RECENT NEWS

INTEGRA Biosciences’ ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot is helping the Arbovirus Testing Lab0ratory at the New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories in Concord, USA, to streamline sample pooling for West Nile and Eastern equine encephalitis virus testing.

Torrey Pines Scientific has announced its new line of corrosion-resistant multi-position stirring analogue hot plates and stirrers featuring five or nine stirring positions, making them ideal for acid digestions and working with corrosive solutions.

Thermo Fisher Scientific enables laboratories to meet ever-increasing efficiency and productivity needs with a collection of new gas chromatography (GC) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) instruments offering hardware and software updates.

The National Pathology Imaging Cooperative (NPIC) opens opportunities for NHS trusts around the country to digitise pathology and improve patient diagnoses, following new funding and expanding the usage of Sectra’s digital pathology solution.

A clinical validation study confirmed the high accuracy of BIOHIT Oyj’s new generation GastroPanel test for the diagnosis of atrophic gastritis (AG) and Helicobacter pylori infection in patients referred for gastroscopy.

Beckman Coulter has announced it will introduce new antipsychotic drug tests to laboratories and clinicians to address an unmet clinical need for 69 million people with serious mental conditions worldwide.

Roche Diagnostics has launched its new molecular laboratory instrument, the cobas 5800 System, in the UK. The new system can help raise testing volumes, improve efficiency and manage the increasing demand that many laboratories are experiencing.

SourceBio International has agreed to purchase the entire issued capital of LDPath, a London-based leader in digital pathology testing services.

Olympus, a global manufacturer of optical and digital precision technology, has announced a partnership with evorion biotechnologies, a pioneer in advanced single-cell analysis using unique microfluidic systems.

With less than a week to the start of the IBMS Congress event, the following is a reminder of the procedures in place to ensure that speakers, delegates and visitors remain safe.

Una Health is a company that specialises in rapid microbiology and point-of-care diagnostics, providing reliable results that make more efficient use of already-stretched resources.

Dotmatics, a company providing scientific informatics software to drive the automation of laboratory data workflows and accelerate critical R&D discovery, has released Dotmatics Platform 22.1.

The British Society for Microbial Technology (BSMT) has confirmed that this year’s 37th Annual Microbiology Conference is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 19 July 2022, at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon.

Crosscope. a provider of AI-enabled digital pathology software, and Mindpeak, known for its AI tools for clinical diagnosis, have announced a partnership to integrate Mindpeak’s image analysis tools into the Crosscope digital pathology platform.

Randox has supplied laboratories worldwide with revolutionary diagnostic solutions for almost 40 years, providing them with the right tools to improve healthcare.

On stand F20, visitors can get hands-on with the latest microscopes from ZEISS, make huge savings as part of the current promotional offers and even participate in a free prize draw to win a pair of ZEISS binoculars worth £425!

Northern Ireland has become the first UK region to combine pathology and radiology images and reports in the same medical imaging system, as pathology goes live with Sectra that will modernise diagnostics for healthcare professionals and patients.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has embarked on a major medical records digitisation project with partners System C, IMMJ Systems and Iron Mountain.

The IBMS takes the safety of delegates, exhibitors and staff at Congress very seriously and accordingly will be implementing onsite COVID-19 safety measures that go beyond the minimum requirements that are in place in the UK.

Olympus has announced the opening of the Olympus Discovery Center at Texas A&M Health to support research focused on treating, alleviating and preventing human diseases.