The Immunotherapeutics and Vaccine Summit

PACS Testing, Contract R&D, Consulting, Short Courses and Conferences will provide short courses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania October 2012 and May 2013. PACS is an independent firm providing short courses for scientists, routine and advanced laboratory testing services, R&D, consulting, expert witness services and has a center of excellence in Activated Carbons. PACS short courses are provided monthly in major cities and at your time and place.

Software Point, a company specializing in laboratory information systems and headquartered in Espoo, Finland, today announced a contract with Region Skåne, the regional public authority of Southern Sweden, for the delivery of a new region-wide hospital laboratory information system (LIS). LABVANTAGE C5, a product developed by Software Point, was selected in a public procurement to become the enterprise-wide LIS for the region.

RURO, Inc., a developer of software and inventory solutions introduces FreezerPro, version 5.3. FreezerPro 5.3 gives users an expanded set of tools to create and manage an electronic inventory of bio-samples.

Autoscribe, developer of the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), is running a series of free seminars in Reading and Manchester in the UK during October 2012. The seminars, entitled ‘Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) and Configuration’ and ‘How to buy a LIMS’, will be of interest to those responsible for information management in all types of laboratories.

Wynyard Group has entered into a landmark agreement to commercialise New Zealand Police developed digital forensics technology for the global law enforcement and intelligence market. Developed in 2007, New Zealand Police technology called EVE (Environment for Virtualised Evidence) allows enforcement officers to rapidly analyse seized electronic goods such as mobile phones, PCs and other storage devices for evidence and intelligence. It does this by creating a virtual copy of the device and presenting the data to officers to view and search whilst still preserving all of the data in its original form.

Sysmex America, Inc. today announced it has made the list for Modern Healthcare's inaugural "Healthcare's Hottest" awards program. The program distinguishes 40 of the fastest growing healthcare organizations that are headquartered in the US, have at least $20M in revenue for 2011 and have been in business for five years or more.

EBD Group, the leading partnering firm for the life science industry, will hold the 18th annual BIO-Europe® international partnering conference in Hamburg, Germany November 12–14, 2012 at the CCH Congress Center Hamburg.

Waters Corporation and Nonlinear Dynamics Ltd. have entered into an agreement to co-develop a new analytical solution that derives information from complex data sets generated by large-scale proteomics and metabolomics experiments.

PACS Laboratories has provided Spectroscopy Courses and Laboratory Testing Services for 32 years. A wide variety of problems have been solved for clients. PACS has helped clients set-up and maximize Atomic Absorption ICP and AA equipment. 2012 and 2013 Spectroscopy public course schedule is below. Courses at your site, time, and place are available.

Applied Instrument Technologies, Inc. (AIT), a leading manufacturer of FTIR and FT-NIR spectrometers for process development and real-time on-line analysis has announced the introduction of its new SpectraQ Analytical Software package.

STARLIMS Academy offers a range of training courses to enable you to maximize the benefits of your STARLIMS solution. Academy’s industry-specific application training courses and our configuration course are offered several times a year, and consistently attain 90% satisfaction rates.

ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, is now accredited as a Health Information Technology (HIT) Testing Laboratory by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Health Information Technology Laboratory Accreditation Program. ICSA Labs accreditation confirms it has the ability to meet or exceed technical requirements set by NVLAP management.

Roper Industries, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., the leading provider of diagnostic and laboratory software solutions to healthcare providers.

Autoscribe, developer of the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), is publishing a series of e-Bulletins, available by registering at http://tiny.cc/autoscribe. These short, easily digestible bulletins concentrate on topics that are of value to both existing and potential LIMS users across the food, pharmaceutical, chemicals, veterinary, healthcare, and environmental sectors, whether they are using the Autoscribe Matrix solutions or not.

Pharma IQ has just published the results of an industry-wide laboratory informatics report conducted among 6,000 pharmaceutical laboratory informatics specialists.

Roka Bioscience introduced the Atlas on Tour vehicle at the 2012 International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island. The custom-built 40-foot vehicle features a working Atlas System and provides an informational forum for food safety laboratories. The vehicle offers food safety professionals the opportunity to experience a full demonstration of the Atlas System, as well as interactive presentations on the technologies that power the system.

Accelrys, Inc., a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced the release of Accelrys Discovery Studio® 3.5 modeling and simulation software during the company's European Science Symposium in Brussels. The latest release extends Discovery Studio's portfolio of small-molecule ligand design and market-leading biological simulation tools, including a new, validated ligand-profiling database for drug repurposing studies, new science to assess the development potential of putative biologics and many additional enhancements that help deliver a highly effective life sciences modeling and simulation environment.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO), the world leader in serving science, today highlighted its comprehensive range of specialty diagnostics products at the annual conference of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC). The company continued its focus on helping customers to improve productivity by introducing products that drive innovation in the clinical laboratory, from sample collection and storage to new immunoassays and quality controls.

Gold Standard Diagnostics (GSD) today announced the addition of fully-automated Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) processing capability to the powerful ThunderBolt® Automation Platform. With the ability to simultaneously automate CLIA alongside EIA, laboratories of any size can now achieve even more dramatic increases in throughput, flexibility and cost savings.