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April 06, 2010
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update

Volume 8, Issue 14

In This Issue

Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities

03/15/2010 - Request for Quote - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) - professional services to assist with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Implementation

03/01/2010 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System

Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System - Hampton Roads Sanitation District - Virginia Beach, Virginia

Upcoming Webcasts

04/14/2010 - AACC Announces Webinar on Identifying & Investigating Test Interferences

The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) announces a webinar, Identifying and Investigating Test Interferences, to be held April 14, 2010 at 2:00 pm EDT. The webinar will last 90 minutes.

LIMS Blog Postings

LiMSforum.com passes the 4,000 member mark! Join the undisputed leading, independent LIMS User’s Group today.

It seems like only yesterday that the LIMSforum.com group on Linkedin was at 3,000 members. In just a little over a month 1,000 new member joined the largest LIMS user community. If you are not already a member of LIMSforum.com you will want to join today. There are hundreds of discussion and career opportunities in LIMS and Laboratory, Scientific and Health Informatics.

LIMS industry follows the LabLynx lead in web hosted LIMS

In 1997 LabLynx was the first with a 100% web browser based LIMS. In 1998 LabLynx was the first to host LIMS for customers as an Application Service Provider. Now, over a decade later, the LIMS industry has acknowledged that both web browser based LIMS and web hosted SaaS (Software as a Service) LIMS are both the present and the future of LIMS. Expect to see more LIMS companies follow the LabLynx lead by offering web hosted SaaS LIMS built on web browser technologies. Read: SaaS – Is a web hosted LIMS right for your laboratory?

Recent News

04/05/2010 - Amphora's PatentSafe Electronic Laboratory Notebook fully supported on the Apple iPad

Amphora Research Systems is delighted to announce the first ELN (Electronic Laboratory Notebook) to be fully supported on the revolutionary Apple iPad.

04/05/2010 - Accelrys, Inc. and Symyx Technologies, Inc. Announce Merger

Accelrys, Inc. and Symyx Technologies, Inc. today announced that they have signed a merger agreement that will establish a new leader in scientific informatics software.

04/05/2010 - Symyx Joins Pistoia Alliance to Streamline Drug Discovery Workflows

Symyx Technologies, Inc. today announced it has joined the Pistoia Alliance, a non-profit group that promotes collaboration to streamline non-competitive elements of pharmaceutical and life science discovery workflows. The alliance was initially formed by major global pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, and AstraZeneca.

04/02/2010 - AACC Announces 2010 Annual Meeting Plenary Sessions

The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) is holding its 2010 Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo July 25 - 29 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA. The highlight of each day is the Plenary Session which provides a unique opportunity to hear from world leaders in the areas of science, medicine and technology. Sessions scheduled for 2010 are:

03/31/2010 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Demonstrates Advanced Laboratory Data Management Functionality for the Mining Industry at ExpoMin 2010

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will exhibit its integrated laboratory informatics solutions for the mining industry within booth 500-2 during ExpoMin 2010, taking place from April 12-16 in Santiago, Chile. Designed to offer improved efficiencies and increased productivity for the modern mining, Thermo Scientific Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Chromatography Data Systems (CDS) have proven capabilities in rugged environments

03/31/2010 - Pharsight Signs Anapharm as PKS™, WinNonlin® AutoPilot™ Customer

Pharsight, a market-leading provider of software and scientific services to improve productivity and decision-making in clinical drug development, today announced that Anapharm, a PharmaNet company, an industry leader in early-phase drug development, has selected Pharsight Knowledgebase Server™ (PKS™) as its enterprise solution for secure storage and tracking of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) data.

03/30/2010 - PACS Testing, Consulting and Training will provide short courses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this May.

PACS Testing, Consulting and Training will provide short courses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this May. For a complete schedule and course offerings, check our website at www.pacslabs.com. Most PACS courses can be provided at your time and place. PACS course titles and dates are below

03/30/2010 - New Access to Free NMR Software for Students and Educators

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is now offering its industry standard processing software for 1D and 2D NMR, free of charge to students and educators. ACD/NMR Processor Academic Edition can be downloaded immediately from the ACD/Labs website.

03/30/2010 - Lablogic - Latest release makes drug metabolism LIMS even easier to use

Greater flexibility in reporting data and additional features requested by users predominate in the new 5.7.7 release of Debra, LabLogic Systems’ market-leading LIMS for ADME studies.

Upcoming Events

04/20/2010 - LIMS Seminar on April 20th for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Sectors!

04/18/2010 - LabVantage - Customer Training & Education Conference 2010

04/15/2010 - LIMS Seminar on April 15th for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Sectors!

04/13/2010 - Bio 2010 Legislative Day

04/13/2010 - Combination Drug Therapies

04/13/2010 - Biopharmaceutical Change Control

04/11/2010 - SBS 16th Annual Conference & Exhibition

04/08/2010 - Advances in Synthetic Chemistry

04/08/2010 - MedChem Europe

04/08/2010 - ADMET Europe

Job Postings