Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced an expanded portfolio of mass spectrometry applications software that takes advantage of the high performance and versatility of the Thermo Scientific Q Exactive quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometer. Now laboratories can perform a broader range of quantitative and qualitative (quan/qual) workflows with greater speed and confidence.

World Metrology Day commemorates the signing of the Meter Convention on May 20, 1875. Fluke Calibration, a leader in precision calibration instrumentation and software, joins the rest of the global metrology community to celebrate the importance of measurements

Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced that it has purchased the Web-based Hit Explorer Operating System (HEOS) from SCYNEXIS, Inc. The HEOS purchase is the final phase of a strategic agreement that began in 2011, which enabled Accelrys to market and sell HEOS as a key offering within Accelrys' market-leading Cheminformatics Suite of software applications.

SoftTech Health LLC of New York announces a partnership with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) to bring state-of-the-art accreditation management tools to clinical laboratories worldwide.

GenoLogics, a leading provider of laboratory information management system (LIMS) software specifically designed for next-generation omics labs, announced today that the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) has implemented the GenoLogics Preconfigured Package for Illumina NGS and is now in full production using the system. The LIMS will help the lab manage the increased throughput and data generated by AGRF’s sequencing systems.

BGI, one of the world's largest genomics organizations, announced today that a new Roche GS FLX+ System has been successfully installed at its facility in Shenzhen, China. The goal is to complement the existing array of short read sequencing technologies and enhance BGI's long read sequencing capability.

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Samsung is willing to improve the development and manufacturing processes of biopharmaceuticals, and reduce the manufacturing cost while keeping top quality and strict regulations required by the pharmaceutical industry.

eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announces that College Park Family Care Center, the largest non-hospital owned multi-specialty group in the Kansas City-area, has chosen eClinicalWorks comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) solution for its 91 providers across 12 locations. Designed to improve communication with access to real-time information, this initiative will aid the group in pursuing quality of care initiatives, including Meaningful Use and Patient-Centered Medical Home™ (PCMH) recognition.

Remedy Informatics, Inc. further strengthened its position as the leader in life science and translational research informatics today with its announcement of revolutionary new biorepository informatics software, SpecimenTrack(TM). Remedy will offer demonstrations of SpecimenTrack at the upcoming International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) 2012 Annual Meeting & Exhibit May 15-17, in Vancouver, BC, Canada (Booth #15).

Definiens®, the leading provider of image analysis and data mining solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced that Definiens Tissue Studio® 3.5 now supports the automated analysis of in situ hybridization assays, including SISH, CISH, FISH and dual-ISH. The unique combination of flexibility and ease-of-use that characterizes Definiens Tissue Studio® significantly facilitates the detection of spot-like signals originating from gene probes (or any other stain with spot-like appearance) on a cell-by-cell basis. Definiens Tissue Studio® supports the detection of gene probe signals in both brightfield and immunofluorescene imaging.

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) recently announced their upcoming June laboratory webinars on detection capability for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) assays and anaerobic bacteria susceptibility testing. These webinar programs, based on current CLSI documents, are intended to help pathologists, managers, supervisors, technologists, and laboratory and quality consultants learn how to optimize practices and processes in their laboratories.

454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company, and SoftGenetics announced today that the two firms have entered into a co-promotion agreement designed to provide users of 454 Sequencing Systems the broad range of next-generation sequencing data analysis options provided by SoftGenetics NextGENe(R) software.

Based on its recent analysis of the integrated biobanking solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, with the 2011 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year. Thermo Fisher is the world's largest provider of biobanking products, services and solutions, enabling its customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. The Company provides best of breed cold storage equipment, centrifuges and rotors, consumables, liquid handling tools such as automated pipettes and market-leading informatics software for the biobanking industry. Its Fisher BioServices business offers end-to-end outsourced service solutions for biorepositories and biobanks.

At the 2012 LMT LABDAY West Dental Meeting in Anaheim, California, IOS Technologies, the leader in high definition digital impressions and modeling systems, and Jenmar International, the trusted leader in dental laboratory management software solutions, announced that Jenmar's DL-plus Laboratory Management Software and IOS Technologies' FastScan(R) Digital Laboratory Scanning System have achieved interoperability.

Simulations Plus, Inc., a leading provider of simulation and modeling software and consulting services for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announced today the release of Version 3.0 of its MedChem Studio™ and Version 2.0 of its MedChem Designer™ cheminformatics software programs.

Aspera, Inc. (http://www.asperasoft.com/), creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, today announced that Japan’s National Institute of Genetics (NIG) has deployed Aspera’s web-based Connect Server to facilitate international research collaboration for high-throughput DNA sequencing and large-scale data analysis.

Advanced Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS50 FT-IR Platform Integrates Multiple Techniques with Unprecedented Simplicity for Improved Workflows in Analytical Laboratories

Instem, a leading provider of IT solutions to the global early development healthcare market, announced today that Lupin Limited (Lupin) has purchased the Provantis(R) preclinical software solution. Provantis will be deployed at the Lupin Research Park, the company's state-of-the art global R&D hub in Pune, India, housing over 1,000 scientists.

Accelrys, Inc., a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, is pleased to announce that its annual North American User Group Meeting (UGM) is being held from May 7 to 9 at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel in Boston. The UGM offers attendees a unique forum for discussing industry trends and best practices with colleagues, keynote speakers and Accelrys executives, as well as the opportunity to benefit from expert user presentations, product demonstrations and workshops