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....

To mark the recent launch of Edinburgh Instruments new RM5 Raman Microscope, the company has today announced its partnership with Bio-Rad and its KnowItAll Raman Spectral Identification Partner Program. The partnership enables Edinburgh Instruments to give its customers access to the largest Raman Spectral Database and Raman Identification Software....

Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, and Peak Analysis and Automation (PAA), a leading supplier of intelligent laboratory automation solutions, have announced the optimization of the Cyto-Mine® Single Cell Analysis System through integration with PAA’s automated plate handler, S-LAB™. The addition of S-LAB to the Cyto-Mine provides researchers with a further streamlined solution for single cell analysis...

A new case study has been published by Autoscribe Informatics which shows how the Culligan Analytical Lab in Illinois, USA has made significant improvements in laboratory efficiency by using the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System). Culligan Water provides innovative water treatment solutions to domestic, commercial and industrial markets. Laboratory testing to provide an accurate analysis of a customer’s water quality....

Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, has announced the introduction of its Augmented Chemistry™ services, which provide collaborators with novel artificial intelligence technologies to supplement their skills and experience, enabling them to make more effective decisions and advance their drug discovery projects. In discovery projects, it is important to base decisions on reliable data to avoid wasted effort pursuing incorrectly selected compounds...

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, including the popular Cytation™ and Synergy™ multi-mode readers.

Peak Analysis & Automation (PAA), a global leader at the heart of laboratory automation, will be showcasing how automation can be used to enhance research - without involving major investment - at the upcoming ELRIG Drug Discovery 2019 meeting (5-6th November, ACC, Liverpool, UK). Dispelling the myth that automation is expensive, PAA will host a workshop at Drug Discovery 2019 entitled “High Value Research with Low Cost Automation”....