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March 2025

TechCrunch Highlights Elea’s Disruptive AI Innovation in Pathology — €4M Seed Round Announced

2025-05-30T10:59:18+00:00

A major milestone for digital pathology: TechCrunch has spotlighted Elea, the Hamburg-based health tech startup, for its groundbreaking approach to transforming pathology labs through artificial intelligence. Founded in early 2024 by Dr. Christoph Schröder and Dr. Sebastian Casu, Elea has developed an AI-powered operating system that fully replaces outdated laboratory information systems. Leveraging speech-to-text transcription, intelligent task automation, and [...]

TechCrunch Highlights Elea’s Disruptive AI Innovation in Pathology — €4M Seed Round Announced2025-05-30T10:59:18+00:00

ARUP Laboratories Expands AI-Augmented Parasitology Screening Tool, Improves Detection and Diagnosis

2025-05-22T10:37:10+00:00

ARUP Laboratories announced today the expansion of its groundbreaking AI-augmented screening tool for the detection of human gastrointestinal parasites to include wet-mount slides. With this expansion, ARUP will become the first and only laboratory to apply AI-augmented screening to the entire ova and parasite testing process. “By utilizing an AI-augmented screening process, we have seen a [...]

ARUP Laboratories Expands AI-Augmented Parasitology Screening Tool, Improves Detection and Diagnosis2025-05-22T10:37:10+00:00

January 2025

The Evolution of Digital Pathology: Past, Future, and the Role of AI

2025-09-24T14:47:48+00:00

What is Digital Pathology? Digital Pathology is the process of scanning traditional glass slides in a Whole Slide Image (WSI) scanner, creating a digitised version of that slide, and storing it in an online system, to potentially be shared around laboratories across the globe. It allows pathologists to look at scans in a digitised format on [...]

The Evolution of Digital Pathology: Past, Future, and the Role of AI2025-09-24T14:47:48+00:00

November 2024

Cirdan Welcomes Bernard McGuire to Our Board of Directors

2025-09-24T14:55:40+00:00

We are excited to announce that Cirdan is expanding our Board of Directors with the addition of Bernard McGuire, Managing Director and Member of the Investment Committee at 57 Stars. Bernard will join us as a permanent member of the board this month, bringing invaluable expertise and insight to our mission of revolutionising the future of [...]

Cirdan Welcomes Bernard McGuire to Our Board of Directors2025-09-24T14:55:40+00:00

Impact of AI on Parasitology Lab, One Year In

2025-09-16T10:29:53+00:00

by Amy Carpenter In the clinical parasitology laboratory at Mayo Clinic, job satisfaction is up and ergonomic strain is down. Work difficulty is down, too, as is the pressure of time. All that and much more was measured one year after bringing artificial intelligence into the laboratory to screen out the negatives. "It has been a [...]

Impact of AI on Parasitology Lab, One Year In2025-09-16T10:29:53+00:00

From Grossing to Diagnosis

2026-09-16T12:59:09+00:00

Why pre-analytics deserves a digital revolution In the fast-paced world of pathology and laboratory medicine, where cutting-edge molecular techniques and digital innovations dominate headlines, it is easy to overlook the foundation of our diagnostic process: pre-analytics. And yet this crucial phase – encompassing specimen handling, labeling, and grossing – remains largely unchanged since the dawn [...]

From Grossing to Diagnosis2026-09-16T12:59:09+00:00

Pathology: The Unseen Vital Link in Modern Healthcare

2025-09-24T15:02:19+00:00

When we think of healthcare, our minds usually jump to doctors, nurses, medicines and treatment plans. However, we tend to miss the important link in the healthcare system, bridging the gap between patients and doctors: Pathologists. Behind every diagnosis, treatment decision and patient outcomes lies this vital, yet overlooked, profession. What is Pathology? Pathology is central [...]

Pathology: The Unseen Vital Link in Modern Healthcare2025-09-24T15:02:19+00:00

September 2024

Cirdan Announces PathLite+ European Launch at ECP 2024

2025-09-24T15:08:13+00:00

Cirdan was delighted to announce the European launch of PathLite+, our cutting-edge macro-imaging system, at the European Congress of Pathology 2024, from 7th-11th September, in Florence, Italy. This event provided the perfect platform to introduce PathLite+ to a European audience, and we were thrilled to engage with experts from across the pathology field.  The European debut of [...]

Cirdan Announces PathLite+ European Launch at ECP 20242025-09-24T15:08:13+00:00

LIS v LIMS: What’s the Difference?

2025-09-24T15:13:53+00:00

What is a LIMS? LIMS is a commonly used acronym which refers to a Laboratory Information Management System. A LIMS is used in a laboratory setting. Cirdan’s LIMS, ULTRA, is used in pathology labs. However, LIMS are used across a variety of industries working in labs, including environmental, food and beverage, and even agricultural settings. LIS v [...]

LIS v LIMS: What’s the Difference?2025-09-24T15:13:53+00:00

July 2020

Practical guide to training and validation for primary diagnosis with digital pathology

2026-09-15T11:59:44+00:00

Numerous clinical pathology departments are deploying or planning to deploy digital pathology systems for all or part of their diagnostic output. Digital pathology is an evolving technology, and it is important that departments uphold or improve on current standards. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been scanning 100% of histology slides since September 2018. In this [...]

Practical guide to training and validation for primary diagnosis with digital pathology2026-09-15T11:59:44+00:00
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