-of-use, and promises a streamlined laboratory workflow and improved overall user experience. The state-of-the-art software is fully compatible with Artel’s first generation PCS (Pipette Calibration System) instruments and is integrated with the current generation PCS...

First ZEISS ZEN Intellesis solution enables segmentation of correlative microscopy datasets

 ZEISS announces ZEISS ZEN Intellesis, a new machine learning capability that enables researchers to perform advanced analysis of their imaging samples across multiple microscopy methods. The first algorithmic solution introduced by the ZEISS ZEN Intellesis platform makes...

Fast Track Diagnostics S.à.r.l., one of the leading global suppliers of syndromic real-time PCR multiplexing kits, has been partnering for several months with UgenTec NV, an innovative European medical device software company that develops artificially intelligent PCR interpretation software. 

From the first of January 2018, all Fast Track Diagnostics´ kits will be available on UgenTec´s FastFinder, a fully automated real-time PCR interpretation platform. This module will allow technicians to fully automate and standardise analysis of FTD´s kits with Applied Biosystems 7500 and LightCycler® 480 PCR platforms.....

Effortless Accuracy. Consistent Results. Automation for every Laboratory

Whether it’s 5 or 500 samples, ePrep allows accurate automated sample preparation with consistent results. The Eprep suite of innovative technologies brings affordable robotic sample preparation to every laboratory. Rapid programming and simple instrument setup allows even complex Workflows to be configured in minutes....

Matrix Scheduler is an optional module for the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) from Autoscribe Informatics.

Users can automatically schedule reports, worklists, registration of samples and more. In this way activities can be managed more efficiently and significant savings in staff time can be made. An easy to use interface allows flexible scheduling in a number of ways, based on dates, times, days of the week and other parameters.....

Astell Scientific, the UK’s leading autoclave manufacturer, is pleased to announce the launch of a new software option that enables its full range of autoclaves to meet FDA 21 CFR Part 11 electronic signature regulations.

The software is targeted towards customers operating in the pharmaceutical and medical manufacturing industries, but can bring benefits to a much wider range of applications should traceability be of key importance when specifying a sterilizer....

The MRC-funded Cloud Infrastructure for Microbial Bioinformatics (CLIMB) has been recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

CLIMB was awarded the following honours - “Best Use of HPC in Life Sciences” for Real-Time analysis of Zika genomes, supported by Lenovo, OpenStack, IBM, Red Hat and Dell EMC and “Best HPC Collaboration (Academia/Government/Industry)” for CLIMB drawing on Lenovo...

sciNote Manuscript Writer is the first add-on of its kind to aid researchers in drafting scientific papers

Powered by Digital Surf’s Mountains® technology platform

Following the recent launch of the Tosca™ 400 atomic force microscope, the leading scientific equipment manufacturing company Anton Paar is today announcing the launch of Tosca™ analysis software, based on Digital Surf’s Mountains® surface analysis technology. Specially designed for industrial users, the Tosca™ 400 comes with ToscaTM Control...

Matrix iPlanner is an optional module for Matrix Gemini LIMS that optimises laboratory instrument usage by taking into consideration the booking of pre-requisite tests, the test order, sample availability dates, available instruments and their capacities.

Matrix iPlanner is another example of how Autoscribe Informatics has enhanced the Matrix Gemini LIMS to further facilitate laboratory management and automation. The pre-allocation of instrument time to waiting samples allows laboratory equipment to be used with maximum efficiency and automatically....

Small, affordable and reliable S-LAB™ plate handler makes lab automation more accessible

Peak Analysis & Automation (PAA), a global leader in laboratory automation, announces the launch of its S-LAB™ automated plate handler. Breaking the mould of traditional solutions to make it easier for labs to automate, S-LAB is an easy-to-use, compact, and affordable single instrument loading solution, with the same reliability as a robotic arm....

The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has chosen the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) from Autoscribe Informatics to monitor workflow across its three operations sites.

AIMS has a unique set of laboratories to support various marine research activities, with sites in Townsville, Perth and Darwin. The Townsville headquarters is home to 10 laboratories specialising in advanced analytical chemistry, biomolecular analysis, biology, chromatography and symbionts culture....

Booth H4, Lab Innovations 2017 NEC, Birmingham, UK, 1 - 2 November 2017

Visitors to Booth H4 will be able to see how the built-in configuration tools in Autoscribe Informatics’ Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) allow the software to be readily configured for any type of laboratory....