Seacoast Laboratory Data Systems, a market leader in commercial and outreach laboratory and financial systems, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Atherotech, Birmingham, Alabama. The agreement covers the implementation and on-going support and maintenance for Seacoasts' flagship LIS product SurroundLab(TM) Plus, as well as SurroundLab(TM)FAX.

AACC is pleased to announce the launch of its new Proteomics Division. The term “proteomics” refers to analysis of the complete pattern of protein expression in an organism, tissue, cell type, or organelle

Industry is looking more and more to outsourcing its analytical and testing needs to contract laboratories. This places on those laboratories a need for a flexible yet structured and error-free means of handling and reporting sample information and results.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it has been awarded a $930,000 Phase I research grant by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA). The purpose of the award is to facilitate the research and development of a next-generation chemical-agent detection system.

The new version supports Oracle 10g and includes many new functionalities.

GMP Companies, Inc., a biotechnology and medical technology healthcare company, announced today that its GMP Genetics, Inc. subsidiary has licensed patent rights for its proprietary GMP Conversion Technology® and Conversion Analysis™ processes to Mayo Medical Laboratories, the reference laboratory for Mayo Clinic. Mayo Medical Laboratories will use the technology for gene-based testing.

Purdue University is among a growing number of academic institutions and scientific companies that has realized the importance of electronic lab notebooks. Purdue recently licensed the Enterprise Version of San Diego-based EKM Corp.'s LABTrack electronic lab notebook software, which will be used in the university's Schools of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Pharmacy.

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. experts in optical image capture and processing solutions, who design, manufacture and market worldwide sophisticated imaging and bar code scanning solutions for a variety of applications, today announced that its subsidiary, Adaptive Optics Associates Inc. ("AOA"), has been awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ("LLNL") for the production of 42 Input Sensor Packages ("ISP") to be used on the National Ignition Facility ("NIF") Construction Project.

SIS Will Help NIH Provide the Best Possible Patient Care While Advancing the Quest for Medical Knowledge

i2 Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of demand-driven solutions designed to enable business agility, today announced that Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is working with i2 to combine the unique strengths of both companies to provide an extended service offering primarily targeted at assisting manufacturers to self-declare compliance with European Union Directive 2002/95/EC, Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS).

Sensitivity, accuracy of ICP-MS is key in homeland security, environmental, semiconductor applications

With 2,180 New Annotated Genes, Array Now Contains More Than 8,000 Genes Not Covered by Other Commercial Microarrays

The MathWorks Tools Significantly Speed Analysis of Large Data Sets for Leading Developer of Nucleic Acid Purification Products

Vision 7.1 Development Module Features Tools for Geometric Matching, Object Classification and 2D Bar Codes

William V. Murray appointed Division President, Molecular Biology Molecular Biology Division Senior Management Team Completed

Combination will transform PDL into a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company

Enhances Collaboration Amongst Gene Expression Laboratory at Salk Institute, Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation and Leading Neuroscientists Worldwide

New Fixed-Point Toolbox Enables Fixed-Point Design Directly in MATLAB

CORRECTION: Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE:TMO) now offers a fully integrated software package for US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reporting using ICP-MS. Combining the power of Thermo’s PlasmaLab software for the X Series ICP-MS with the established Metals Analytical Review and Reporting System (MARRS) from EISC, a scientific software development company (Las Vegas, Nevada), Thermo can now offer the most comprehensive reporting and electronic data deliverables (EDD’s) package for EPA methods.

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