February 7, 2006 - Would a Resume database be useful?

We would like to invite our readers to vote on whether or not they would take advantage of a resume database as part of an overall careers section of LIMSfinder.com. Prospective employers and job candidates are encouraged to cast their vote.

February 5, 2006 - What is a Podcast?

If you're new to podcasting or haven't heard the term before, a podcast is basically an Internet-based radio show in the form of an mp3. People from all walks of life are creating their own podcasts on a variety of topics—from business to comedy to music to politics—and in a variety of formats such as talk radio, interviews, poetry readings, and music playlists.

January 30, 2006 - The Case for an Electronic Laboratory Notebook: A White Paper

Cross-Disciplinary vs. Specific: Choosing The Right Electronic Laboratory Notebook

January 23, 2006 - Infotrieve/ELN Case Study – Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

Deploring the Infotrieve/ELN at Merrimack has eliminated communication bottlenecks that previously hindered R&D efforts among interdisciplinary groups The system establishes strong data continuity, protects valuable R&D assets, and streamlines project transitions among different scientists.

January 22, 2006 - Disposing of confidential data is not an easy task

At some point in time in your career, you will be obliged to destroy confidential data that is in your possession. I am not talking about pulling an Enron either.

January 18, 2006 - Lab Soft News

News and Views about Pathology Informatics and the Clinical Laboratory Industry: Presented by the Pathology Education Consortium

January 16, 2006 - Efficiently Manage Customer Customer Compliments, Comments, Feedback and Complaints – See 'Feedback' at Pittcon, March 12-17 2006, Booth #2345)

Customer Complaint Management Software is Designed for the Best of Both the Web and Desktop Worlds. 'Feedback' is a comprehensive, fully configurable, out of the box solution for capturing, managing and responding to customer complaints, comments, compliments, requests, feedback and corrective actions.

January 15, 2006 - How to get a FREE LIMS… and maybe even get paid to take one.

The LIMS RFP process is apparently the one of the most clever mechanisms I have seen to date for getting something for nothing. Is there really such a thing? Some folks are giving a good impression of it.

January 8, 2006 - Laboratory Jobs and Careers posted on Hotjobs.com

A listing of the latest posting of laboratory jobs and careers.

January 8, 2006 - LIMS Jobs on Hotjobs.com

See the latest national and international job postings for various LIMS positions.

January 1, 2006 - Some say RFID is stupid, some say it is cutting edge…

I have read two commentaries by two different authors in two different publications that express diverging opinions about RFID. Personally, I agree with both and disagree with both but I think they both make some good points. You decide.

December 19, 2005 - LIMS in a Refinery

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is positioned in an impeccable location in the maze of automation and computational systems in a refinery setup.

December 19, 2005 - LIMSfinder.com – All Postings

December 17, 2005 - How much did you pay for that LIMS Award?

I was looking at the web site of a scientific computing magazine this evening and it caused me to write this blog entry. In looking at the list of Products of the Year for 2005, over 90% were those that advertised in the magazine. Go Figure....

December 13, 2005 - Evaluating forensic DNA evidence: Essential elements of a competent defense review

Promoters of forensic DNA testing have done a good job selling the public, and even many criminal defense lawyers, on the idea that DNA tests provide a unique and infallible identification.

December 9, 2005 - Forensics Focus Headlines

Computer forensics (or forensic computing) is the use of specialized techniques for recovery, authentication, and analysis of electronic data with a view to presenting evidence in a court of law.

December 9, 2005 - Bio-IT World News

December 5, 2005 - Which Pharmaceutical Focused LIMS do you use?

Tell us which Pharmaceutical focused LIMS product you use in your lab.

December 5, 2005 - GLP Regulations on Computerized Systems

All through in recent years there has been an anemones increase in the use of computerized systems by test facilities undertaking health and environmental safety testing. These computerized systems are involved either in direct or indirect way in different functionality of analytical laboratory such as capture of data, processing, reporting and storage of data, and increasingly as an integral part of automated equipment.

November 28, 2005 - Do you want WebCasts – LIMS TV? What's next?

Cast your vote as to whether or not you like webcasts or not. If you have not viewed a webcast then give it a try.