Laboratory Automation News Archive
AI-powered RoboChem for faster, more efficient drug discovery
Interesting Engineering - 25-Jan-2024
Autonomous robot outperforms scientists, accelerating the path to new pharmaceuticals
Read more...A new method called FAST studies cellular ageing in cultured cells
Live Forever Club - 18-Jan-2024
FAST is precise and works with different cell types and microscopes
Read more...Vivodyne pioneers drug development with lab-grown organs with $38M funding
Longevity Technology - 22-Nov-2023
Offers over 20 innovative organ models for realistic testing and collaborating
Read more...C. elegans: A tiny worm that can help scientists understand how ageing works
Live Forever Club - 20-Nov-2023
The research could lead to new ways to slow down ageing in humans
Read more...Automata raises $40M to make science labs more efficient and productive
TechCrunch - 03-Oct-2023
Company's LINQ platform streamlines drug development for scientists
Read more...LabGenius: a company for automating the discovery of new antibodies
Wired - 09-Aug-2023
Pioneering a new era of medical technology to speed up drug development
Read more...Automating genetics research: A robotic system for handling C. elegans (with video)
Phys.org - 06-Jul-2023
WormPicker takes on time-consuming tasks including inspection, movement between petri dishes and genetic crossing
Read more...MHRA-trial of new robot that can grow stem cells- to bring new low cost and safe therapies
GOV.UK - 16-Mar-2023
Fully automated Intelligent Cell Processing System to manufacture potentially life-saving treatments
Read more...£500K in 4th round funding to scale-up Magnitude Biosciences' C. elegans research services
Magnitude Biosciences - 14-Nov-2022
Advances in AI is great, but this sort of automation is what will create the data it needs to find new longevity drugs
Read more...Drones tested as faster means of transport for supplies within a hospital site
BBC - 22-Oct-2022
NHS Trust will carry out further development to see how drones can improve services for its patients
Read more...Ageing-related drug screening made easy and reproducible with automated tech
Longevity Technology - 18-Aug-2022
Camera on each petri dish captures healthspan of many worms simultaneously
Read more...Humanoid robot and AI potentially efficient in regenerating retinal cells
Phys.org - 28-Jun-2022
Automated design and execution can increase efficiency and speed of research
Read more...Insilico Medicine series D funding to grow its pipeline and create an AI-driven robotic drug discovery laboratory
Longevity Technology - 06-Jun-2022
Big data combined with laboratory automation - the pace of drug discovery is about to take off!
Read more...New holographic imaging device spots cancer cells with 100% accuracy
Phys.org - 30-Nov-2021
Simple, low-cost tool for improving screening in remote and low-resource areas
Read more...Start-ups to scale manufacturing of stem-cell therapies for practical use
Nature - 29-Sep-2021
Challenges of mass producing stem cells and how 3 companies are attempting to overcome them
Read more...Customised bioprinting of human samples for drug discovery
Medgadget - 14-Jun-2021
Rapid 3D printing of human tissue constructs aids in screening potential drug candidates
Read more...Robot Scientist uses AI to find cure for covid-19
Chalmers University of Technology - 03-Jun-2021
Speeds up drug discovery process, allowing researchers to find new treatments for deadly diseases
Read more...Automating healthy lifespan studies using nematodes
Kumamoto University - 28-Jan-2021
New automated system with AI searches genes, drugs to extend human healthy lifespan
Read more...Scientists manufactures artificial organoids using automation
Lab Manager - 11-Nov-2020
Semi-automating tissue differentiation makes artificial tissues at a faster rate
Read more...IBM develops an online chemistry lab 'RoboRXN'
MIT Technology Review - 28-Aug-2020
Will lower the cost & speed up the process of developing drugs
Read more...Robotic scientists can do lab work faster
BBC - 06-Jul-2020
Does not mean that machines will be able to replace human scientists
Read more...Automated manufacturing of custom-engineered cell lines
News Medical - 20-May-2020
This technology is very promising and has an enormous potential
Read more...COVID-19 advanced testing lab created by UC Berkeley scientists
University of California, Berkeley - 30-Mar-2020
In response to mass testing needs, they employ robotics and automation for accuracy and speed
Read more...Professor emphasizes power of AI in faster development of new drugs
University of Toronto - 23-Jan-2020
Unimaginable potential of AI yet to be discovered and applied in medicine
Read more...Non-surgical medical robots for help by ABB
FierceBiotech - 10-Oct-2019
Pipetting, sorting test tubes or preparing medicines by robots in near future
Read more...Importance of AI in drug discovery
Select Science - 01-Oct-2019
Automation eliminates manual operation and leaves no room for errors
Read more...Robot revolutionises study of new molecules
Independent - 18-Jul-2018
This software test many chemical reactions simultaneously and may lead to faster drug discovery
Read more...Robots grow mini-organs from human stem cells
ScienceDaily - 17-May-2018
An automated system was developed to keep track of the growing of mini-organs from human stem cells
Read more...SFU's robotic chemical biology research lab
The Peak - 20-Mar-2018
New Centre for High Throughput Chemical Biology (cHTCB) facility.
Read more...Robotic labs for high-speed genetic research are on the rise
The Economist - 01-Mar-2018
In the basement of Imperial College sits the London DNA Foundry.
Read more...Robot Scientist Uncovers Antibacterial Kills Malaria
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - 18-Jan-2018
Eve was developed by scientists at the Universities of Manchester, Aberystwyth, and Cambridge.
Read more...Robots Run Experiments While Scientists Sleep
Forbes - 21-Dec-2017
Transcriptic robotic cloud laboratory allows users to run synthetic biology experiments remotely.
Read more...The Lab of the Future: AI and Microfluidics
Technology Networks - 27-Nov-2017
Integration of robotics and automation has revolutionized procedures.
Read more...Automating histology for the busy pathologist
Digital Journal - 11-Nov-2017
Aquaro Histology obtains investment to commercialize automated microtomy technology.
Read more...Interview with PCR Workflow Automation Company CEO
Labiotech - 02-Oct-2017
Wouter Uten recognized a need in the diagnostic industry for more automated laboratory workflows.
Read more...A new breed of scientist, with brains of silicon
Science Magazine - 05-Jul-2017
Robots use sound waves to create droplets a thousand times smaller than one a human can transfer.
Read more...Robotics collaboration helps work on disease detection
University of Nevada - 18-May-2017
University of Nevada, Reno working with robotic precision liquid equipment from Hamilton Company.
Read more...Robots Are Working 24/7 To Cure Cancer
Gizmodo - 02-Sep-2016
Specialised robots work non-stop to rapidly testing hundreds of treatments for kids with high-risk cancers.
Read more...Lab robot accelerates cancer treatment research
Kurzweil Network - 23-Sep-2015
Uppsala University research system finds optimal treatment drug combinations by planning, conducting and analyzing its own experiments.
Read more...Automation reduces medical testing from weeks to minutes
Pacific Business News - 03-Aug-2015
Hawaii-based Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. purchases WASP robot (Walk Away Specimen Processor) by COPAN Italia .
Read more...Robotics in pharmacy automation
Express Pharma - 06-Jul-2015
Increased laboratory throughput. Free up researchers from repetitive tasks. For example, robotic pharmacies are expanding rapidly within hospitals and clinics.
Read more...Artificially-intelligent Robot Scientist ‘Eve’ could boost search for new drugs
Cambridge University - 04-Feb-2015
Drug discovery could be made faster and much cheaper thanks to an artificially-intelligent ‘robot scientist’.
Read more...Ultra-Fast Software Developed to Scan the Human Genome
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - 02-Feb-2015
Researchers said they have developed an analysis pipeline that cuts the time it takes to search a person's genome for disease-causing variations from weeks to hours.
Read more...Engineers devise technology for rapidly testing drug-delivery vehicles in zebrafish
MIT - 30-Sep-2014
The study was published in the Integrative Biology journal.
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