January 6, 2016 - AUGUST 8 – 12, 2016: 2016 NEMC

The 2016 Environmental Measurement Symposium, which is the combined meeting of the Forum on Environmental Accreditation and the National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC), will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Orange County, CA. The symposium is co-sponsored by The NELAC Institute (TNI) under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

January 6, 2016 - Speakers Sought for the Current Trends in Laboratory Information Systems Session at NEMC

“Speakers for the Current Trends in Laboratory Information Systems Session at NEMC (www.nemc.us) are currently being sought. The submittal deadline is January 29th, 2016.

January 5, 2016 - APRIL 6 – 8, 2016: 4th Annual SynBiobeta London 2016 Conference

4th Annual SynBiobeta London 2016 Conference “Connecting the Global Synthetic Biology Community”, which will be held at Imperial College London, on April 6th-8th, 2016. The aim of SynBioBeta London 2016 is to foster the participation and dialogue between entrepreneurs, business executives, tech practitioners, technology scouts, investors, and other great minds driving the latest commercial developments in the synthetic biology industry. The conference features over 40 industry speakers, covering a number of session topics including: synthetic biology for biopharmaceuticals and healthcare, engineering the microbiome, next generation applications, innovating responsibly for Clinical CRISPR in the UK, and investor insight discussions. SynBioBeta London…

January 5, 2016 - Premaitha Health launches Workflow Manager system for the IONA® test to support clinical laboratory customers

Premaitha Health PLC (AIM: NIPT, “Premaitha” or the “Company”), developer of the IONA® test, the first CE-marked non-invasive prenatal (NIPT) in vitro diagnostic kit, has launched a bespoke information management system to support the Company’s global clinical laboratory customers with a paperless data tracking solution.

January 4, 2016 - MAY 17 – 20, 2016: [inform] 2016

May 17 -20, 2016 | Lisbon, Portugal | [inform] 2016
[inform] 2016 is Waters Premier Informatics Users’ Conference for communicating and collaborating directly with Waters’ software partners and users in the pharmaceutical, environmental, food and chemical industries. The agenda features innovative solutions for laboratory data management. Learn how you can maximize the value of your Waters' software.

January 4, 2016 - Sectra Acquires Medical IT Company

IT and medical technology company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) has acquired the Swedish company RxEye AB, which sells cloud-based IT services for efficient and secure remote viewing of medical images. The services are used, for example, by radiology, nuclear medicine and pathology departments, as well as by companies that sell teleradiology services.

January 4, 2016 - OneBlood Implements Mediware’s Transtem™ Cellular Therapy Software

Mediware Information Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of software for healthcare and human service providers and payers, announced today that its Transtem Lab software is now being used in OneBlood’s cellular processing laboratory.

January 3, 2016 - MAY 18 – 20, 2016: CEM 2016 – International Conference and Exhibition on Emissions Monitoring

The CEM event brings together the International emissions monitoring community to network, trade ideas and discuss technology, methods, applications, legislation and standardisation relevant to all atmospheric pollutants which include particulates, SO2, NOx VOC, trace elements and greenhouse gases.

December 30, 2015 - Case Study: RTI Laboratories

Nationally recognized laboratory slashes operating costs and boosts productivity over 20% with Khemia's Omega 11

December 25, 2015 - July 25-27, 2016: 12th Laboratory Informatics Summit

12th Laboratory Informatics Summit July 25-27, 2016 –  Princeton, NJ A Comprehensive Discussion on Informatics from Genomics, R&D, Clinical, Quality, and Manufacturing Perspectives to Address Top Industry Challenges! We are bringing together the sharpest and most experienced minds in the industry to tackle these issues and help move the informatics space out of the clutter. This interactive program will allow for a higher level of discussion on how a more robust informatics structure can lead directly to increased R&D efficiency, faster & more effective clinical trials, reduced downtime in production, and most importantly, more time to focus on innovation when your data…

December 24, 2015 - Get the Most from your Waters Empower™ 3 Upgrade

Is there an upgrade to Waters Empower 3 in your near future? Join this webinar as we describe some of the most important new features of Empower 3 and outline a process that will ensure that your laboratory organization will “Get the Most from your Waters Empower 3 Upgrade”.

December 22, 2015 - Best Blogs of 2015

A year in review of the Informatics Insider blogs - see which made the top 5 list

December 22, 2015 - Pathline Emerge Pathology Services Expands IT Capabilities through Halfpenny Technologies Inc.

Pathline Emerge Pathology Services announced the latest feature expansion of their Clinical Data Exchange capabilities by entering into a definitive agreement with Halfpenny Technologies Inc. The HTI platform will work in conjunction with their current Laboratory Information Systems platform to allow real time interrogation of clinical data for their clients.

December 21, 2015 - Boehringer Ingelheim Selects Medidata Clinical Cloud® to Accelerate Innovation in Drug Development

Medidata, the leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research in life sciences, today announced that Boehringer Ingelheim has selected the Medidata Clinical Cloud® to accelerate innovation across all of its drug development programs.

December 21, 2015 - Sparta Systems Named 2015 FL100+ Honoree by Food Logistics Magazine for Second Consecutive Year

Sparta Systems, Inc., an industry pioneer and global leader in enterprise quality management software (EQMS) solutions, was honored by the editors of Food Logistics as a 2015 FL100+ award winner for its holistic approach to quality control—automating regulatory and compliance workflow processes internally, as well as externally with suppliers and contracted vendors.

December 18, 2015 - Medical Lab Management Selects Psyche Systems’ WPTox for Editor’s Pick

Psyche Systems’ Toxicology LIS is named as Medical Lab Manager’s Editor’s Pick in their New and Noteworthy category, December 2015. WPTox simplifies and streamlines much of the sample collection process through its easy-to-use web based sample collection portal, which asks specific questions pertaining to the patient’s history, drug use and prescription medications.

December 17, 2015 - MARCH 6 – 10, 2016: Pittcon 2016 Conference and Expo

PITTCON IS THE WORLD’S LEADING CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION FOR LABORATORY SCIENCE. This dynamic global event offers a unique opportunity to get a hands-on look at the latest innovations and to find solutions to all your laboratory challenges. The robust technical program offers the latest research in more than 2,000 technical presentations covering a diverse selection of methodologies and applications. Pittcon also offers more than 100 skill-building short courses in a wide range of topics and the once-a-year chance to network with colleagues.

December 17, 2015 - MorphoSys deploys Dotmatics’ Vortex to Accelerate Antibody Research

Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services, announced MorphoSys will implement Vortex to analyse and visualise their screening data enabling rapid, informed decision making. MorphoSys choose Vortex because of the intuitive nature of the product and its extensive drug discovery capabilities.

December 17, 2015 - Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory LIMS Case Study

Autoscribe Informatics has published a new case study on the use of the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) at a multi-site veterinary diagnostic and clinical pathology laboratory. Matrix Gemini is being used by NationWide Laboratory Services to co-ordinate sample tracking, management and reporting across laboratories in four different UK locations,

December 16, 2015 - April 12 – 13, 2016: Compound Management in Industry and Academia Conference

The SLAS Conference on Compound Management in Industry and Academia will assemble key individuals who share the aims of providing their organizations the right compound at the right time and in the best possible quality, to allow the generation of meaningful screening, pharmacological, toxicological or ADME profiling data.