Modern, automated labs are under immense pressure to improve operational efficiency, maximize ROI, monitor assets in real time, all while reducing waste and managing regulatory risk. Teams are expected to discover and produce at a pace once considered unthinkable. Service organizations are increasingly pursuing the realization of “Knight’s Law” in laboratory operations. This means not just growth, but that each scientist should be able to do almost double the work in the same amount of time, year over year. This can’t be achieved by just purchasing bigger and faster instruments, but requires automation and good asset management practices.
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Laboratories should have a Cloud computing strategy. While security risks kept some laboratories from moving their IT infrastructure to the Cloud, it is clearer now that enterprise security protections in Cloud environments can greatly exceed a laboratory’s own on-premise security capabilities. Security experts would agree that the biggest security risk to your organisation’s information technology is in fact your employees and that computing in the Cloud can pose less risk than keeping IT on-premises.
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Commercial off-the-shelf laboratory information management systems (LIMS) often come with pre-built protocols to help labs get up and running quickly. But if your lab solely relies on these pre-built protocols, you’re missing out on efficiencies that could give your business a competitive advantage.
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Therapeutic antibodies are a revolutionary drug class that can treat a wide range of diseases. Secondary screens characterize the functional properties of candidate antibodies, narrowing the pool to those most likely to succeed in clinical trials. The wide range of micro-plate based assays that can test hundreds of variables at once requires accurate and complex plate maps that capture a variety of plate re-array options. Using LIMSense™, a modern LIMS from AduroSys, can ensure you keep track of all of your samples and identify the best antibodies for further development.
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Technical writers use several authoring applications to create technical content. They write in Microsoft Word, Adobe FrameMaker, and many content management systems like Madcap Flare. Now, we have another tool to help our writing, the messaging-like app called the AI chatbot (“chatbot”). The chatbot is designed to communicate to end users like a person as it purportedly returns helpful information.
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The field of molecular diagnostics has grown exponentially in recent years, as advancements in DNA testing drive patient interest in understanding how their unique genetic code impacts their overall health and well-being. In this article, we explore the latest trends in the field and how SCC Soft Computer can help laboratories streamline their molecular diagnostics workflows.
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Thermo Scientific™ SampleManager™ LIMS 21.1 Barcode Navigation allows users to enter data and navigate through SampleManager with a barcode scanner. The following functions can be performed using Barcode navigation. Access this new Tech Brief from Astrix.
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Mines that have been abandoned pose a long-term threat to public safety, health, and the environment. The AMLER program provides funding for initiatives that use economic and community development to repurpose former coal mining areas. By converting these abandoned or polluted properties into recreation areas, training facilities, agricultural processing facilities, business parks, solar farms, and other uses, the AMLER program provides vital assistance in furthering community rehabilitation.
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Everything changes. Your customer’s expectations will change, testing standards will evolve, and growth opportunities will appear, but your lab must be ready to seize them. Your LIMS can’t hold you back. Whether you run an internal department or an independent business, your lab must adapt to those changes. How well you adapt depends on the agility of your lab’s systems. Deep configurability and customization options make the LabLynx ELab LIMS software a powerful engine for growth.
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The difference between LIS and LIMS has been clear, until now. Where clinical laboratories use a LIS, environmental laboratories use a LIMS. Simple, right? Not exactly, because the lines between LIS and LIMS have blurred, and with good reason.
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This video highlights the changes in the 6.9 version of Agilent SLIMS. Integration with R was added so QC results can be displayed on cards with graphs designed using R scripts. Simplified protocols were updated even further so you can define metadata for samplesheets and import results. This demo was built upon the same MassHunter packages you can install from the SLIMS Store for 6.9.
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The scientific workplace is evolving with an increasing focus on collaboration, inclusivity, and interdisciplinary research. Scientists from different fields and specialties are coming together to solve complex problems, necessitating a new type of lab that promotes teamwork and idea-sharing. This has led to the rise of open lab spaces with flexible, modular designs that can quickly be adjusted to meet the constantly changing needs of science.
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If you are running a busy lab, there are many benefits to a digital sample management solution. Biobanking refers to collecting, storing, and managing biological samples. It also involves the systematic storage and organisation of various types of biological materials, such as tissues, cells, DNA, blood, and body fluids, along with associated data.
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Blood banks have been an essential part of our country’s healthcare system since the first one was established in Chicago in 1937. Since then, blood banks have helped save thousands of lives by ensuring communities are covered in the event of disasters and patients in need of blood have fast and safe access. In this article, we’ll explore how today’s cloud-based blood bank management systems are improving workflows to ensure better tracking with safe and accurate blood products.
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Regulatory compliance, such as adherence to
21 CFR Part 11 compliance, is of utmost importance for companies operating in regulated industries. The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is renowned for its rigorous and unwavering stance on manufacturing standards. One prominent aspect of regulatory compliance is
21 CFR Part 11, which specifically applies to electronic records and signatures used in FDA-regulated industries.
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The forensic science discipline is constantly expanding and changing as this science pushes the boundaries of what is achievable in the lab and increases with technological innovation. A well-built and maintained LIMS can be useful to control and customize a laboratory's workflow to protect the integrity and communication efficiency of the data provided by a laboratory. LabLynx offers the ELab LIMS software solution that can meet the needs and fit the workflows required for forensic laboratories.
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Pharma products are produced under strictly controlled conditions. Processing areas must be free from contamination. Microbial data collection and analysis play a critical role in ensuring the quality of such conditions. This data comes from samples of surfaces, air, water, and personnel in a clean space. Environmental monitoring (EM) is a process that helps monitor sterile and non-sterile drug products. EM provides data on the quality of the environment during batch manufacturing.
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Every lab manager knows that good data is essential for advancing science — whether it’s to track trends, confirm or disprove hypotheses, or compare results across experiments. But what’s the best way to ensure decisions are based on good data in your lab environment? Modern clinical diagnostic labs generate a wealth of valuable data through the use of numerous tools and applications. All this data can end up stored in multiple locations or silos, including the laboratory information management system (LIMS).
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While there are approximately 200 used oil analysis laboratories (sometimes called “oil condition monitoring” (OCM) labs) in North America alone, with the industry expected to grow to $1.4B by 2026, some believe used oil analysis may be one of those things we never see again, like eight-track tapes and disposable cameras. With the advancement of sensor technology, electrification replacing internal combustion engines, and the trend for in-house oil analysis laboratories, the market may diminish for the traditional, large, commercial OCMs.
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Therapeutic antibodies are now the predominant class of new drugs. Advancing safe, effective antibodies to the clinic requires narrowing a pool of thousands of candidates using high-throughput microplate-based assays. Designing plate aps for these assays using Excel or outdated digital tools is a time-consuming task prone to error, slowing the screening process and leading to critical errors in data analysis. Using LIMSense, a modern LIMS from AduroSys, can improve data quality, reduce costs, and ensure the most effective antibodies reach patients.
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