At the 36th annual European Congress of Pathology in Florence, Italy, Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader serving science, announced the latest recipients of the Oncomine Clinical Research Grant, designed to support emerging research on molecular profiling in oncology and to help democratize the future of precision medicine. Now in its fourth year, the grant recognizes research from Tata Memorial Centre in India; Leiden University Center in The Netherlands; Western University in Canada; and Fred Hutch Cancer Center in the U.S...
Flow chemistry engineering specialist Vapourtec is investing in the future of flow chemistry through a partnership with the organic chemistry team at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), headed up by Professor Varinder K Aggarwal. Over the next five years a minimum of 70 PhD candidates will have access to Vapourtec’s R-Series and E-Series flow chemistry systems in the first year of their doctorates as part of a scheme that is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)...
To simplify the process of toxicology assessment, testing and regulatory consultancy Broughton has launched the latest version of Tox HQ, an online data-driven tool that allows customers to confidentially submit its products for toxicological assessment. Tox HQ acts as a chemical repository, storing the properties of chemicals, hazard assessments, health-based guidance values and toxicological information, and a tool for building mixtures and formulations...
Autoscribe Informatics is excited to announce its participation in the 2024 Australasian Biospecimen Network Association (ABNA) Conference, which will take place from October 16 to 18 at The Stamford Grand, Glenelg, Adelaide. As a leader in laboratory informatics, Autoscribe Informatics will be showcasing its state-of-the-art Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)...
A group of former Pfizer employees have successfully created their own businesses based at and supported by Discovery Park, a thriving life sciences community in Kent. The new businesses are all contract research organisations, namely Biowaived, Matheus Engineering and Particology Ltd. Their launch has been supported by Pfizer’s Pharmaceutical Sciences Small Molecule (PSSM) division, with contracts for work to build their initial viability and momentum...
During the Sustainability Weeks, Starlab employees will visit over 100 laboratories in the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Germany to provide information on reducing laboratory plastic waste and their TipOne recycling service. These in-person visits encourage direct exchange and provide practical stimulus for effectively integrating sustainability into everyday laboratory operations...
Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers and a global leader in research and learning, and Digital Surf, editor of analysis software solutions for microscopy and spectroscopy, have announced the release of Wiley Surface-to-Spectral Analysis, a complete correlation & spectroscopy analysis software solution for microscopy. Wiley Surface-to-Spectral Analysis provides a comprehensive, powerful solution to process, combine, and analyze images and data from various spectroscopic techniques...
CrestOptics S.p.A., a manufacturer of high-end microscopy solutions and advanced systems for fluorescence microscopy and diagnostic applications, announce the initiation of a collaboration with Leica Microsystems, a leading provider of microscopy and scientific instrumentation. The partnership enables Leica Microsystems to offer CrestOptics’ CICERO spinning disk unit within its new THUNDER Imager Cell Spinning Disk system...
Laboratory automation is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by advancements in throughput, democratisation and artificial intelligence (AI). Here, James Atwood, general manager at laboratory automation solutions provider Opentrons Labworks Inc., Lab Innovations 2024 exhibitor, explores the trends that are reshaping research and diagnostics in the life sciences. These developments promise to enhance both the scale and scope of scientific discovery...
Arctoris, a leading contract research organisation (CRO) advancing drug discovery experimentation through its unique automated laboratory and data science platform, Ulysses™, has announced it has acquired the majority of Eli Lilly’s San Diego-based Lilly Life Sciences Studio’ laboratory (“Science Studio”). The acquisition significantly expands Arctoris’ research facilities, enhancing productivity and increasing the capacity to conduct multiple experiments simultaneously...
GenNext Technologies and Agilent have announced a pioneering collaboration that promises to transform structural biology research for biopharmaceutical companies. The integration of GenNext's AutoFox Protein Footprinting System with Agilent's 6560 Ion Mobility Quadrupole Time-of-Flight (IM-QTOF) LC/MS System presents an unparalleled approach to detailed protein structure analysis and biomolecular interaction studies...
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, has released the results of its annual Lab of the Future survey, conducted in partnership with Open Pharma Research. The survey of 200 experts spanning Europe, the Americas and APAC will be presented at the Lab of the Future Congress in Amsterdam on the 1st/2nd October. The research reveals that 68% of respondents are currently using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) in their work, an increase from 54% in 2023...
PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, has announced a collaboration with the University and University Hospital of Münster, to use long-read whole genome sequencing to significantly advance male infertility and rare disease research. By deploying PacBio’s Revio HiFi sequencing system, researchers at Münster will obtain highly accurate genomic data essential for addressing complex genetic issues associated with male infertility, including the Y chromosome...
The PPD™ clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announce the expansion of its global laboratory services with a new bioanalytical lab in GoCo Health Innovation City in Gothenburg, Sweden, that will serve pharmaceutical and biotech customers with advanced laboratory services and leading-edge instrumentation across all phases of pharmaceutical development to help deliver life-changing medicines to patients worldwide...
The cooperation will leverage Agilent’s comprehensive product portfolio and full workflow solutions to strengthen Sangon’s capacity for testing and analysis to better serve its customers. Together, they will actively explore advanced solutions in application areas that are essential to the biomedical and diagnostics industries, with a particular focus on promoting development in the areas of synthetic biology and multi-omics...
analytica is expanding its international network and will launch analytica USA in Columbus, Ohio, in fall 2025, to cover the North American market. The new offshoot of the world's leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology will take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center from September 10 to 12. analytica USA picks up on analytica's unique selling point by covering the entire spectrum of laboratories in industry and research, from laboratory planning to final equipment...
The Diagnostics & Research Institute for Pathology at the Medical University of Graz, a leader in personalized patient care and one of the largest hospitals in Austria, has selected the HALO AP® digital pathology platform from Indica Labs to deliver primary diagnostics. The enterprise digital pathology platform was selected alongside Aperio GT 450 scanners from Leica Biosystems for quality, performance, functionality, and usability...
This is your chance to join lab visionaries from all sectors for an unparalleled experience in collaboration, innovation, and networking this October 30th & 31st in Philadelphia. Explore the latest technological advancements shaping the future of labs during our keynotes sessions, roundtables, on our expo floor, 1-to-1 networking zone and more. If your work involves a lab, you need to be here. Meet with top lab leaders in the industry...
SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, and Synthace, the leading digital experiment platform for life science R&D teams, have announced a strategic collaboration to enhance the accessibility and effectiveness of Design of Experiments (DOE) in the life sciences community. This partnership combines the power of DOE with automated liquid handling to accelerate drug discovery and development timelines...
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced it has acquired Sigsense Technologies, a San Francisco, California-based startup that uses artificial intelligence and power monitoring to help optimize lab operations. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Sigsense technology is already available to Agilent customers through CrossLab Connect, a suite of digital applications—inventory management, service management, asset monitoring, smart alerts, and asset lifecycle analytics—that improve lab performance...
Labguru (Biodata Inc.), a leading provider of lab data management solutions, has successfully completed the System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 2 examination. Full compliance aligns with Labguru's mission to support scientific innovation through reliable and secure lab management solutions and its unwavering commitment to the highest standards of information security, privacy protection, and confidentiality...
Industry leaders to provide world-class lab informatics platform, services and support to life science customers. Sapio Sciences, the science-aware™ lab informatics platform, and Zifo, the leading scientific informatics services company, has announced a strategic partnership to bring best-in-class laboratory information management solutions to customers across the biotech, clinical diagnostics, and pharmaceutical industries...
At the 36th annual European Congress of Pathology in Florence, Italy, Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader serving science, announced the latest recipients of the Oncomine Clinical Research Grant, designed to support emerging research on molecular profiling in oncology and to help democratize the future of precision medicine. Now in its fourth year, the grant recognizes research from Tata Memorial Centre in India; Leiden University Center in The Netherlands; Western University in Canada; and Fred Hutch Cancer Center in the U.S...
Flow chemistry engineering specialist Vapourtec is investing in the future of flow chemistry through a partnership with the organic chemistry team at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), headed up by Professor Varinder K Aggarwal. Over the next five years a minimum of 70 PhD candidates will have access to Vapourtec’s R-Series and E-Series flow chemistry systems in the first year of their doctorates as part of a scheme that is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)...
To simplify the process of toxicology assessment, testing and regulatory consultancy Broughton has launched the latest version of Tox HQ, an online data-driven tool that allows customers to confidentially submit its products for toxicological assessment. Tox HQ acts as a chemical repository, storing the properties of chemicals, hazard assessments, health-based guidance values and toxicological information, and a tool for building mixtures and formulations...
Autoscribe Informatics is excited to announce its participation in the 2024 Australasian Biospecimen Network Association (ABNA) Conference, which will take place from October 16 to 18 at The Stamford Grand, Glenelg, Adelaide. As a leader in laboratory informatics, Autoscribe Informatics will be showcasing its state-of-the-art Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)...
A group of former Pfizer employees have successfully created their own businesses based at and supported by Discovery Park, a thriving life sciences community in Kent. The new businesses are all contract research organisations, namely Biowaived, Matheus Engineering and Particology Ltd. Their launch has been supported by Pfizer’s Pharmaceutical Sciences Small Molecule (PSSM) division, with contracts for work to build their initial viability and momentum...
During the Sustainability Weeks, Starlab employees will visit over 100 laboratories in the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Germany to provide information on reducing laboratory plastic waste and their TipOne recycling service. These in-person visits encourage direct exchange and provide practical stimulus for effectively integrating sustainability into everyday laboratory operations...
Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers and a global leader in research and learning, and Digital Surf, editor of analysis software solutions for microscopy and spectroscopy, have announced the release of Wiley Surface-to-Spectral Analysis, a complete correlation & spectroscopy analysis software solution for microscopy. Wiley Surface-to-Spectral Analysis provides a comprehensive, powerful solution to process, combine, and analyze images and data from various spectroscopic techniques...
CrestOptics S.p.A., a manufacturer of high-end microscopy solutions and advanced systems for fluorescence microscopy and diagnostic applications, announce the initiation of a collaboration with Leica Microsystems, a leading provider of microscopy and scientific instrumentation. The partnership enables Leica Microsystems to offer CrestOptics’ CICERO spinning disk unit within its new THUNDER Imager Cell Spinning Disk system...
Laboratory automation is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by advancements in throughput, democratisation and artificial intelligence (AI). Here, James Atwood, general manager at laboratory automation solutions provider Opentrons Labworks Inc., Lab Innovations 2024 exhibitor, explores the trends that are reshaping research and diagnostics in the life sciences. These developments promise to enhance both the scale and scope of scientific discovery...
Arctoris, a leading contract research organisation (CRO) advancing drug discovery experimentation through its unique automated laboratory and data science platform, Ulysses™, has announced it has acquired the majority of Eli Lilly’s San Diego-based Lilly Life Sciences Studio’ laboratory (“Science Studio”). The acquisition significantly expands Arctoris’ research facilities, enhancing productivity and increasing the capacity to conduct multiple experiments simultaneously...
GenNext Technologies and Agilent have announced a pioneering collaboration that promises to transform structural biology research for biopharmaceutical companies. The integration of GenNext's AutoFox Protein Footprinting System with Agilent's 6560 Ion Mobility Quadrupole Time-of-Flight (IM-QTOF) LC/MS System presents an unparalleled approach to detailed protein structure analysis and biomolecular interaction studies...
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, has released the results of its annual Lab of the Future survey, conducted in partnership with Open Pharma Research. The survey of 200 experts spanning Europe, the Americas and APAC will be presented at the Lab of the Future Congress in Amsterdam on the 1st/2nd October. The research reveals that 68% of respondents are currently using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) in their work, an increase from 54% in 2023...
PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, has announced a collaboration with the University and University Hospital of Münster, to use long-read whole genome sequencing to significantly advance male infertility and rare disease research. By deploying PacBio’s Revio HiFi sequencing system, researchers at Münster will obtain highly accurate genomic data essential for addressing complex genetic issues associated with male infertility, including the Y chromosome...
The PPD™ clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announce the expansion of its global laboratory services with a new bioanalytical lab in GoCo Health Innovation City in Gothenburg, Sweden, that will serve pharmaceutical and biotech customers with advanced laboratory services and leading-edge instrumentation across all phases of pharmaceutical development to help deliver life-changing medicines to patients worldwide...
The cooperation will leverage Agilent’s comprehensive product portfolio and full workflow solutions to strengthen Sangon’s capacity for testing and analysis to better serve its customers. Together, they will actively explore advanced solutions in application areas that are essential to the biomedical and diagnostics industries, with a particular focus on promoting development in the areas of synthetic biology and multi-omics...
analytica is expanding its international network and will launch analytica USA in Columbus, Ohio, in fall 2025, to cover the North American market. The new offshoot of the world's leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology will take place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center from September 10 to 12. analytica USA picks up on analytica's unique selling point by covering the entire spectrum of laboratories in industry and research, from laboratory planning to final equipment...
The Diagnostics & Research Institute for Pathology at the Medical University of Graz, a leader in personalized patient care and one of the largest hospitals in Austria, has selected the HALO AP® digital pathology platform from Indica Labs to deliver primary diagnostics. The enterprise digital pathology platform was selected alongside Aperio GT 450 scanners from Leica Biosystems for quality, performance, functionality, and usability...
This is your chance to join lab visionaries from all sectors for an unparalleled experience in collaboration, innovation, and networking this October 30th & 31st in Philadelphia. Explore the latest technological advancements shaping the future of labs during our keynotes sessions, roundtables, on our expo floor, 1-to-1 networking zone and more. If your work involves a lab, you need to be here. Meet with top lab leaders in the industry...
SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, and Synthace, the leading digital experiment platform for life science R&D teams, have announced a strategic collaboration to enhance the accessibility and effectiveness of Design of Experiments (DOE) in the life sciences community. This partnership combines the power of DOE with automated liquid handling to accelerate drug discovery and development timelines...
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced it has acquired Sigsense Technologies, a San Francisco, California-based startup that uses artificial intelligence and power monitoring to help optimize lab operations. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Sigsense technology is already available to Agilent customers through CrossLab Connect, a suite of digital applications—inventory management, service management, asset monitoring, smart alerts, and asset lifecycle analytics—that improve lab performance...
Labguru (Biodata Inc.), a leading provider of lab data management solutions, has successfully completed the System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 2 examination. Full compliance aligns with Labguru's mission to support scientific innovation through reliable and secure lab management solutions and its unwavering commitment to the highest standards of information security, privacy protection, and confidentiality...
Industry leaders to provide world-class lab informatics platform, services and support to life science customers. Sapio Sciences, the science-aware™ lab informatics platform, and Zifo, the leading scientific informatics services company, has announced a strategic partnership to bring best-in-class laboratory information management solutions to customers across the biotech, clinical diagnostics, and pharmaceutical industries...