Customers Benefit from Online Portal to Manage Testing Needs FORT WORTH, TX – Aeroblaze Laboratory is pleased to announce that they have partnered  with Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) software provider LIMSey to provide  customers with a convenient portal to manage their testing jobs. While many labs use LIMS software to manage their test samples and lab data, LIMSey offers labs the  opportunity to pass the benefits on to their customers as well. Through the LIMSey web‐based software,  Aeroblaze’s customers can now log‐in to their own personal accounts. From these accounts, they can  access all data related to their testing jobs. This data includes sample descriptions, test methods,  deliverables, test sequence, results, and lists of equipment used with their calibration information. In  addition, customers can communicate with the lab through the discussion board, upload their own attachments, and download reports. Andrew Feghali, CEO of Aeroblaze, said: “LIMSey’s convenient features and easy‐to‐use web interface  proves to be a refreshing alternative to the outdated LIMS software currently on the market. Our  customers have been very pleased with this service we offer. One customer mentioned that they lost  some critical documents from testing they performed. They were able to easily download copies of  those documents that were stored in their customer portal on LIMSey.” Aeroblaze Laboratory is an FAA‐registered independent testing laboratory specializing in flammability  testing of aircraft interiors. They perform Vertical, Horizontal, 45°, and 60° Bunsen Burner tests, as well  as Oil Burner for Seat Cushion (Fireblock) tests. In addition to testing, Aeroblaze offers various other  services such as writing Test Plans and Reports, DER witnessing, and providing 8110‐3 approvals. They  provide testing and certification services for Parts 23 and 25 aircraft and Parts 27 and 29 rotorcraft. LIMSey is an independent software company and the developer of a modern Lab Information  Management System (LIMS). They provide training and support along with a cloud‐based software  application designed specifically for testing laboratories. Their software enables labs to easily manage  samples, testing, reporting, equipment, and more with little to no setup required.

The Agrihealth Group of companies, a leading provider of services that directly support the agricultural and food production industries across a number of countries, has purchased a Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) from Autoscribe Informatics. The LIMS will be used by the Group’s veterinary laboratory. Agrihealth veterinary laboratory is a busy facility based [...]

Mountain View, CA—Takara Bio USA Holdings, Inc. ("TBUSH") announced that it has completed the acquisition of WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. ("WaferGen"), WaferGen has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of TBUSH as of February 28, 2017 (US local time). Under the merger agreement executed with WaferGen, TBUSH paid 35.9 million US dollars to acquire 100% of the equity [...]

Metrohm is pleased to launch Vision Air 2.0, a universal software solution for Vis-NIR spectroscopy.  Vision Air caters to the needs of routine users and laboratory managers alike with specific interfaces, simplifying routine measurement, method development, and both data and instrument management. Analyses with Vision Air are completely traceable and meet the requirements of the [...]

(Peabody, Mass.) – JEOL announces the latest member in its family of high-end transmission electron microscopes, the CryoARM. This highly automated TEM is designed for unattended operation and high throughput imaging of cryo-EM specimens. The CryoARM was initially introduced to a select audience at the 2016 Gordon Research Conference in Hong Kong, M&M 2016 in [...]

NEW YORK -- Phosphorus, a computational genomics and clinical genetic testing company, announced today the formation of the Phosphorus Scientific Advisory Board, an established group of medical and science experts chosen to advise the company on the development of new products and the company's large-scale, multi-site research initiatives. "We've gathered some of the top leaders in [...]

SHANGHAI, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- WuXi NextCODE, a WuXi AppTec group company and the contract genomics organization enabling precision medicine worldwide, today announced that the company's chief operating officer Hannes Smarason has been appointed as the company's chief executive officer, and WuXi AppTec senior vice presidents John Long and Alex Fowkes have been named [...]

The new release brings the catalog to over 21,000 research antibodies. Today Atlas Antibodies, based in Stockholm, Sweden, will be releasing another over 4,000 new Triple A Polyclonals. The new release brings the catalog to over 21,000 research antibodies, all presented on The Human Protein Atlas portal (www.proteinatlas.org) and over 21,000 PrEST Antigens. All 17,000 [...]

Shenzhen, China– Recently, BGI announced that Dr. Leroy Hood, a world renowned scientist and genomics pioneer, has joined the company’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Hood, a pioneer in the systems approach to biology and medicine, is president and co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology and senior vice president and chief scientific officer of Providence [...]

Inline MIK-MS (Molecular Interaction Kinetics-Mass Spectrometry) with SKi ProTM Enables Compound Screening for Lung Cancer Treatment San Diego, California Silicon Kinetics Inc., the supplier of 3D nano-porous silicon biosensors and instruments for sensitive, label-free biomolecular interaction analysis, has announced collaborations with Biosys Technologies, Tokyo University and St. Marianna University, School of Medicine in Japan. The [...]