February 28, 2023 - Importance of Scalability in a LIMS
Imagine waiting a lifetime for an idea to become a reality, and then it is over in 100 trillionths of a second. That’s exactly what happened to a group of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California at 1:03 a.m. on December 5, 2022, when 192 giant lasers blasted a tiny cylinder of hydrogen and achieved an energy gain known as ignition, a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion. [Read More]
February 28, 2023 - LIMS – 10 key features to boost your lab
In our new four-part blog series, we explore why you should implement a laboratory information management system (LIMS) in your lab, what factors you need to consider in the selection process, and how to plan your implementation.
Implementing a LIMS in your lab can be hugely beneficial to your workflow, helping track, store, and analyze the data generated by every process. Beyond data, it can also help you manage your lab processes efficiently, enabling greater productivity. But there are many LIMS solutions available, and with so many capabilities on offer, it can be daunting to figure out what your lab needs to thrive. [Read More]
February 28, 2023 - Lab Automation; Tomorrow’s Reality is Starting Today
A little over a year ago, Patrick Rose, Director of Product Management at L7 Informatics, participated in an Astrix Digital Transformation Webcast Series. In this series, Astrix Technology Group brings together innovative informatics solutions providers from across the industry that are at the forefront of technology to present cutting-edge solutions that will enable the transformation of your laboratory into the digital lab of the future. Listen to Rose as he looks at how L7 can enable companies to achieve level 4 of the digitalization path towards industry 4.0...[Read More]
February 28, 2023 - Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: Decades More Research Still Needed
Imagine waiting a lifetime for an idea to become a reality, and then it is over in 100 trillionths of a second. That’s exactly what happened to a group of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California at 1:03 a.m. on December 5, 2022, when 192 giant lasers blasted a tiny cylinder of hydrogen and achieved an energy gain known as ignition, a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion. [Read More]
February 28, 2023 - Decentralized Clinical Trials: Measuring the Impact and Gaining Adoption
The drive to establish capabilities cannot come at the expense of measuring meaningful impact. Establishing criteria for success will help guide sponsors in selecting the appropriate decentralized clinical trials (DCT) elements for a given trial to best meet goals for patient recruitment, diversity, and retention, along with the site and sponsor benefits. As sponsors carefully consider different DCT elements and as the industry progresses through to the point of increasing adoption, it’s important to measure both short and long-term value and to determine how to best interpret that value for future decision-making. [Read More]
February 28, 2023 - How QLIMS is Revolutionizing Your Laboratory: Interview with Jonathan from OnQ Software – PART 2
OnQ Software has a special interview with Jonathan Gannoulis that focuses on the journey to releasing the QLIMS platform. In part one, we got an inside look at the introduction, initial stages, and journey that led to the creation of QLIMS. In part two, we will dive into how OnQ Software translated its principles into a product, resulting in a LIMS system that revolutionizes laboratory management. [Read More]
February 28, 2023 - How Logilab ELN Simplifies Data Capture, Result Entry & Reporting
Test result entry and report generation are two important aspects of laboratory operations. Unfortunately, it is the dire reality that many labs struggle to get both done. Agaram Technologies’ Logilab ELN provides a more efficient way to execute & automate test result entry & report generation in the lab. Here’s a quick overview of how result entry and reporting become easier with Logilab ELN implemented. [Read More]
February 28, 2023 - Tips For Creating A LinkedIn Profile For Science Professionals
LinkedIn is a powerful tool for connecting with recruiters, hiring managers, and potential scientific industry customers. Creating a profile that accurately reflects your expertise, experience, and qualifications is essential. Here are some steps for crafting the perfect LinkedIn profile as a life science professional. [Read More]
February 22, 2023 - Laboratory Informatics in the Textile Manufacturing Industry
Textile manufacturing depends heavily on laboratory testing to both monitor production and help ensure product quality. That requires fast access to information and the ability to generate reports that are meaningful to management, production personnel, and customer support specialists. Through its workflow management, results management, audit trail, and regulatory support functionality, a LIMS system can provide the support textile companies need to streamline lab operations and make it easier to produce, manage, access, and utilize lab data and information while reducing labor costs. [Read More]
February 22, 2023 - LIMS Migration Strategy
The need for better organization of laboratory operations is well known. While today’s selection of commercial laboratory information management systems (LIMS) is a good start to organizing and running a lab, these solutions are only geared toward the management of wet lab operations. Existing solutions are inefficient for data-intensive laboratory operations that require significant bioinformatic data analyses. Therefore, in labs already burdened with the inefficiencies caused by unlinked functional silos, current LIMS solutions do nothing to resolve inefficiencies, and worse, laboratory operations remain fragmented. [Read More]
February 22, 2023 - Don’t Discount the Importance of Good Customer Service
Customer satisfaction continues to fall below the levels seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent study found that 53 percent of US consumers have cut spending after having a bad customer service experience with a company, and 60 percent said they would spend more with a company if they had a better customer relationship. Per the same study, businesses across the globe stand to lose nearly $4.7 trillion in revenue due to poor customer engagement. Customers should not settle for an automated chatbot, after-hours answering service, or sitting on hold for an hour listening to Kenny G. [Read More]
February 22, 2023 - Astrix Show Recap for SCOPE Summit 2023
Astrix participated in the SCOPE Summit 2023 as a Corporate Sponsor. The conference took place from February 6 to 9, 2023 in Orlando, FL at the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel. It was four stimulating days of in-depth discussions. There were 28 different tracks, 3 plenary keynote sessions, special cross-department panels, and interactive breakout discussions. [Read More]
February 22, 2023 - How QLIMS is Revolutionizing Your Laboratory: Interview with Jonathan Gannoulis from OnQ Software
The laboratory informatics space has been challenged to create a functionally competent and technically advanced LIMS. R&D and QA/QC laboratories are trying to solve this complex problem. At this point, the AI-based model disrupts the old approach to LIMS and enables a configuration that is driven by the user and operates independently. OnQ Software has a special interview with Jonathan Gannoulis that focuses on the journey to releasing the QLIMS platform. [Read More]
February 22, 2023 - How Qualis LIMS helps Laboratories to fulfill ISO 15189 requirements
ISO 15189 is an international standard, prepared the International Organization for Standardization (popularly referred to as ISO, which brings together a worldwide federation of national standardization bodies to formulate standards), that specifies requirements for competence and quality that are specific for medical laboratories to meet both the technical competence and management system requirements necessary for delivering consistent technically valid results. [Read More]
February 14, 2023 - LIMS Optimization: Aligning a LIMS to the Way Your Lab Works
Changing the way your lab works to fit the rigid structure of an off-the-shelf LIMS does little to improve your lab’s performance. Implementing a LIMS that fits your lab’s unique capabilities will elevate performance and customer service. Configurability, extensibility, integrations, and customizations ensure LabLynx clients get the perfect LIMS solution for their labs, both today and into the future. [Read More]
February 14, 2023 - Five Reasons Why You Will Want this Veterinary LIMS
The management of diagnostic testing in veterinary pathology laboratories is complicated because of the multiple species/breeds that must be supported, on top of the fact that animals cannot tell you what is wrong with them to point you in the right direction!
Luckily Autoscribe has been supporting veterinary laboratories for many years and so our Veterinary LIMS has evolved, with customer feedback, to include many extras to help them provide a fast, efficient service in this highly competitive market. [Read More]
February 14, 2023 - Astrix Blog – Data Migration Planning of your Pharmacovigilance System
In today’s ever changing Pharmacovigilance system organizations, companies often find themselves in a situation where it is advantageous to upgrade their pharmacovigilance system by migrating data from legacy systems into a new or even existing system. A data migration project will often involve the use of ETL technology to assist. In this blog, we will discuss some of the benefits, challenges and best practices involved in using automated ETL (Extract-Transfer-Load) tools to migrate data from legacy systems to a new safety system. [Read More]
February 14, 2023 - Protecting Personal Information in a LIMS
Collecting personally identifiable information (PII) increases your lab’s cybersecurity risk. Even if you don’t deal directly with the public, your business clients may send PII with their orders. You also keep data about your lab’s employees and contract staff. Storing this sensitive information in databases and spreadsheets with limited access control opens your lab to financial, legal, and regulatory repercussions. [Read More]
February 14, 2023 - L7|ESP; Data+Intelligence for the Scientific Enterprise
L7 Informatics aspires to help life-sciences, research, and manufacturing organizations accelerate success in today’s data-driven world.
As a comprehensive Digital Life-Sciences Platform, L7|ESP provides the environment for your scientists and engineers to co-innovate to improve process velocity, operational efficiency, and compliance via data-integrity, with continuous improvement and increasing ‘data+intelligence.’ [Read More]
February 14, 2023 - Three reasons you should implement a LIMS in your lab
Whether you record it or not, every single process within the lab generates data. From the quantities of reagents used to sample tracking, a vast wealth of information is available—giving deeper insights and enabling scientists to run more efficient workflows. But the data is only useful if it is accurately captured and stored. A lab information management system, or a LIMS, allows you to manage your lab processes safely, efficiently, and digitally, unlocking the door to productivity and freeing up time so you can focus on the tasks that need your expertise. [Read More]
