May 8, 2008 - Order your Free LIMS Kit CD
The LIMSkit is a free resource that provides everything you need to know about Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), including whether you need one, or, if you have one, how to get the most from it. Click Here to order your Free CD now!
March 11, 2008 - Justifying a LIMS for your Small Water/Wastewater Laboratory
A currently popular and well-known definition of insanity is the repetition of the same behavior with the expectation of different results. Moreover, it is a key principle of laboratories that processes be repeatable with predictable results. Why is it, then, that many small water/wastewater or environmental labs continue to labor using paper and pencil and, at best, Excel spreadsheets for information management and yet expect to magically meet or exceed regulatory standards including NELAC/NELAP (TNI) and 21 CFR 11, increase efficiency, handle instrument calibration and maintenance (never mind results files!), generate all reports and trend analyses quickly and distribute them effectively, and interface with outside systems when it has ALWAYS been a struggle?February 11, 2008 - LIMS to get hot as Nano gets BIG!
Have you ever fantasized what it would look like ‘playing with wild fire’ or ‘making mountain from a mole’? If the response is overwhelmingly negative, the field of nanotechnology can give you some answers. Nanotechnology is a field of science that is garnering strength as we make new strides towards innovation and technology in preparation for the future.December 13, 2007 - Learn more about the Laboratory Informatics Institute
Find out more about the world's first trade association for laboratory informatics. The LIMStitute is helping the industry to standardize, and offers many resources for you, no matter what type of lab you have or if you are a vendor, consultant... Learn about its founding, mission and more by clicking here.
October 29, 2007 - LIMS and ISO 17025 Primer Tutorial
The following on-line video provides a tutorial primer on ISO 17025 and how a LIMS can help your lab with the issues surrounding compliance with those standards and requirements. Audio speakers are highly recommended when viewing this video. Enjoy!
October 28, 2007 - eScience: What is it?
Here is a short powerpoint presentation I found recently that some of you may find interesting. The presentation is about the concept of eScience and what it is and how it is changing how science is done.October 8, 2007 - LIMS.tv Released – The on-line laboratory and science video channel
In today's world, folks are having to learn and absorb information at an incredible rate and we all need tools that make dealing with information and knowledge, simply more efficient. You know the saying... A picture is worth a thousand words... Well, a video is worth a thousand pictures. Laboratory staff must not only do their daily work but keep up with new technology and regulations and still leave time for a personal life. Videos are the answer to improving learning efficiency and general communications so that you can be even more effective in your daily lab work, learn new technologies and still leave room for a personal life. To that end... The Laboratory Informatics Institute is pleased to announce the first release of www.LIMS.tv. LIMS.tv is a new website for the publication of laboratory, science and technology related videos.
August 13, 2007 - Vendor validation gets software up and running faster
Validating the latest version of a software system can cost an organisation a considerable amount of staff time - but not upgrading can mean losing out on the earning capacity represented by the new features on offer.August 6, 2007 - Duke University's Center for Human Genetics DNA Bank discovers lab labeling solution that can take the cold.
The DNA Bank and Tissue Repository at the Center for Human Genetics (CHG) is one of the oldest and largest DNA banks in the United States, processing blood and tissue samples for CHG researchers as well as investigators nationally and worldwide. The DNA Bank recently upgraded their lab labeling system to ensure the long-term integrity of samples and to meet their needs for barcode tracking and laboratory information managementJuly 24, 2007 - LIMS Requirements ???
Simple Questionnaire for Selecting LIMS?July 23, 2007 - Can Off The Shelf LIMS be On Target?
Huw Loaring, systems director of LabLogic Systems, considers how far a 'Commercial Off-The-Shelf' LIMS can live up to its promises.July 16, 2007 - Free LIMS, why not wait 'till they offer to pay you to take one…
There is a new LIMS offering FreeLIMS.com. I noticed this new offering the other day while searching Google. I think I am going to wait until they pay me to take a LIMS.June 26, 2007 - Develop your LIMS Requirements with the LIMSpec Library
The Laboratory Informatics Institute (LIMStitute) is proud to announce the release of our LIMSpec Library. The LIMSpec Library is a collection of eBooks published by the LIMStitute that provides you with a selection of LIMS specification templates. The LIMSpec will save you many hours in developing your LIMS requirements. To take a tour of the LIMSpec, Click Here to view a short demonstration.
June 25, 2007 - The best LIMS is the one you don't use
Change is hard for everyone, whether it is in your personal life or your work life and lets not even talk about that video game called Second Life (SL). Change is good if you are getting rid of work, pointless if you are substituting one set of work for another and bad if it adds more work to your daily life in the lab.June 16, 2007 - Water/Wastewater Industry News
An RSS Feed from the Water/Wastewater industry news web site.June 3, 2007 - What type of information do you want when looking for a LIMS?
With so many LIMS products it seems that their web sites hardly even show a glimpse of the LIMS products. Many simply look like generic brochures. Cast your vote to tell vendors exactly what kind of information you want and how you want it.June 1, 2007 - TWiT.tv!
Welcome to TWiT.tv! If you've stumbled upon this page and are wondering what it's all about, read on. The TWiT.tv Story It all started in 1998 with a small cable network called ZDTV, a channel dedicated to covering computers, the Internet, and personal technology. The people behind this site all worked on that network as hosts, reporters, or producers. In 2004, ZDTV, then called TechTV, was sold and dismantled. Former TechTV hosts, Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, and John C. Dvorak, and producers Robert Heron, David Prager, and Roger Chang went on to other jobs, but we stayed in touch, with each other, and with fans of the late TechTV. Those fans told us again and again how important TechTV had been in their lives, and how much they missed the channel. We missed working with each other, too. On a rainy evening in January, 2005 a few of of us got together for dinner after spending the day covering MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. Leo, who was working as a radio host, happened to have a microphone and recorder. He turned it on and recorded 20 minutes of idle chatter about the Expo and the tech world in general. He posted that recording on his web site. Within a few days tens of thousands of people had downloaded the recording. TechTV fans began clamoring for more. A few months later, TWiT was born.May 28, 2007 - The Crime Lab Project (CLP Forum) Blog
This blog is published by crime lab professionals. A pretty good read for those in the Forensics Science profession.May 28, 2007 - The Motley Fool thinks Web Browser Based LIMS is a good idea!
Perhaps you have never heard of the Motley Fool??? Well it is
both a newspaper column and a web site that covers personal financial issues and
investments. The nice thing about the Fool is that it provides a humorous
look at financial matters but also provides a pragmatic look at money and
investments. Today I read the Motley Fool and they were talking about the
recent StarLIMS IPO. You
can read the full story here.
