Broad Institute teams up with AWS, Cloudera, Google, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft to enable cloud-based access to the Genome Analysis Toolkit, simplifying genomic research

Cambridge, Mass. — Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudera, Google, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft to enable cloud-based access to its Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) software package. Through these collaborations the GATK Best Practices pipeline will be available to users of cloud service providers through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) [...]

ETD – Explosives Trace Detectors

With today's heightened threat of terrorism, security professionals at nuclear power plants, embassies, high-risk facilities, transportation, and government agencies are exploring explosives trace detection, which also can be used to detect narcotics, as part of a sound security strategy to help protect the public and vital infrastructure from threats. By detecting a wide range of [...]

Neogen launches water-based line of mycotoxin tests

LANSING, Mich. — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) has developed an improved, quick and easy new line of mycotoxin tests that uses water as the solvent in the extraction process. The new mycotoxin tests will all use a common water-based extraction — and will enable testers to test for up to six mycotoxins from the same [...]

Dassault Systèmes and Ipsen sign collaborative agreement to develop innovative programs to support Ipsen’s drug discovery

Ipsen has selected the “Designed to Cure” industry solution experience to accelerate its research and development (R&D) transformation and discovery of new therapeutic solutions. The platform offers data integration, modeling and simulation capabilities to gain a more comprehensive view of the dysregulations linked to diseases as well as improves and shortens the identification of higher [...]

Dotmatics partners with BioByte to offer ClogP across the entire Dotmatics Platform

Bishops Stortford, UK and Claremont, California –– Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services to the life sciences industry, announced a partnership with BioByte, producer of the industry gold standard partition coefficient calculator (ClogP). This deal will enable users of the Dotmatics Platform including Vortex and Browser to calculate ClogP seamlessly within [...]

3M Releases Next Generation Molecular Pathogen Detection Test for E. coli O157 (including H7)

ST. PAUL, Minn.-- 3M Food Safety announced the launch of its 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay 2 – E. coli O157 (including H7), adding to a line of next-generation tests which also includes Salmonella, Listeria and Listeria monocytogenes. Introduced in 2011, the 3M™ Molecular Detection System is utilized by food processors, laboratories, universities and government agencies [...]

New Datacolor®200 for Retail Paint Assures Perfect Color Measurement

Datacolor, a global leader in color management solutions and color communication technology, announced the launch of the Datacolor 200 spectrophotometer. This new instrument, designed especially for paint retailers and hardware stores, contains state of the art color measurement technology in a compact form factor. By using the Datacolor 200 instrument in combination with the Datacolor [...]

The New Standard for Biomass Monitoring

INFORS HT is solely responsible for the global distribution of aquila biolabs’ Cell Growth Quantifier (CGQ). The CGQ allows non-invasive online monitoring of biomass in shake flasks. The automatic measurements save time and provide a profound understanding of the bioprocesses, ensuring sustainable success of shake flask experiments Currently, scientists monitor biomass in shake flask cultures [...]

Prosolia Enters into Collaborative Research Agreement with University of Florida

INDIANAPOLIS –– Prosolia, Inc., the developer and manufacturer of innovative sample introduction and ionization devices for mass spectrometry, announced today that it has entered into a collaborative research agreement with University of Florida Departments of Chemistry and Pathology to develop translational science applications for health and disease using the Company’s flowprobe™ technology. “Mass spectrometry has [...]

SurfaceLab 6.6 Update (1)

SurfaceLab 6 version 6.6 build 80584 (bugfixing release 1) has just been released and is available for download from our download area. The new setup does not include the online help files anymore. The help package is installed using the new separate setup program. This arrangement allows us to update the online help more frequently [...]

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