WTS

QIAGEN launches new library preparation kit, facilitating multiomic studies and advancing precision medicine

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Mercredi, mai 29, 2024
Singular, NGS, Genomics, Proteomics, DNA, Metagenomics, QGEN, Epigenomics, Chemistry, Drug development, Whole genome sequencing, Senior, Blood, WGS, Research, Cancer, WES, Biomarker, Workflow, Completeness, Medicine, RNA, Papillomaviridae, Library, QIAGEN, WTS, Sequence, Nucleic acid thermodynamics, Vaccine

The kit offers a streamlined and rapid workflow to generate WGS and WTS libraries from a single sample by combining chemistry optimized for DNA and RNA simultaneously.

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  • The kit offers a streamlined and rapid workflow to generate WGS and WTS libraries from a single sample by combining chemistry optimized for DNA and RNA simultaneously.
  • Using traditional methods, separate workflows for DNA and RNA sequencing require a large amount of sample material, labor-intensive library preparation procedures, and long turn-around times.
  • With a focus on front-end sample processing and downstream bioinformatics, QIAGEN provides innovative NGS technologies for genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, and metagenomics applications.
  • QIAGEN’s QIAseq kits have processed over four million NGS samples, enabling biomarker research, gene expression studies, viral epidemiology, and disease surveillance.

H2O Innovation Announces the Closing of a US $85M Blue Loan Credit Facility

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Jeudi, mai 23, 2024
Other Manufacturing, Environment, Engineering, Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Sustainability, Green Technology, Other Natural Resources, Natural Resources, National bank, Corporation, Growth, National Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, WTS, Public expenditure, Guideline, International Finance Corporation, Bank

H2O Innovation’s inaugural Blue Loan was inspired by the Guidelines for Blue Finance developed by the International Finance Corporation in January 2022 and is specifically designed to support investment in ocean-friendly projects and critical clean water resource protection.

Key Points: 
  • H2O Innovation’s inaugural Blue Loan was inspired by the Guidelines for Blue Finance developed by the International Finance Corporation in January 2022 and is specifically designed to support investment in ocean-friendly projects and critical clean water resource protection.
  • This loan will allow H2O Innovation to accelerate its growth and continue the diversification of its activities to different markets.
  • “This new share of the credit facility will allow our different pillars to grow through mergers and acquisitions as well as investment in capital expenditures.
  • This will provide not only increased flexibility but also gains in efficiency,” stated Frédéric Dugré, President and Chief Executive Officer of H2O Innovation.

Parsons Receives Innovation Transportation Solutions Award from WTS Colorado

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Mercredi, mai 8, 2024
Lynx, COA, Water quality, Public, City, Denver Union Station, Safety, Federal Transit Administration, Woman, WTS, NEPA, CDOT, Partnership, PSN, Water, BRT, Colorado Department of Transportation, FTA, Engineering, RTD, County, DRCOG, Anschutz Medical Campus, Regional Transportation District, Parsons Corporation

CHANTILLY, Va., May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parsons Corporation (NYSE:PSN) announced today that the company’s East Colfax Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project received the 2024 Innovation Transportation Solutions Award from the Women in Transportation (WTS) Colorado Chapter.

Key Points: 
  • CHANTILLY, Va., May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parsons Corporation (NYSE:PSN) announced today that the company’s East Colfax Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project received the 2024 Innovation Transportation Solutions Award from the Women in Transportation (WTS) Colorado Chapter.
  • WTS is an international organization dedicated to shaping the future of transportation for the public good through the global advancement of women.
  • Parsons is a Champion Partner and active participant in WTS and currently serves as prime for final design of the East Colfax BRT, in addition to providing preliminary engineering and NEPA review.
  • Through a series of design charettes concurrent with direct outreach to the community, the Parsons team created the design which would become The Lynx.

Caris Life Sciences and COTA, Inc. Announce Collaboration to Expand Collective Multi-Modal Data Offering

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Mardi, avril 30, 2024
Sequence, Cancer, AUC, WTS, AI, Prognosis, RNA, MD, Partnership, Doctor of Philosophy, Research, DNA, Health information management, Data, Patient, Record, RWD, Health, WES, Biomarker, Medicine, Quality of life, COTA, Medical imaging

IRVING, Texas and NEW YORK, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Caris Life Sciences®(Caris), the leading next-generation AI TechBio company and precision medicine pioneer that is actively developing and delivering innovative solutions to revolutionize healthcare and improve the human condition using molecular science and AI, and COTA, Inc. (COTA), an oncology real-world data (RWD) and analytics company used by the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, today announced a collaboration to expand their multi-modal data offerings to support and accelerate biopharmaceutical drug development and patient care. 

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  • The combination of the breadth and depth of Caris' genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and imaging data and COTA's high-quality curated clinical data that captures the treatment journeys and outcomes of cancer patients will result in a broad real-world, multi-modal data offering, at scale, to power the next wave of cancer therapeutics.
  • "Caris' partnership with COTA will enable biopharma to leverage a more complete dataset to power research and AI approaches for therapeutic development.
  • Caris was the first in the molecular diagnostic industry to provide Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) DNA coverage and Whole Transcriptome Sequencing (WTS) RNA coverage for every viable sample.
  • "By combining COTA's high-quality, curated data sourced from electronic health records with Caris' molecular data, life sciences researchers will be able to capture previously unseen insights to optimize cancer treatments that can improve a patient's prognosis and quality of life," said C.K.

EQS-News: Montano acquires another office and retail building in Hamburg for a professional pension fund

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Mercredi, avril 10, 2024
Certification, ESG, DLA, Tenant, BWS, Drees, Quantum, Piper, Investment, Restaurant, Asset management, Heart, WTS, DLA Piper, Drees & Sommer, BNP Paribas Real Estate, Financial services

April 2024 - Montano Real Estate GmbH ("Montano", www.montano.eu), a highly specialised partner for investments in commercial real estate, acquired another attractive office and retail building for a German professional pension fund.

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  • April 2024 - Montano Real Estate GmbH ("Montano", www.montano.eu), a highly specialised partner for investments in commercial real estate, acquired another attractive office and retail building for a German professional pension fund.
  • On behalf of a client, the asset was acquired from Ofi Invest Real Estate.
  • The Dornbusch 2-4 property is located in the northern part of Hamburg's old town, between Kleine Johannesstrasse and Pelzerstrasse in the town hall quarter.
  • POELLATH provided legal support for the transaction, WTS provided tax advice and Albrings + Müller provided technical advice and Colliers International Hamburg supported Montano in the commercial due diligence.

H2O Innovation Awarded Eight New Water Treatment Projects, Including its Largest One to Date for the Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment

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Mercredi, avril 3, 2024
Environment, Engineering, Utilities, Manufacturing, Sustainability, Green Technology, Energy, Other Natural Resources, Natural Resources, Ultrafiltration, Yellowstone River, UF, Demographics of Los Angeles, Corporation, City, Water, WTS, Seawater, MBR, Multimedia, Drinking water, Sewage treatment

H2O Innovation Inc. (“H2O Innovation” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that its Water Technologies and Services (WTS) business line obtained eight new water treatment contracts over the past few months.

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  • H2O Innovation Inc. (“H2O Innovation” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that its Water Technologies and Services (WTS) business line obtained eight new water treatment contracts over the past few months.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240403411653/en/
    The most significant of these new contracts is for the largest water reuse project in H2O Innovation’s history: Donald C. Tillman Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF).
  • This treatment system will apply ultrafiltration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) to provide reuse water for the City of Los Angeles, California.
  • A second major contract was executed with the City of Billings for their drinking water treatment plant in Montana.

EQS-News: 'Innovation through partnerships: Your Family Entertainment AG integrates artificial intelligence (AI) into its corporate strategy'

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Lundi, février 5, 2024
Cloud, WTS, Book, Intelligence, Language, AI, Heart, YFE, Metadata, Lip, Relativity, WKN, Thought, IPS, Artificial intelligence, Family Entertainment, Algorithm, Animation, Medical device

Your Family Entertainment AG (YFE), a leading listed media company in family entertainment (WKN: A161N1, ISIN: DE000A161N14, abbreviation: RTV), is initiating a strategy to revolutionize profitability through the use of AI in three key areas.

Key Points: 
  • Your Family Entertainment AG (YFE), a leading listed media company in family entertainment (WKN: A161N1, ISIN: DE000A161N14, abbreviation: RTV), is initiating a strategy to revolutionize profitability through the use of AI in three key areas.
  • "The use of AI tools to revise existing content also enables a significant improvement in image quality.
  • This meets the growing demands of the audience and strengthens the strategic position as an established and award-winning provider of high-quality family entertainment".
  • We will not create any new IPs through 'Generative Artificial Intelligence' until this area has been legally clarified.

H2O Innovation Reports First Quarter Results - Gross Profit Margin Improvement and Strong Consolidated Backlog

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Mardi, novembre 14, 2023
Environment, Engineering, Chemicals, Plastics, Utilities, Manufacturing, Sustainability, Energy, Other Natural Resources, Natural Resources, Canada Business Corporations Act, EBITDA, O&M, Pressure, Minority, Acquisition, Meeting, WTS, Transaction, Calumet Specialty Products Partners, Bank statement, Investment, Depreciation, Investissement Québec, Nature, GAAP, Growth, Constant purchasing power accounting, Multilateral, Share (finance), Silviculture, Security (finance), Corporation

The increase of WTS’s EBAC in dollars and in percentage is mainly attributable to the improvement of the gross profit margin before depreciation and amortization due to higher revenues coming from the service activities.

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  • The increase of WTS’s EBAC in dollars and in percentage is mainly attributable to the improvement of the gross profit margin before depreciation and amortization due to higher revenues coming from the service activities.
  • Specialty Products’ EBAC was impacted by the decrease in sales volume, while the selling and general expenses increased.
  • The definition of EBAC means the earnings before administrative costs and other items in note 11 of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
  • The increase in percentage was primarily due to the improvement of the gross profit margin in the WTS business pillar, mostly explained by a higher proportion of revenues coming from our service activities, which are characterized by higher gross profit margins.

Wholesale Title Solutions™ Integrates with Resware To Expand Seamless Title Searches

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Mardi, novembre 7, 2023
WTS, Business development, DTS, Partnership, WINCHESTER, Information technology, Sales, Management

WINCHESTER, Va., Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Wholesale Title Solutions™ (WTS™), the title search and abstract delivery company, has launched a new integration with Resware, Qualia's highly customizable workflow automation product for the title and escrow industry. This collaboration marks a massive efficiency upgrade for title solutions providers, linking up two seamless transaction processes.

Key Points: 
  • This collaboration marks a massive efficiency upgrade for title solutions providers, linking up two seamless transaction processes.
  • WTS uses its proprietary Direct Data™ platform to deliver accurate, cost-effective title search solutions with quick turnarounds.
  • The company is committed to revolutionizing the title industry by providing a direct link to courthouse resources and digitizing real estate data.
  • WTS operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Direct Title Solutions™ (DTS™) , a comprehensive real estate solutions company.

Summer Lawton named South Central Texas office leader for HNTB

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Jeudi, octobre 19, 2023
Central Texas, Texas Department of Public Safety, HNTB, Transport, ASLA, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, Central Division, Society, Capital Metro, WTS, Environment, Aviation, City, Austin–Bergstrom International Airport, Urban Land Institute, Growth, Architecture, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Regional mobility authority, PLA, Texas Department of Transportation, Louisiana State University, American Society of Landscape Architects, Management, Construction

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- HNTB Corporation, a leading infrastructure solutions firm, has named Summer Lawton, PLA, ASLA, South Central Texas office leader and vice president, overseeing offices in Austin, El Paso, Round Rock and San Antonio. She succeeds former office leader Scott Haywood, who was appointed to HNTB Central Division president.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- HNTB Corporation , a leading infrastructure solutions firm, has named Summer Lawton, PLA, ASLA , South Central Texas office leader and vice president, overseeing offices in Austin, El Paso, Round Rock and San Antonio.
  • She succeeds former office leader Scott Haywood , who was appointed to HNTB Central Division president.
  • "She has a deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities in the region and will successfully guide the South Central Texas offices to unprecedented heights of success."
  • "I am thrilled to take on this new role and to lead HNTB's talented South Central Texas team," said Lawton.