Russ Swan, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Laboratory Productivity",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Laboratorytalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release Remote monitoring and diagnostics on GC and GC/MS from
Agilent Technologies Europe, which we summarised at the time by saying "Agilent's Intelligent Services remote instrument monitoring and diagnostics is now available for the 6890/7890 gas chromatograph (GC) systems and 5973/5975 gas
chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC/MS)".
A few weeks before,
we featured the news release Millipore launches Neurite Outgrowth Assay from
Millipore: "Millipore has announced the availability of its Neurite Outgrowth Assay which is now the newest assay kit in Millipore's extensive drug discovery product line".
In July 2007, we covered the news from Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics
concerning its Clinitek Advantus
- take a look at The next generation in urine chemistry analysis
which says: "Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics will show new products for near patient testing and greater laboratory productivity at the Institute of Biomedical Science Congress, September 2007, Birmingham UK".
Take a look also at the news release from Guava Technologies, Accelerated development of transfection agents,
as well as An introduction to elemental microanalysis from Exeter Analytical (UK),
and Ultrafiltration removes alkaline phosphatase from Millipore.
See also:
Millipore and CXR's new drug screening platform
(March 2007)
Millipore, in collaboration with CXR Biosciences, has announced their first jointly developed products for the pre-clinical drug development marketplace
European seminars on OneSource laboratory services
(March 2007)
PerkinElmer announces a series of free seminars across Europe on its OneSource laboratory services: a flexible business solution for all lab equipment maintenance and asset management activities
Laboratory management contract for Schering-Plough
(March 2007)
PerkinElmer has signed a three-year agreement with Schering, a subsidiary of Schering-Plough, to provide and implement OneSource maintenance at four Schering-Plough laboratory sites in New Jersey
Next-generation lab software on Microsoft platform
(March 2007)
Thermo Fisher Scientific has established a working relationship with Microsoft aimed at developing next-generation laboratory knowledge management designed to move science forward
Cell signalling symposium for Dundee
(February 2007)
Millipore announces that it is sponsoring the fourth annual Cell Signalling Symposium, 2007, to be held August 30 - September 2 at the Apex City Quay Hotel and Spa, Dundee, UK
Protecting mission-critical lab instrumentation
(January 2007)
User-friendly, online database enables website visitors to quickly determine the pre-certified Franek Technologies power protection specifically designed and engineered for their laboratory instrument
Hecker promoted to general manager at Franek
(December 2006)
Franek Technologies, a manufacturer of certified Category III-3 laboratory battery backup power protection systems (LPS/UPS), has promoted Raymond Hecker to vice president and general manager
Millipore releases AdenoSilence vectors for RNAi
(December 2006)
Millipore has announced the launch of the first round of adenoviral shRNA expression vector reagents targeting the human druggable genome
Multiyear management contract with Schering-Plough
(November 2006)
PerkinElmer has signed a three-year agreement with Schering, a subsidiary of Schering-Plough, to provide and implement its OneSource maintenance solution at four laboratory sites in New Jersey
First immortalised human neural progenitor cells
(November 2006)
Millipore has announced the launch of the ReNcell product line, said to be the only human immortalised neural somatic stem cell lines on the market today
Protecting genome analysers at the Broad Institute
(September 2006)
Broad Institute's Genome Sequencing Platform implements certified power protection to protect investment in leading-edge Solexa genome sequencing instrumentation, valued at approximately $1.5 million
GC/MS to meet a range of performance, budget needs
(August 2006)
PerkinElmer introduces Clarus 600 gas chromatograph/mass spectrometers (GC/MS) claiming best-in-class oven performance and fastest combined heat-up and cool-down rates for a conventional GC
Using Limslink to improve laboratory productivity
(June 2006)
SGS has chosen LimsLink to be the standard integration technology for its North American mineral group laboratories and will be rolling the technology out to several sites across North America
Storm clouds gathering: labs should prepare now
(June 2006)
Laboratories around the globe need to be prepared for weather-related occurrences to preserve not only their investment in instrumentation, but also the integrity of the research being conducted
One-step process for sample preparation
(June 2006)
Solid phase microextraction (SPME) will further increase laboratory productivity by offering a one-step process for sample preparation without requiring hazardous solvent usage
Laboratory power protection systems at NIH, NAIAD
(May 2006)
Key instrumentation is protected against power fluctuations, damaging harmonics or power failure that could cause loss of samples and data, costly damage to instrumentation, and lost productive time
Biology studies benefit from vacuum concentrator
(April 2006)
Genevac has recently installed a miVac DNA concentrator at the Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics at the University of Sheffield, UK
Intelligent device service platform extended
(March 2006)
Waters has announced improved capabilities for the Connections Insight intelligent device service platform
Agenda for the future of laboratory informatics
(December 2005)
Case studies from Amgen, Amylin, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson PRD, Merck, Sanofi-Pasteur, Schering-Plough, and Vertex at Laboratory Informatics 2006 in San Diego
Fifth edition of protein blotting handbook
(October 2005)
Protein blotting is a key technology used by every protein laboratory to detect low amounts of proteins in complex samples or monitor protein expression and purification
Catalogue covers the bioscience lab
(September 2005)
Millipore has announced the availability of the newest edition of its Bioscience Catalogue, which features tools for accelerating, simplifying and enhancing research
Plates for diagnosing and monitoring infections
(September 2005)
Millipore and Oxford Immunotec have announced the co-development of a specially designed microtitre plate for use in clinical diagnostics kits
Comet assay gives real-time cell score
(August 2005)
The comet assay is now one of the standard methods of assessing DNA damage, and uses fluorescent microscopy to examine this at the single cell level in a wide range of applications
Mixed culture assay reduces development time
(May 2005)
Assay allows users to conduct mixed culture assays with the sensitivity of single-cell based methods together with the throughput (96-well option) and ease of use of a microplate reader
Automate routine analysis in mass spectrometry
(March 2005)
Software is said to be especially beneficial to high-throughput, combinational chemistry and drug discovery scientists by providing the non-expert user access to high performance LC-MS analysis
Pipetting with modular dispense technology
(February 2005)
Enables rapid automated dispense head exchange delivering unparalleled assay performance, breakthrough miniaturisation and significantly improved laboratory productivity
Staining/coverslipper workstation proves popular
(November 2004)
Now up to 21 UK users for combined slide preparation system which includes fast glass-on-glass coverslipping system and optimised staining operation
Turnkey cell toxicity and mixed culture assays
(September 2004)
Because the assay is more sensitive, specific and reproducible than population-based tests, assay development time is reduced compared to traditional methods
Taking liquid chromatography a stage further
(August 2004)
Claiming to be the first end-to-end ultra performance liquid chromatography system offering specially designed column chemistries, hardware, software, and documentation
Double your evaporation speeds
(August 2004)
Available from Genevac is a range of innovative solid aluminium heat transfer plates precision engineered to fit closely to a wide range of microplates
Certified eluents standards
(August 2004)
Pre-packed custom reagents are sealed in flexible ultrapure bags and can be stored for months without a change in their chemical composition
Automate routine blood tests
(July 2004)
Random access haematology analyser enhances laboratory productivity by automating many of the most labour-intensive blood tests routinely requested by clinicians
Test this colony counter on your images
(May 2004)
Send an image on disk or by email to establish whether this software, which can accurately counts thousands of cells in an instant, is suitable for your application
Osmometer handles multiple samples
(January 2004)
Multi-sample lab instrument is said to be the first to feature date and time stamp, improved information retrieval, and multi-language capability