Agilent Technologies Inc. and Baylor College of Medicine, both known for their expertise in metabolomics, are working together to advance research and training in this vital branch of the life sciences. To that end, Agilent and Baylor have opened the Agilent Technologies Mass Spectrometry Center of Excellence as part of the Alkek Center for Molecular Discovery and the Baylor College of Medicine Core Laboratory in the college's department of molecular and cellular biology.

RURO, Inc., a leading LIMS, RFID and sample management solutions provider, has released Limfinity® version 5.1.4. RURO’s deployment teams have been performing more installation projects of Limfinity® than ever in RURO’s 8 year history. Many deployments have included majority configuration and minority framework enhancement. Limfinity® version 5.1.4 is the perfect example – the update goes far above and beyond bug fixes!

Learn practical, cost-effective and sustainable ways to position IM&T as a strategic and innovative partner The conversation is no longer about the targets which the Government has set, NHS Informatics leaders across the country are instead focusing on how they are going to address the problems which arise as they try to achieve the tasks within the set deadlines.

One Lambda, Inc., part of Thermo Fisher Scientific and leading producer of research and in vitro diagnostic products for the HLA transplant community, today launched its RUO NXType™ Kit, a research use only (RUO) solution for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing by next-generation sequencing (NGS).

Two new case studies highlighting the versatility of the Matrix Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) at Castrol’s Lubricant Technology Centre and Cavendish Nuclear’s environmental laboratory are now available for download from the website of leading LIMS developer, Autoscribe Ltd.

Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services, announced today the implementation of the Dotmatics Platform at Euroscreen, a privately owned preclinical-stage, drug discovery and development company in Belgium. Euroscreen has updated its chemistry informatics infrastructure by replacing its chemical registration, inventory and Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN) with Dotmatics' technology.

AgRenaissance Software LLC announces the release of the FieldX Sampling app as part of the FieldXTM suite of software. The FieldX Sampling app is used for in-field navigation to soil sampling points, and is compatible with iOS 7 or iOS 8 on an iPad® or iPhone®. The app is free with a FieldX subscription.

GE Healthcare, a leader in technology innovation, today announced it will resell Caradigm’s Single Sign-On and Context Management solutions in the United States, Canada, and specific EU countries to provide connectivity between the Omnyx™ digital pathology platforms and designated Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Information Systems (APLIS).

Lab7 Systems, Inc., the developer of the Enterprise Sequencing Platform for the management of next-generation genome sequencing (NGS) data and workflows, has announced BioBuilds 2014.11, a major expansion of the BioBuilds library, and the launch of BioBuilds.org, the home of the BioBuilds project. BioBuilds is a curated and versioned reference collection of Open Source bioinformatics tools for genomics, pre-built for Linux on both POWER and x86 platforms, as well as for Mac OS X.

FAST: Functional Analysis & Screening Technologies Congress
November 17 - 19, 2014
Join 250+ R&D teams in Boston this Fall who will attend CHI’s FAST: Functional Analysis & Screening Technologies Congress, an event dedicated to improving in vitro cell models and phenotypic screening to advance drug discovery and development at 6 conferences.

The SmartLab Exchange editorial team undertook research with Sanofi, Covance, Merck and Industrial Lab Automation to find out how they faced their most pressing issues from big data and knowledge management to collaboration and the cloud along with their recommendations and predictions for the future of the lab.

ARUP Laboratories and PierianDx announced today a partnership that will result in faster and more efficient diagnostic genetic testing for thousands of patients across the U.S.

Cognitive apps are in market today and continue to change the way professionals and consumers make decisions. To help accelerate this transformation, the IBM Watson Group announced an investment in Pathway Genomics Corporation, a clinical laboratory that offers genetic testing services globally, to help deliver the first-ever cognitive consumer-facing app based on genetics from a user's personal makeup.

Join more than 180 exhibiting companies, 60 educational sessions, nearly 400 poster presentations, and 2,000+ attendees. The theme of the meeting will be, "Realizing the Dream of Precision Medicine." The AMP 2014 Program Committee has been working hard to plan a comprehensive program which we hope will encourage dialogue and discussion amongst attendees.

Xybion is pleased to announce the release of Pristima Version 7, the most powerful solution directed at Safety Assessment, Safety Pharmacology and Early Discovery. This highly anticipated release encapsulates an architectural improvement, new modules and a large number of improvements and refinements proposed by Xybion's growing user community.

Cartagenia, leader in providing genetic labs and clinicians with software-based workflow support for variant assessment, lab reporting, and access of relevant knowledge-bases, today announced a partnership with CollabRx that will provide Cartagenia's customers access to CollabRx's industry-leading treatment information resources and services.

Children’s Hospital Colorado’s (Children’s Colorado) Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory announced today that it has signed an agreement with UNIConnect L.C. for deployment of the company’s Precision Molecular Diagnostics (PMDx) laboratory information system (LIS).

LabArchives, the developers of the innovative web-based electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), announced today that they have entered into agreement to offer LabArchives ELN services to Internet2 higher education member universities. Both the Professional Edition and Classroom Edition are available to the member universities under unique site license service packages.

Technical symposia, user groups, seminars, short courses, and the largest equipment exposition in the industry make ISTFA the best place to learn, network, and further your career! ISTFA is where you’ll find researchers, engineers, technicians and others who work on discrete components, dies, wafer fabrication, packages, board assembly and systems. They’re your customers.

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today introduced DiscoveryQuant 3.0 Software, a new version of its proven ADME software that enables scientists to significantly reduce LC/MS method development and optimization time for high throughput drug discovery (ADME) laboratories focusing on both small molecules and biotherapeutics.