The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, is calling for urgent collaboration to tackle growing challenges around AI regulation and use in life sciences. It comes following a survey, conducted at the Pistoia Alliance’s largest ever European conference, found 70% of life sciences experts recognize the potential of AI but are still struggling to get started or implement it at scale...
Azenta Life Sciences announce the RITrack "CTag Pack" - a handy way of buying RFID tags to fit and track existing labware used in cryogenic storage facilities. The patent pending RITrack technology allows the identity and location of up to 96 individual coded tubes in a rack to be stored using RFID / NFC technology. The tag, or chip, stores this information securely even when in vapour phase liquid nitrogen and has been shown to eliminate data loss even after 10,000 freeze / thaw cycles...
Indica Labs, the leading provider of digital pathology solutions, announce that it received FDA clearance for HALO AP Dx, an enterprise digital pathology platform, for primary diagnosis. This 510(k) clearance allows HALO AP Dx to be utilized in conjunction with the Hamamatsu NanoZoomer® S360MD Slide scanner for in-vitro diagnostic use and sets the stage for use with additional FDA-cleared slide scanners in the future...
PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, has announced that the University of Tartu, host of Estonia’s National Biobank, has chosen the Revio HiFi sequencing system to sequence 10,000 whole human genomes and unlock new insights from its populational health data. The announcement follows funding from the European Commission and the Estonian government to help Estonia adopt personalized medicine at scale...
Bruker is enhancing its innovative diagnostic solutions in microbial identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), early sepsis diagnostics, and other infectious disease assays. Simplifying microbiology and infectious disease diagnostics and workflows in the clinical laboratory is a key goal for Bruker in support of earlier and improved patient treatment decisions...
The IntelliXcap™ Automated Septum Cap Decapper/Recapper from Azenta Life Sciences is a precision tube decapping / recapping instrument for use within high-throughput environments such as in biobanking, compound libraries, and other storage applications. Offering advanced automation to increase your throughput the IntelliXcap™ provides secure sealing – eliminating the need for manual intervention, while preserving vital sample integrity...
Revvity, Inc. has announced that its software and informatics division, Revvity Signals, has launched Signals SynergyTM , a software solution designed to drive greater collaboration, project management, and data exchange between pharmaceutical and biotechnology sponsors with their external contract partners. Addressing the challenge of relying on email or file-sharing platforms to report complex scientific findings, Signals Synergy expands its Signals Notebook and Signals Research Suite offerings...
Together, Rayca Precision and CloudLIMS co-empower clinical laboratories with an integrated ecosystem that combines state-of-the-art LIMS capabilities with advanced bioinformatics analysis. By seamlessly integrating CloudLIMS’ robust laboratory management platform with Rayca Precision’s sophisticated bioinformatics solutions, laboratories can access an end-to-end data solution that streamlines operations, accelerates scientific discovery, and delivers personalized patient care...
Spectral Instruments Imaging, the performance leader in preclinical optical imaging solutions, is excited to announce the launch of Aura 4.5, the latest version of its in vivo imaging software. This feature release introduces the highly anticipated Kinetics mode, a revolutionary, new way for researchers to capture and analyze dynamic bioluminescent signals automatically, in real-time...
RheoSense’s flagship automated viscometer, the initium one plus, has an exciting new update. The versatile automated viscometer has been revamped to reach an impressive new throughput threshold. With no human intervention after sample loading, the initium one plus can now test and analyze 96 samples in less than 24 hours. The required volume for each sample is further reduced to only 19 uL. With this new capability, fast screening and formulation development work are within a touch of fingertip...
clinPAL from Analytik Jena is the first fully automated solution for sample preparation and sample handling in the field of clinical research for analysis using ICP-MS. The device is tailored to the typical workflow for testing human samples such as plasma, serum, urine and whole blood. The optimized and reproducible process minimizes sources of error and ensures accurate analysis results...
Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, announced the acquisition of Labguru (BioData), the life-science laboratory-data platform from Holtzbrinck Digital. Terms were not disclosed. Labguru provides a comprehensive laboratory data management hub for planning and tracking; documenting experiments; streamlining lab logistics; and sharing results across teams and organizations...
SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, announces its co-marketing collaboration with Roche to deliver a streamlined method for Illumina-compatible Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) library preparation. By leveraging SPT Labtech’s all-in-one automated liquid handling platform, firefly®, this collaboration offers genomics researchers fully automated workflows..
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the launch of the Advanced Dilution System, the ADS 2, a new automation workflow solution that will increase productivity, lower cost of ownership, and improve the overall efficiency within the laboratory. The Agilent ADS 2 is an intelligent autodilutor designed to enhance laboratory workflows. Designed to integrate seamlessly with Agilent autosamplers, ICP-OES and ICP-MS instruments and software, it offers a fully integrated, single-supplier automated solution...
The 48-position Ziath Mohawk tube picker from Azenta Life Sciences selects and picks wide, heavy, or tall tubes making this system perfect for retrieving individual whole tissue samples from storage. Proven in installations worldwide – Mohawk tube selection and picking technology avoids the need for slow and costly robotic systems. Importing a pick list, selecting, and picking larger whole tissue sample tubes takes just seconds...
CloudLIMS, a leading SaaS company offering a secure, configurable Laboratory Information Management System, is pleased to announce a complimentary webinar titled “Navigating LIMS Data Migration: Ensuring Seamless Transition and Lab Data Integrity” on April 9, 2024, at 9 AM PDT (5 P.M. BST). The webinar will be presented by Montserrat Valdes, Sr. Scientist at CloudLIMS
The Automated Plate Seal Remover from Azenta Life Sciences is the ideal product for labs faced with repetitively removing microplate seals while preserving sample integrity. Designed as an automated system, the Automated Plate Seal Remover holds the plate down whilst the seal is peeled away, eliminating cross-contamination issues that are common when using manual seal removal techniques...
Activity at Infection Innovation Consortium: iiCON, led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), will be bolstered through a £10 million government investment to develop large Category Three robotic laboratories capable of handling a range of dangerous and deadly pathogens. The award is part of the Liverpool City Region Life Sciences Investment Zone plans, unveiled today, to supercharge the sector...
The Handheld 2 tube reader from Azenta Life Sciences sets the benchmark for rapid and accurate reading of individual 2D barcoded sample tubes. The Handheld 2 is a powerful, portable tube reader that can be held and operated in one hand, leaving the other free for tube handling. The intuitive device software comes pre-loaded and boots up immediately allowing you to read tube codes, review or edit the tube contents, and use preloaded “pick lists” to check off individual tubes as they are retrieved from the freezer...
FreeLIMS announces the release of a new version of its free, secure, configurable, in-the-cloud LIMS software. The version unlocks more power to its users with the roll-out of a wide range of functionality to better meet data management, automation, and regulatory requirements of laboratories. Its comprehensive range of features is designed to seamlessly address the needs of various industries including biobanks, clinical research and diagnostics, and analytical testing laboratories...
Bruker Corporation has announced a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Chemspeed Technologies AG, a Swiss provider of vendor-agnostic automated laboratory R&D and QC workflow solutions. Chemspeed is focused on modular automation and robotics solutions for chemical research, pharma drug formulation, materials research for cleantech and consumer applications...
SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, and RevoluGen Ltd. (RevoluGen), a UK genomics company, announce the successful automation of RevoluGen’s Fire Monkey™ High Molecular Weight (HMW) DNA extraction chemistry in a bead-based format using SPT Labtech’s firefly® automated liquid handling platform...
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, is calling for urgent collaboration to tackle growing challenges around AI regulation and use in life sciences. It comes following a survey, conducted at the Pistoia Alliance’s largest ever European conference, found 70% of life sciences experts recognize the potential of AI but are still struggling to get started or implement it at scale...
Azenta Life Sciences announce the RITrack "CTag Pack" - a handy way of buying RFID tags to fit and track existing labware used in cryogenic storage facilities. The patent pending RITrack technology allows the identity and location of up to 96 individual coded tubes in a rack to be stored using RFID / NFC technology. The tag, or chip, stores this information securely even when in vapour phase liquid nitrogen and has been shown to eliminate data loss even after 10,000 freeze / thaw cycles...
Indica Labs, the leading provider of digital pathology solutions, announce that it received FDA clearance for HALO AP Dx, an enterprise digital pathology platform, for primary diagnosis. This 510(k) clearance allows HALO AP Dx to be utilized in conjunction with the Hamamatsu NanoZoomer® S360MD Slide scanner for in-vitro diagnostic use and sets the stage for use with additional FDA-cleared slide scanners in the future...
PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, has announced that the University of Tartu, host of Estonia’s National Biobank, has chosen the Revio HiFi sequencing system to sequence 10,000 whole human genomes and unlock new insights from its populational health data. The announcement follows funding from the European Commission and the Estonian government to help Estonia adopt personalized medicine at scale...
Bruker is enhancing its innovative diagnostic solutions in microbial identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), early sepsis diagnostics, and other infectious disease assays. Simplifying microbiology and infectious disease diagnostics and workflows in the clinical laboratory is a key goal for Bruker in support of earlier and improved patient treatment decisions...
The IntelliXcap™ Automated Septum Cap Decapper/Recapper from Azenta Life Sciences is a precision tube decapping / recapping instrument for use within high-throughput environments such as in biobanking, compound libraries, and other storage applications. Offering advanced automation to increase your throughput the IntelliXcap™ provides secure sealing – eliminating the need for manual intervention, while preserving vital sample integrity...
Revvity, Inc. has announced that its software and informatics division, Revvity Signals, has launched Signals SynergyTM , a software solution designed to drive greater collaboration, project management, and data exchange between pharmaceutical and biotechnology sponsors with their external contract partners. Addressing the challenge of relying on email or file-sharing platforms to report complex scientific findings, Signals Synergy expands its Signals Notebook and Signals Research Suite offerings...
Together, Rayca Precision and CloudLIMS co-empower clinical laboratories with an integrated ecosystem that combines state-of-the-art LIMS capabilities with advanced bioinformatics analysis. By seamlessly integrating CloudLIMS’ robust laboratory management platform with Rayca Precision’s sophisticated bioinformatics solutions, laboratories can access an end-to-end data solution that streamlines operations, accelerates scientific discovery, and delivers personalized patient care...
Spectral Instruments Imaging, the performance leader in preclinical optical imaging solutions, is excited to announce the launch of Aura 4.5, the latest version of its in vivo imaging software. This feature release introduces the highly anticipated Kinetics mode, a revolutionary, new way for researchers to capture and analyze dynamic bioluminescent signals automatically, in real-time...
RheoSense’s flagship automated viscometer, the initium one plus, has an exciting new update. The versatile automated viscometer has been revamped to reach an impressive new throughput threshold. With no human intervention after sample loading, the initium one plus can now test and analyze 96 samples in less than 24 hours. The required volume for each sample is further reduced to only 19 uL. With this new capability, fast screening and formulation development work are within a touch of fingertip...
clinPAL from Analytik Jena is the first fully automated solution for sample preparation and sample handling in the field of clinical research for analysis using ICP-MS. The device is tailored to the typical workflow for testing human samples such as plasma, serum, urine and whole blood. The optimized and reproducible process minimizes sources of error and ensures accurate analysis results...
Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, announced the acquisition of Labguru (BioData), the life-science laboratory-data platform from Holtzbrinck Digital. Terms were not disclosed. Labguru provides a comprehensive laboratory data management hub for planning and tracking; documenting experiments; streamlining lab logistics; and sharing results across teams and organizations...
SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, announces its co-marketing collaboration with Roche to deliver a streamlined method for Illumina-compatible Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) library preparation. By leveraging SPT Labtech’s all-in-one automated liquid handling platform, firefly®, this collaboration offers genomics researchers fully automated workflows..
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the launch of the Advanced Dilution System, the ADS 2, a new automation workflow solution that will increase productivity, lower cost of ownership, and improve the overall efficiency within the laboratory. The Agilent ADS 2 is an intelligent autodilutor designed to enhance laboratory workflows. Designed to integrate seamlessly with Agilent autosamplers, ICP-OES and ICP-MS instruments and software, it offers a fully integrated, single-supplier automated solution...
The 48-position Ziath Mohawk tube picker from Azenta Life Sciences selects and picks wide, heavy, or tall tubes making this system perfect for retrieving individual whole tissue samples from storage. Proven in installations worldwide – Mohawk tube selection and picking technology avoids the need for slow and costly robotic systems. Importing a pick list, selecting, and picking larger whole tissue sample tubes takes just seconds...
CloudLIMS, a leading SaaS company offering a secure, configurable Laboratory Information Management System, is pleased to announce a complimentary webinar titled “Navigating LIMS Data Migration: Ensuring Seamless Transition and Lab Data Integrity” on April 9, 2024, at 9 AM PDT (5 P.M. BST). The webinar will be presented by Montserrat Valdes, Sr. Scientist at CloudLIMS
The Automated Plate Seal Remover from Azenta Life Sciences is the ideal product for labs faced with repetitively removing microplate seals while preserving sample integrity. Designed as an automated system, the Automated Plate Seal Remover holds the plate down whilst the seal is peeled away, eliminating cross-contamination issues that are common when using manual seal removal techniques...
Activity at Infection Innovation Consortium: iiCON, led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), will be bolstered through a £10 million government investment to develop large Category Three robotic laboratories capable of handling a range of dangerous and deadly pathogens. The award is part of the Liverpool City Region Life Sciences Investment Zone plans, unveiled today, to supercharge the sector...
The Handheld 2 tube reader from Azenta Life Sciences sets the benchmark for rapid and accurate reading of individual 2D barcoded sample tubes. The Handheld 2 is a powerful, portable tube reader that can be held and operated in one hand, leaving the other free for tube handling. The intuitive device software comes pre-loaded and boots up immediately allowing you to read tube codes, review or edit the tube contents, and use preloaded “pick lists” to check off individual tubes as they are retrieved from the freezer...
FreeLIMS announces the release of a new version of its free, secure, configurable, in-the-cloud LIMS software. The version unlocks more power to its users with the roll-out of a wide range of functionality to better meet data management, automation, and regulatory requirements of laboratories. Its comprehensive range of features is designed to seamlessly address the needs of various industries including biobanks, clinical research and diagnostics, and analytical testing laboratories...
Bruker Corporation has announced a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Chemspeed Technologies AG, a Swiss provider of vendor-agnostic automated laboratory R&D and QC workflow solutions. Chemspeed is focused on modular automation and robotics solutions for chemical research, pharma drug formulation, materials research for cleantech and consumer applications...
SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, and RevoluGen Ltd. (RevoluGen), a UK genomics company, announce the successful automation of RevoluGen’s Fire Monkey™ High Molecular Weight (HMW) DNA extraction chemistry in a bead-based format using SPT Labtech’s firefly® automated liquid handling platform...