Lab Management
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. has received a $1.1 million task order under the United States Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) ToxCast screening program.
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At Florida State University, the collective strength of biomedical research and the scientists who lead it has earned a $2 million High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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STARLIMS Technologies Ltd.,a provider of laboratory information management systems, has announced the establishment of STARLIMSEurope as a result of the May 2008 acquisition of its long-time United Kingdom partner, and the hiring of LIMS veteran Joe Peden as general manager of the new subsidiary.
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AIT Laboratories, a leading forensics laboratory also specializing in pain management, clinical, and pharmaceutical testing, has added 77 new high-tech jobs since the beginning of 2008.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has scheduled its annual North American laboratory informatics user group meeting, Thermo Informatics World (TIW), from October 6-9, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference will demonstrate the company's latest informatics offerings that address the growing data management and instrument integration challenges of today's laboratories.
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The Computation Institute, a joint effort of the University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, has received a grant for a computer system that will enable researchers to store, access and analyze massive datasets. The system is made possible by a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, which includes cost-sharing support from the University of Chicago. The new system is called the Petascale Active Data Store (PADS), which has been optimized for rapid data transactions, both on campus and around the globe.
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Purdue University is operating a virtual environment that enables scientists and engineers to interpret raw data collected with powerful instruments called dynamic atomic force microscopes. The online tools, believed to be the first of their kind for the instruments, represent a research trend, with tools for other applications also being developed, said Arvind Raman, a Purdue professor of mechanical engineering."We will see more and more of this sort of thing for many other types of instruments that are being used around the world," he said. "This allows researchers to spend more time doing research and less time and money developing simulations."
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Job recruiting will start within weeks for a Massachusetts research and development firm that will build labs in Tampa and St. Petersburg to manufacture tiny biomedical machines.
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Because impurities can be a critical factor in many research experiments, water purity ranks high in importance.
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Save money, increase instrument performance, and improve workforce productivity by understanding the costs associated with instrument and equipment ownership throughout the entire life cycle.
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Unlike offices, laboratories require infrastructure that is costly and not readily available in commercial real estate.
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What effect will product upgrades, version changes, and retirement have on your labs operations? Are you prepared for it?
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