SDL (LSE: SDL) today announced that Waters Corporation, an innovator in the field of analytical chemistry, has selected SDL Knowledge Center to streamline its content creation and management process, drive content reuse and promote standardization of its documentation to deliver a better customer experience.
For more than 50 years, Waters Corporation has developed analytical technologies - hardware, software and chemistries - to advance healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, water quality, consumer product development, and high value-added chemicals. Waters’ technical communications department – a subsidiary of the marketing department – produces numerous installation guides, user manuals, system guides and...
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced the launch of gUIDEbook™, developed in collaboration with Desktop Genetics.
gUIDEbook bioinformatics software has been designed to support researchers working with CRISPR genome editing. The software is free of charge to use and can be accessed via the Horizon website: http://www.horizondiscovery.com/what-we-do/discovery-toolbox/genassist-crispr--raav-genome-editing-tools. Successful CRISPR genome editing relies on the quality of the gRNA design, determined by bioinformatic software...
Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE: VEEV) today announced GSK – one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies – has selected Veeva for multichannel CRM.
“GSK is committed to providing healthcare professionals relevant product and disease area information, when, where, and how they need it,” said Simon Dingemans, chief financial officer at GSK. “We are pleased to partner with Veeva to help fulfill our multichannel vision.” Veeva CRM delivers complete customer insight and tailored interactions for best-in-class customer engagement across all touchpoints including, in-person, email...
Comprehensive resource pools the latest in the field for newcomers and experts
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has pooled its expertise in genome editing into a free web resource dedicated to providing researchers a hub of information on the very latest in using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. On the webpage, researchers can find a range of educational and practical resources suited to those both experienced and new to genome editing. These include a recent highly successful and comprehensive IDT webinar...
Enables Robust, Flexible Bioprocess Development in Single-use Bioreactors
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced the 2015 version of the ambr® systems (ambr® 15 and ambr® 250) will be supplied with integrated BioPAT® MODDE Software for Design of Experiments (DoE), powered by Umetrics. This will allow bioprocess scientists to easily implement DoE into their work flow for simpler process optimisation and scale-up to larger single-use BIOSTAT® pilot and manufacturing scale bioreactors...
The new Micronic Handheld Wireless Scanner MINI enables users to reliably read 1D and 2D tube and rack codes almost instantly.
Measuring just 135 x 41 x 30mm and weighing only 80g, this small lightweight device is practical to carry around, easy-to-use and can read any 1D barcode or 2D Data-Matrix code on 24-, 48- and 96-well format tubes and racks. Due to its compact size and wireless operation - the Handheld Wireless Scanner MINI offers convenient, high performance scanning anywhere where you might need it. Users can now wirelessly read...
Biomedical big data solutions company GENALICE announced that they have added a cloud solution via Amazon Web Services (AWS) to its on-premise solution, the GENALICE VAULT.
Both are deployment options of GENALICE MAP, the company’s breakthrough Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data processing software. GENALICE MAP processes genomics data up to 100-fold faster than conventional tools and produces improved quality outcome data, while radically reducing the storage requirements. It is the only product in the market today that makes secondary analysis of large-scale genomics data...
AVA Software, developed by Radleys (Saffron Walden), is a major step-change in lab control software to enable the scientist to work smarter and complete projects faster.
AVA is very easy to use and can control and log data from a variety of manufacturer’s laboratory equipment. It offers four software levels to suit the application and budget, controlling a single stirring hotplate up to a multi-device jacketed reaction system. For those who may be interested in the software, it can be downloaded for a FREE trial....
The cross sample testing capabilities within Autoscribe’s Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) have been enhanced.
Cross sample calculations provide the ability to utilise one set of results in the calculation of another set of results. Examples include blank correction, drift, spike correction etc. Previous versions of Matrix allowed the use of a test component result in the calculation of another result only for the same sample. The enhanced version now also allows the use of a test component result in the calculation of other results for a set of samples within...
Kontron joined with industry partners to open Internet of Things Cloud Data Center and Research Laboratory in Malaysia
Kontron, a leading global provider of Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), along with Cisco, Dell, IBM, Intel, and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), joined forces to establish the Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science & Technology CREST Internet of Things Cloud Data Centre and Research Laboratory (ICDC Research Lab) in Penang. This milestone was achieved only 6 weeks after Kontron was named industry lead for...
Cresset, innovative provider of computational chemistry software and services, announces that its drug discovery arm Re-Pharm Ltd has used Forge to identify novel anti-inflammatory activity for an existing drug, which is widely prescribed for other non-inflammatory conditions.
Re-Pharm was searching for drugs to be re-purposed against a new enzyme target. Using known ligands and a crystal structure as a starting point, they used Cresset’s Forge to build computational templates to match any compounds likely to be active at the new target. The results were screened and RP0217 was identified as an effective new anti-inflammatory agent. Re-Pharm has filed patents on RP0217 for a variety of disease indications...
Company extends support and reach in the US for its Mosaic sample management software
Titian Software has further expanded its US operation following years of robust growth. Over the past decade, innovation and continued development of its pre-eminent sample management software, Mosaic, has secured it as the preferred choice for most of the world’s top 20 bio-pharma companies. Mosaic 6.0, released in late 2014, is optimised for the storage, processing, tracking and ordering of compounds, biologicals and reagents...
Titan Enterprises has released a new data recording version of its Atrato ultrasonic flowmeter software interface.
Easy to set-up and use the Atrato flow recorder enables data recording via an external computer. With features that provide monitoring, reporting and management of flow data - the Atrato flow recorder delivers a continuous picture of your process and a reliable alternative to restrictive and costly manual metering. The new software interface will be supplied with all new orders and can also be used with any Atrato flowmeter manufactured...
ZEISS has developed and released the new software solution ZEISS AutoAnalysis.
The application software analyses aerial images, taken by the photomask qualification tool ZEISS AIMS. It runs fully automated and provides immediate, standardized results. ZEISS has released the new application software ZEISS AutoAnalysis. The software solution provides fully automated analysis of ZEISS AIMS aerial images in parallel to the measurements as they are being captured. Manual interaction is no longer required, thus...
Booth #2837, PITTCON, New Orleans, LA, USA, March 8th – 12th 2015
Visitors to the Autoscribe Informatics booth at Pittcon 2015 will be able to challenge the Autoscribe staff to configure a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) sample registration/submission screen in Matrix Gemini on the fly. They can also challenge themselves to see how much they know about LIMS by entering Autoscribe’s interactive quiz, with a chance to win a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Tablet. Autoscribe’s...
Beckman Coulter to use VNC as part of its life sciences and diagnostics products
19th January 2015: Beckman Coulter, a world leader in the IVD industry, and RealVNC™, the global provider of VNC® remote access technology today announced that Beckman Coulter will be licensing RealVNC’s technology for its support systems. VNC enables a computer user to remotely access another computer or device in a secure and reliable manner. Beckman Coulter will be deploying RealVNC’s top end solution, VNC with an Enterprise...
The Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) is attracting an increased level of interest from the contract laboratory sector.
John Boother, Managing Director of Autoscribe, developer of the Matrix family of products, said: “Matrix Gemini provides the versatility that appeals to contract laboratories, both from the laboratory information management and business management perspectives. This has been reflected in both the increased level of interest and increased level of orders that we have received from this sector in 2014.” Contract laboratories...
Automatic application of Matsy method for matched series analysis within StarDrop™ will guide compound optimisation in drug discovery
Optibrium™ and NextMove Software, developers of software and chemoinformatics solutions for drug discovery, today announced an agreement to collaborate on the integration of NextMove Software’s Matsy technology with Optibrium’s StarDrop software suite. The combination of these technologies will help guide scientists to quickly identify novel compounds based on matched molecular series analysis with a high chance of success...
GENALICE and Knome, Inc. USA jointly announced a strategic partnership to offer their products together as a turn-key solution for those using next-generation sequencing (NGS) data to interpret patients’ genomes.
GENALICE MAP is an ultra-fast and highly accurate preprocessing solution for aligning and calling NGS data and seamlessly connects to Knome’s informatics and genomics interpretation system, the knoSYS® platform. Stated CEO and President of Knome, Wolfgang Daum, “The GENALICE and Knome partnership came about in response to the reality that the amount of NGS data and its increasing usage requires processing and...
Tecan will soon be launching a new Fluent™ Laboratory Automation Solution designed to offer greater throughput and flexibility for compound management workflows*.
Building on the success of the Fluent™ cell-based assay workstation launched in summer 2014, this second application-oriented system introduces a number of new hardware and software options that simplify and improve the productivity of compound management and assay plate generation activities. The is ideally suited to drug discovery laboratories and centralized compound library facilities, offering a host of features intended to streamline day-to-day activities such as daughter plate generation, plate reformatting and hit picking....
Read MoreBruker Releases ONET Software for Administration of FT-NIR Spectrometer NetworksJan 15, 2015
Bruker Optics today announced the release of the new networking software ONET.
The software is a server application accessed via a browser-based web interface (WebUI), allowing to set up, administrate and control a network of FT-NIR instruments from a central remote location anywhere in the world. All data measured on local spectrometers are stored first locally and replicated to a ONET database for central access. Dr. Joerg-Peter Conzen, Vice President of Bruker Optics, stated: "I am excited about...
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) specialist, Autoscribe Ltd, believes that its continued growth is due in no small part to the pricing structure and configurability of its flagship Matrix Gemini LIMS.
In results announced for the most recent financial year, increased turnover in the UK was also accompanied by an increase in orders of more than 30% from the US office, with both operations reporting increased profitability. Autoscribe’s Managing Director, John Boother, said: “In a recent survey of our customers, ‘Value for money’ and ‘The ability to configure for any type of testing’ were the overwhelming reasons given for choosing...
For more than 50 years, Waters Corporation has developed analytical technologies - hardware, software and chemistries - to advance healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, water quality, consumer product development, and high value-added chemicals. Waters’ technical communications department – a subsidiary of the marketing department – produces numerous installation guides, user manuals, system guides and...
gUIDEbook bioinformatics software has been designed to support researchers working with CRISPR genome editing. The software is free of charge to use and can be accessed via the Horizon website: http://www.horizondiscovery.com/what-we-do/discovery-toolbox/genassist-crispr--raav-genome-editing-tools. Successful CRISPR genome editing relies on the quality of the gRNA design, determined by bioinformatic software...
“GSK is committed to providing healthcare professionals relevant product and disease area information, when, where, and how they need it,” said Simon Dingemans, chief financial officer at GSK. “We are pleased to partner with Veeva to help fulfill our multichannel vision.” Veeva CRM delivers complete customer insight and tailored interactions for best-in-class customer engagement across all touchpoints including, in-person, email...
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has pooled its expertise in genome editing into a free web resource dedicated to providing researchers a hub of information on the very latest in using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. On the webpage, researchers can find a range of educational and practical resources suited to those both experienced and new to genome editing. These include a recent highly successful and comprehensive IDT webinar...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) today announced the 2015 version of the ambr® systems (ambr® 15 and ambr® 250) will be supplied with integrated BioPAT® MODDE Software for Design of Experiments (DoE), powered by Umetrics. This will allow bioprocess scientists to easily implement DoE into their work flow for simpler process optimisation and scale-up to larger single-use BIOSTAT® pilot and manufacturing scale bioreactors...
Measuring just 135 x 41 x 30mm and weighing only 80g, this small lightweight device is practical to carry around, easy-to-use and can read any 1D barcode or 2D Data-Matrix code on 24-, 48- and 96-well format tubes and racks. Due to its compact size and wireless operation - the Handheld Wireless Scanner MINI offers convenient, high performance scanning anywhere where you might need it. Users can now wirelessly read...
Both are deployment options of GENALICE MAP, the company’s breakthrough Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data processing software. GENALICE MAP processes genomics data up to 100-fold faster than conventional tools and produces improved quality outcome data, while radically reducing the storage requirements. It is the only product in the market today that makes secondary analysis of large-scale genomics data... 
AVA is very easy to use and can control and log data from a variety of manufacturer’s laboratory equipment. It offers four software levels to suit the application and budget, controlling a single stirring hotplate up to a multi-device jacketed reaction system. For those who may be interested in the software, it can be downloaded for a FREE trial....
Cross sample calculations provide the ability to utilise one set of results in the calculation of another set of results. Examples include blank correction, drift, spike correction etc. Previous versions of Matrix allowed the use of a test component result in the calculation of another result only for the same sample. The enhanced version now also allows the use of a test component result in the calculation of other results for a set of samples within...
Kontron, a leading global provider of Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), along with Cisco, Dell, IBM, Intel, and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), joined forces to establish the Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science & Technology CREST Internet of Things Cloud Data Centre and Research Laboratory (ICDC Research Lab) in Penang. This milestone was achieved only 6 weeks after Kontron was named industry lead for...
Re-Pharm was searching for drugs to be re-purposed against a new enzyme target. Using known ligands and a crystal structure as a starting point, they used Cresset’s Forge to build computational templates to match any compounds likely to be active at the new target. The results were screened and RP0217 was identified as an effective new anti-inflammatory agent. Re-Pharm has filed patents on RP0217 for a variety of disease indications...
Titian Software has further expanded its US operation following years of robust growth. Over the past decade, innovation and continued development of its pre-eminent sample management software, Mosaic, has secured it as the preferred choice for most of the world’s top 20 bio-pharma companies. Mosaic 6.0, released in late 2014, is optimised for the storage, processing, tracking and ordering of compounds, biologicals and reagents...
Easy to set-up and use the Atrato flow recorder enables data recording via an external computer. With features that provide monitoring, reporting and management of flow data - the Atrato flow recorder delivers a continuous picture of your process and a reliable alternative to restrictive and costly manual metering. The new software interface will be supplied with all new orders and can also be used with any Atrato flowmeter manufactured...
The application software analyses aerial images, taken by the photomask qualification tool ZEISS AIMS. It runs fully automated and provides immediate, standardized results. ZEISS has released the new application software ZEISS AutoAnalysis. The software solution provides fully automated analysis of ZEISS AIMS aerial images in parallel to the measurements as they are being captured. Manual interaction is no longer required, thus...
Visitors to the Autoscribe Informatics booth at Pittcon 2015 will be able to challenge the Autoscribe staff to configure a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) sample registration/submission screen in Matrix Gemini on the fly. They can also challenge themselves to see how much they know about LIMS by entering Autoscribe’s interactive quiz, with a chance to win a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Tablet. Autoscribe’s...
19th January 2015: Beckman Coulter, a world leader in the IVD industry, and RealVNC™, the global provider of VNC® remote access technology today announced that Beckman Coulter will be licensing RealVNC’s technology for its support systems. VNC enables a computer user to remotely access another computer or device in a secure and reliable manner. Beckman Coulter will be deploying RealVNC’s top end solution, VNC with an Enterprise...
John Boother, Managing Director of Autoscribe, developer of the Matrix family of products, said: “Matrix Gemini provides the versatility that appeals to contract laboratories, both from the laboratory information management and business management perspectives. This has been reflected in both the increased level of interest and increased level of orders that we have received from this sector in 2014.” Contract laboratories...
Optibrium™ and NextMove Software, developers of software and chemoinformatics solutions for drug discovery, today announced an agreement to collaborate on the integration of NextMove Software’s Matsy technology with Optibrium’s StarDrop software suite. The combination of these technologies will help guide scientists to quickly identify novel compounds based on matched molecular series analysis with a high chance of success...
The software is a server application accessed via a browser-based web interface (WebUI), allowing to set up, administrate and control a network of FT-NIR instruments from a central remote location anywhere in the world. All data measured on local spectrometers are stored first locally and replicated to a ONET database for central access. Dr. Joerg-Peter Conzen, Vice President of Bruker Optics, stated: "I am excited about...
In results announced for the most recent financial year, increased turnover in the UK was also accompanied by an increase in orders of more than 30% from the US office, with both operations reporting increased profitability. Autoscribe’s Managing Director, John Boother, said: “In a recent survey of our customers, ‘Value for money’ and ‘The ability to configure for any type of testing’ were the overwhelming reasons given for choosing...