The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) announces its 2012 Oak Ridge Conference: Emerging Technologies for 21st Century Clinical Diagnostics to be held April 19 – 20, 2012, at The Fairmont in San José, CA.

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories announce the webinar "Basics of Provider Performed Microscopy," which will take place on April 19, 2012, from 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern (US) Time.

PACS Testing, Contract R&D, Consulting, Short Courses and Conferences will provide short courses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June 2012 and March 2013 during PITTCON-2013.

Even the best planned LIMS implementation projects can go awry. Knowing when and how to reset the project is critical to the ultimate success of your LIMS implementation. Our consultants will help you to identify the early warning signs of failures for projects in motion and discuss methodologies for root cause analysis. Understanding that some causes cannot be changed is as important as recognizing the causes that can be changed. Our consultants will highlight the most common causes of project failure and will offer strategies for your project reset.

Accelrys, Inc., a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today issued an industry-wide call to close the productivity gap from innovation through commercialization that is slowing product development and time-to-market and hampering competitiveness for science-driven organizations.

PathCentral, Inc. (www.pathcentral.net), the first and only company focused exclusively on the success of the community pathologist, announced today it has entered into an agreement to provide its web-based anatomic pathology laboratory information system (APLIS) to the Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced innovative new products and services to the European scientific community at Analytica -- the premier international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology -- that push the boundaries of analysis while helping customers to improve productivity in today's increasingly competitive environment.

The Food Safety Summit is designed to meet the educational and information needs of the food industry including growers, processors, retailers, distributors, foodservice operators, regulators and academia. The Summit provides a 4 day comprehensive education program with expert speakers and trainers; an expansive exhibition hall with vendors demonstrating the latest products and services; and networking events to exchange valuable ideas and make meaningful connections.

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the launch of its Ensemble® for Biology™ platform, an integrated informatics suite of applications for creating a collaborative and integrated biology workflow from research and development to quality assurance and control.

PACS Testing, Contract R&D, Consulting, Short Courses and Conferences will provide short courses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May and October 2012.

Perceptive Informatics, a leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation, today introduced the new Site Inventory Management Module of its ClinPhone® Randomization and Trial Supply Management (RTSM) solution.

Atlanta based Ethosoft, Inc. today released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for users of its X-LIMS v4.0 Laboratory Information Management System. This software update ensures that users are provided with the latest software updates and enhancements.

Psyche Systems Corporation has recently signed a strategic alliance with Siemens Healthcare, Malvern, Pa., under which WindoPath®, Psyche's award winning Anatomic Pathology solution, will be offered as the anatomic pathology component of NOVIUS® Lab, Siemens laboratory information system.

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UL, a world leader in advancing safety, has acquired EduNeering, the leading provider of compliance and training solutions for the life and health sciences sector, from Kaplan Inc., a leading international provider of educational and career services. The addition of EduNeering significantly enhances the online training and software offerings of UL's Knowledge Services business unit with a solution focused on pharmaceuticals, medical devices, clinical research education and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection and enforcement.

Tackling EP23: Laboratory Quality Control Based on Risk Management; Approved Guideline". The workshop will take place on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, from 10:00 AM-3:30 PM Eastern (US) Time at The Radnor Hotel, in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, USA.

Constellation Software Inc. ("Constellation") announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gary Jonas Computing Ltd. ("Jonas"), has completed the acquisition of Kestral Computing Pty Ltd. ("Kestral"), a leading provider of software to the Radiology and Laboratory information systems industry in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia.

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and Phenomenex, a global leader in separation science techniques, today announced a new workflow solution specifically tailored for laboratories in India to ensure the safety of spices, teas, fruits, vegetables and other food products for domestic and export markets. The new iMethod™ Application for Pesticide Screening comes in a complete package of everything that a laboratory needs to obtain the most accurate results for the analysis of pesticide contaminants while complying with requirements for safe, high quality food.

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Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) announces the webinar "What's New and Upcoming for CLIA?," taking place on April 4, 2012, from 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time. The webinar will provide current CLIA stats, including the top ten deficiencies cited during Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) surveys, along with some compliance tips.