Qualoupe Lite, Bibby Scientific’s low cost, intuitive laboratory information management system (LIMS), is now available across an even wider selection of the company’s laboratory equipment.

The system, compatible with Jenway 7300, 7305, 67 series, Genova Plus and Genova Nano spectrophotometers, Jenway 4510 bench conductivity meter and the Stuart SMP40 automatic melting point, provides a convenient solution for laboratories in need of a simple, auditable data storage system. Qualoupe Lite is ideal for small and medium laboratories in the academic and commercial sectors, delivering powerful but straightforward functions for...

Agilent Technologies, Inc. and Shimadzu Corp. has announced the release of GC instrument control for their respective Chromatography Data Systems (CDS). This provides customers in analytical laboratories with more freedom of choice when selecting a chromatography data system.

Tube filling - rapid and easy

TubeFiller was designed to reduce repetitive manual filling of any format laboratory racked tubes. Based on its dedicated function to fill “any tubes in any rack” the design includes a very stable filling arm with 2 side rails for best position recovery, precise XY position axes, an easy manual height adjustment, and an integrated pump to cover the standard microbiology filling range. No need for an additional pump for standard applications.

Hybrid Cloud Solution Connects Local Storage to the Cloud

Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for the hybrid cloud, today announced that the Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI) has chosen Avere for access to the world’s largest, centralized repository of whole genome sequence data. ITMI, a research and development arm of Inova Health System, will use Avere’s FXT Series Edge Filers with FlashMove™ software to move data into and out of the...

An intuitive, user-friendly and flexible software is the basis for the precise and intelligent control of spectrophotometers.

The multilingual software WinASPECT® PLUS for the spectrophotometers SPECORD® PLUS series provides a comprehensive basic software and specific tools for individual applications. The basic software includes a data handling module for special evaluation of spectra and measurement results, a formula editor, tools for kinetic measurements, layer thickness, and color values. Numerous preprogrammed methods for life science applications as...

GENALICE announced today it is partnering with deCODE Genetics to facilitate the large-scale testing of its unique DNA data processing software solution, GENALICE MAP.

After a first successful round of evaluating GENALICE MAP on speed and quality, both parties agreed to extend the evaluation to include up to 10,000 full human genomes. Population wide analysis is crucial if the potential of whole genome sequencing for medical application in patients with complex diseases is to be realized. Data processing at that level represents a major challenge, however, GENALICE’s unique ability to process a...

Autoscribe Informatics, a leading provider of database management systems, has reported record sales for the first quarter of the 2014-15 financial year.

Autoscribe’s flagship product, Matrix Gemini, is used in database management applications ranging from Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) to Quality Management Systems. Managing director, John Boother, said: “This is a superb start to the year for us and reflects the benefit of having a global presence in a number of market areas. This quarter has seen particularly strong orders from the UK with sales of...

Malvern Instruments has launched NTA 3.0, a new version of the software that drives its NanoSight Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) systems.

With an improved, easy-to-use interface, the new NTA 3.0 software makes accessing programs and protocols quick and convenient. It also incorporates an upgraded high-resolution particle size distribution algorithm, and supports advanced image analysis, particle detection and tracking, as well as providing improved vibration correction. The new software is designed for use across the complete NanoSight NTA range and will be integral to all new systems shipped, while existing users can download their free upgrade via the appropriate product page on the Malvern website....

Tecan has extended the flexibility of its popular Cavro^® Omni Robot with the introduction of embedded control functions and the option to select single axis configurations.

Unveiled with the launch of the Cavro Omni Robot Version 4.0 at the AACC’s 2014 Clinical Lab Expo, these latest updates will make it even easier to configure the Cavro Omni Robot to suit specific applications or instrument designs. The robot’s new Embedded Command Processor Mode allows direct communication for precise control and coordination of axis movements and liquid handling operations. This OS-independent command schema allows...

Tecan has introduced the Fluent™ laboratory automation solution, the latest addition to its world-class laboratory automation portfolio.

LHC™ SiLA is a Liquid Handling Control Software that allows any BioTek LHC-controlled washer or dispenser to be integrated into a robotic system with SiLA compliance, equipping users with more flexibility in system configuration compared to conventional instrument drivers.

Compatible instruments include EL406, 405 Touch, 405 LS, ELx405 Select Deep Well, MultiFlo and MultiFlo FX. BioTek's LHC™ SiLA driver was developed in accordance with the Consortium for Standardization in Lab Automation's published set of universal methods for microplate washers and dispensers....

The Pathology Partnership has awarded Capita Healthcare Decisions a seven year, £9.7m contract to provide a laboratory information system, and the platform to host it, to the hospitals in its shared service arrangement.

Capita will work with partner CliniSys to deliver the system. Combining the pathology laboratories of Cambridge, Ipswich, Hinchingbrooke, Colchester, and West Suffolk hospitals, together with East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, the Pathology Partnership was formed in the wake of the Carter reviewwhich recommended that performance improvement in pathology would be driven by the consolidation of multiple, acute trust pathology departments into single, managed networks...

Continuing increased sales triggers expansion!

Two Fold Software Ltd are pleased to announce the appointment of two new members of staff to assist with ever increasing sales of both new systems and upgrades, and ensure continued high customer satisfaction levels. Ron Kessels has been appointed as Business Development Manager, with key responsibility for developing relationships with strategic partners and distributors around the globe....

Zinc Ahead is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Naimoli as Vice President of US Operations.

Michael brings a wide range of experience to Zinc having worked in senior level positions for both pharmaceutical companies as well as industry leading software providers. Most recently, Michael served as Global Vice President, Life Sciences Industry Business Unit, for SAP where he was responsible for the direction and management of new offerings for the life sciences industry. Prior to that, Michael served as ...

As protein-based drugs become more important in treating major diseases, producers face the critical challenge of deeply characterizing these highly-complex molecules for efficacy and safety, as well as to meet quality requirements.

Now there’s a new software tool designed to increase the speed, quality and confidence in comprehensive biotherapeutic protein characterization useful for drug development and production quality control. Thermo Scientific PepFinder software is making its debut at the 62^nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, booth 127, and at the company’s hospitality suite: Holiday, Baltimore Hilton. PepFinder software is designed to...

Novel Program Increases Lab Accuracy and Unknown Compound Identification with Single Quadrupole Instrumentation

Cerno Bioscience and Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced Agilent will distribute Cerno Bioscience’s MassWorks™ calibration and analysis software with all Agilent GC/MSD systems. This novel calibration technology increases the mass accuracy of Agilent's single quadrupole GC/MSD to enable unknown compound identification. This process normally requires more complex instruments such as Time-of-Flight (TOF) mass spectrometers "Making Cerno MassWorks directly available to GC/MSD users through Agilent channels opens the qualitative power of accurate mass information to...

GENALICE has announced that the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s Molecular Diagnostics Centre has signed a contract for a larger model of the GENALICE VAULT, GENALICE’s Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data processing appliance.

This all-in-one bioinformatics appliance is preloaded with the ultra-fast and highly accurate NGS data processing software, GENALICE MAP. GENALICE recently announced the upgrade of its groundbreaking DNA processing solution to include Variant Calling. This upgrade makes GENALICE MAP a complete processing workflow. The product is specifically designed to support high volume DNA sequencing centers that require high throughput at high quality...

Qlucore Omics Explorer turns the world of bioinformatics software on its head.

It’s so easy to use that you will no longer be dependent on an expert in Bioinformatics to explore your data sets and verify your hypotheses. Now you can "Do It Yourself"! Qlucore Omics Explorer is next-generation bioinformatics software that combines powerful statistical methods with real time visualization and an intuitive user interface. With Qlucore Omics Explorer you immediately have a visual representation of all your results...

Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL) will host the fifth in our 2014 series of webcasts on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, to share information on leveraging LIMS as s Software as a Service (SaaS) model.

DATE:   Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Homerton) in east London has selected BridgeHead Software (BridgeHead), the specialist Healthcare Data Management company, to implement its Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) for a comprehensive pan-organisational image management strategy, prior to its selection of a replacement PACS imaging system.

The BridgeHead VNA gives Homerton complete flexibility and neutrality on its ‘yet to be determined’ PACS as well as its underlying storage infrastructure. BridgeHead’s VNA also enables the Trust to take a more strategic approach to its data management, enabling it to more efficiently locate and share all patient data with multiple clinical teams across multiple healthcare departments...

Cresset, innovative provider of computational chemistry software and services, is pleased to announce that the Centre for Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (CCBT) at The Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), a state-of-the-art research institute in Bangalore, India, has taken a three year license for use of Cresset’s Forge and Spark software tools for lead optimization and identification.

The CCBT, which is directed by Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman (University of Cambridge) in an international collaboration between Cambridge and inStem, seeks to pioneer new approaches for chemical biology and therapeutics through the development of new methods for small-molecule drug discovery. Cresset and Forge will be used in the new computational chemistry group in the CCBT. Dr. Kavitha Bharatham, who leads the...

With Olympus’ unique GEM interface integrated into the latest release of the cellSens imaging software, executing even the most intricate life science imaging experiments is now realised with outstanding ease and efficiency.

Personalised automation is the key to managing complex multi-dimensional experiments, and the latest Olympus cellSens imaging software (version 1.11) seamlessly controls motorised hardware to allow effortless set-up of complex acquisition sequences and protocols. The unique Graphical Experiment Manager (GEM) interface allows the user to "draw" their experimental schematic on-screen with...