PacBio has announced a new informatics method that genotypes gene paralogs and pseudogenes with high accuracy.

The Pistoia Alliance has launched the Pistoia Alliance Pharma Innovation Council. The Council will seed ideas for new pre-competitive projects aligned with the Alliance’s strategic themes: Emerging sciences and Technology, Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of R&D and Empowering the Patient.

Ziath has launched a new version of their DP5 Network application that enables tube barcode readers and scanners to be remote-controlled from your smart phone or tablet via a Wi-Fi connection.

Antiverse Ltd has announced the successful identification of functional antibody clusters targeting two G-protein-coupled receptors, both displaying versatile binding profiles and nanomolar affinity.

Visitors to the Autoscribe Informatics booth will see the key developments introduced to our flagship Matrix Gemini LIMS since the last PITTCON.

Ziath has launched its next generation DataPaq™ Handheld 2 tube reader, designed to be held and operated in one hand, leaving the other free for tube handling.

Waters Corporation has announced a new Software-as-a-Service application that enables laboratory managers and analysts to monitor the real-time status of any chromatography instruments, regardless of the manufacturer, running on Waters™ Empower™ Software.

Optibrium has announced the appointment of Steve Yemm as Chief Commercial Officer.

PacBio has announced a collaboration with the University of Tokyo to study the use of long-read sequencing and novel bioinformatics methods in the hopes of better understanding the genetic causes of certain rare diseases in individuals and cohorts within the Japanese population.

Ziath has donated 2D-barcode scanners, software and barcoded sample tubes to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to assist them in creating a unique biobank of zoological specimens that will be available to researchers worldwide.