DNAnexus Inc., the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced that the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia has selected the DNAnexus Platform to power its new Genome.One clinical whole genome testing company.

Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®), the world’s leading healthcare diagnostics company, and Sequenom, Inc., a pioneer in non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for reproductive health, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger under which LabCorp would acquire all of the outstanding shares of Sequenom.

Phosphorus, a new computational genomics company, announced today the close of a $10 million Series A funding round led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from the founders and several angel investors. Phosphorus is building a genomic data network that will help providers, researchers, and patients around the world better understand and harness the power of the human genome.

As the leading event for laboratory medicine worldwide, the 68th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo is the place where breakthrough innovations in clinical testing and patient care are introduced to the healthcare world.

Analytical microscope users conducting research and routine analysis can now perform more comprehensive and efficient microscopic studies on complex samples using a new X-ray microanalysis software package that complements electron microscopy imaging instruments.

As a company which actively maximizes revenue for toxicology reference laboratories, we have witnessed a wide variety of billing and reimbursement scenarios over the past few years. Many of these scenarios are proper, but a large portion are either the result of not knowing any better, or worse yet, the result of knowingly false billing practices. The later scenarios can place your toxicology laboratory and all of your hard work at tremendous risk.

Around every holiday there's an increase in buying activity. Your LIMS can lead to better inventory planning, quicker release of materials, and the ability to search for data more quickly. Be prepared for the next holiday so that you can reap the most benefits of increased consumer buying activities.

SeraCare Life Sciences, a leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and clinical laboratories, announced today that the company's precision medicine business unit has launched a groundbreaking new laboratory QC software specifically for clinical laboratories running next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based assays.

Definiens, the pioneer in Tissue Phenomics solutions for diagnostics development and commercialization, today announced the release of the Tissue Studio 4.3 and Developer XD 2.6 software packages.

Varian Medical Systems, today announced medical dosimetrists using its Eclipse™ treatment planning software created the top scoring photon and proton radiotherapy treatment plans in the 2016 American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD) and Radiosurgery Society (RSS) Plan Study

MEDITECH’s customers continue to sign for the company’s contemporary Web EHR, a clinically-integrated, state-of-the-art healthcare solution that’s meeting the needs of large IDNs, small critical access hospitals, and everything in between.

Clinical researchers conducting mouse studies at seven different facilities around the world shared their experiences using a laboratory information management system (LIMS) in order “to facilitate or even enable mouse and data management” better in their facilities. This 2015 paper by Maier et al. examines those discussions and final findings in a “review” format, concluding “the unique LIMS environment in a particular facility strongly influences strategic LIMS decisions and LIMS development” though “there is no universal LIMS for the mouse research domain that fits all requirements.”

Genohm is hiring! We have 2 open positions as Java Software Engineers in Ghent, Belgium

Genohm is hiring! We have 2 open positions as Java Software Engineers in Ghent, Belgium

The Velos eResearch clinical trial management system (CTMS) is now used to manage more than 10,000 active studies with individual customers conducting or participating in anywhere from less than 10 to more than 500 active studies. A wealth of data, including over 400,000 biospecimen samples and 550,000 patients, is currently fueling the work of nearly 35,000 users of Velos eResearch across 2,000 research sites.

Digital pathology company Pathcore announces the launch of Pathcore Web, an advanced web-based image management platform for research teams working with whole slide pathology images. Pathcore Web is a secure, browser-based platform for managing pathology and radiology images. Research teams can create, analyze and share cases anywhere, at any time. It comes with a flexible archiving system, custom metadata fields, an intuitive image viewer, and a robust user manager, all in one affordable package.

This featured article from the journal BMC Bioinformaticsfalls on the heels of several years of discussion on the topic of reproducibility of a scientific experiment's end results. De la Garza et al. point to workflows and their repeatability as vital cogs in such efforts. "Breaking down the complexity of such experiments into the joint collaboration of small, repeatable, well defined tasks, each with well defined inputs, parameters, and outputs, offers the immediate benefit of identifying bottlenecks, pinpoint sections which could benefit from parallelization"

This 2014 paper by Ed Baker of London’s Natural History Museum outlines a methodology for combining open-source software such as Drupal with open hardware like Arduino to create a real-time environmental monitoring station that is low-power and low-cost. Baker outlines step by step his approach (he calls it a “how to guide”) to creating an open-source environmental data logger that incorporates a digital temperature and humidity sensor. Though he offers no formal conclusions, Baker states: “It is hoped that the publication of this device will encourage biodiversity scientists to collaborate outside of their discipline, whether it be with citizen engineers or professional academics.”

With record-retention mandates differing worldwide, organizations cannot be too risk averse in their backup retention policies. The risk of not doing so can have both legal and financial consequences including fines, shutdowns, and loss of revenue. This article discusses recommended action items for virtual machines and questions to consider when writing a Disaster Recovery Plan.

Autoscribe Informatics is presenting a webinar designed for anyone involved in sampling to monitor sanitary conditions in food beverage production and other industries. Taking place on Tuesday 19 July 2016 at 4 PM in the UK, 5 PM in Europe, 8 AM Pacific Standard Time and 11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, the webinar introduces Autoscribe’s Environmental Monitoring Solution. This module for the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) is perfect for the management of environmental sampling of production and storage areas by uniquely linking sampling point locations, test results and corrective action plans in one easy to use graphical environment.