Why should you take part in SLAS2013 – the 2nd Annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition? Because it’s where 4,500 of the best global laboratory science and technology minds -- innovative scientists, engineers, researchers and technologists from academic, government and commercial laboratories -- come together to learn, explore and gain repeatable inspiration from leaders in the field.

This 90-minute quality system requirements training will cover industry best practices, recent regulatory updates and practical tips on how pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies can ensure their quality systems are in control and in compliance with agency expectations.

RURO is pleased to announce the release of the 4th major version of the ezColony platform. ezColony offers systematic management for transgenic animal colonies. The solution offers network-based user access with a variety of tools to make research easier and more efficient. ezColony provides a user interface suited for streamlining tasks, such as moving animals between cages via drag and drop; live animal indexing; support for different ear notch schemes; and color-coded cage identification.

This webinar will discuss the use of Lean Six Sigma methodology for product complaint investigations and offer a standardized approach for FDA regulated life science companies to follow whenever product complaint investigations are needed.

SLAS2013 (www.SLAS2013.org), the second annual conference of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening. Featuring more than 4,000 of the world’s leading scientists, engineers, researchers, and technologists from academic, government and corporate laboratories.

LabLynx, Inc. today announced the launch of the public beta release of sciCloud.net®, the first ever free cloud app provider for the science, technology, manufacturing and health/medical community. sciCloud.net® is groundbreaking in that it offers, for the first time ever, simple, affordable apps for science – without the need for an IT infrastructure. Users need only have access to the Internet. Apps are installed in their cloud account in seconds or minutes, with no technical skill or knowledge required. Instead of project managers, technical teams, buying and installing servers, configuring and maintaining them, etc., users simply select the app they want and click a button.

Autoscribe provides a unique ‘future proofing’ product support service for its Matrix family of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). The Matrix product line has been developed to specifically ensure backwards compatibility and easy upgrades for existing customers, meaning that if customers take out a support and maintenance contract they are getting a ‘LIMS for life’ – there are no hidden additional costs for major upgrades.

This webinar on securing ePHI data will discuss best practices in healthcare data security, compliance, and legal issues regarding patient data. It will help you mitigate the risks of a breach and show what needs to be done in the event of a security incident.

10th Annual High-Content Analysis Conference | January 8-11, 2013 | The most comprehensive coverage of HCA applications and technologies

Illumina today announced a series of product and technology innovations for its powerful sequencing ecosystem – from sample preparation to system enhancements to data analysis –– that will enable the next breakthroughs in understanding the genome.

This information security webinar will help you understand the process for developing effective information security policies for your organization, the different frameworks you can use to establish your information security policies, the role senior management must play to ensure effective compliance to the information security policies, policy development strategies, policy development Dos and Don’ts, review and approval strategies, and policy management tips to keep it up to date.

QIAGEN N.V. announced today that it exceeded its goal for new placements of the QIAsymphony modular laboratory workflow platform in 2012. The growth of QIAsymphony, which offers full workflow solutions from biological sample to result, reached well more than 750 placements at the end of 2012, building on more than 550 at the end of 2011.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced OpenLAB Data Store with Lab Applications, an out-of-the-box solution for smaller laboratories that provides secure central storage of the data produced by Agilent's OpenLAB chromatography data systems. The software is also designed to streamline the management of laboratory operations, assets and regulatory compliance.

Today Omixon – a genomics software company – announces the release of Omixon Target 1.2 which includes a free Genome Browser. With the Genome Browser users can visualize next generation sequencing and mutation data. The Browser is especially designed for targeted genomic regions.

RURO, Inc., a leading developer of innovative research productivity tools, is pleased to offer the FreezerPro ColdTrack RFID Kit, a fully integrated RFID solution for labs of any size specializing in the collection and management of frozen samples.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharmaceutical and biotech supplier, has entered into a global sales partnership with Umetrics AB, a Swedish software manufacturer. Umetrics is a highly specialized, leading provider of chemometrics software worldwide for modeling and optimizing biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing processes.

December 2012 marks the Society for Laboratory Automation’s (SLAS’s) thirtieth month as a scientific community. To recognize this milestone, the 2012 SLAS Annual Report by SLAS CEO Gregory F. Dummer, C.A.E., is now available for review at the SLAS Electronic Laboratory Neighborhood e-zine at http://www.eln.slas.org/story/1/84-vigor-and-value-the-2012-slas-annual-report.

PACS will provide short courses and technical presentations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at PittCon conference in March 2013.

Organizations aiming to market safer chemicals and chemical formulations—or avoid regulatory challenges—can now automatically assess their ingredients against industry-accepted health and environmental data.

Agilent Technologies Inc. and SRI International today announced they have signed a licensing agreement to offer laboratory research customers a package that combines Agilent's latest release of GeneSpring GX, GeneSpring NGS, Mass Profiler Professional and Pathway Architect version 12.5 with SRI International's complete BioCyc Pathway Database Collection.