What is an AI Lab Notebook?

Traditional electronic lab notebooks record experiments, but they rarely help scientists interpret results or decide what to test next. This piece explains how AI lab notebooks add governed, explainable intelligence to the ELN, linking data, models, and decisions so researchers can move from documentation to real time scientific reasoning.[Read More]

Replacing a Legacy LIMS: Justifying the Cost

Aging LIMS platforms come with hidden costs, custom developer retainers, compliance gaps, and integration headaches, that quietly outweigh the price of an upgrade. This piece breaks down the technical, operational, and business signals that it's time to replace a legacy system, plus the framework CSols uses to guide a smooth, low risk transition.[Read More]

From AI Insights to Experimental Action: Creating Agentic AI Labs in BioPharma R&D

Biopharma labs generate mountains of data, but AI insights often stall before reaching the bench. This piece explores how agentic AI orchestration connects dry lab reasoning to physical wet lab execution, automating workflows and closing the loop between data, decisions, and experiments across the R&D lab of the future.[Read More]

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 24, Issue 27

July 6, 2026
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update

Volume 24, Issue 27

In This Issue

Featured Books

The Ultimate Guide to Laboratory Compliance

Struggling to keep up with lab regulations?

Discover how to turn compliance from a headache into a competitive edge.

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What It Actually Takes to Get Instrument Data Into Your Lab Notebook

Walk through almost any lab and you can map its data by the computers scattered across the benches, each producing real data that never connects to the experimental record. This piece breaks down what instrument integration involves, where each approach breaks, and what separates a file that lands in a notebook from a reading you can still trust years later.[Read More]

The Three Prerequisites for Practical AI in Life Sciences

Gartner estimates over 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by 2027, often because of weak foundations rather than weak algorithms. Drawing on three keynotes from SapioCon 2026, this piece lays out the three prerequisites for practical AI in life sciences: structured data, a trusted verification layer, and the compute to act in the physical world.[Read More]

Validation Without Frustration: Why Domain-Aware Staffing Streamlines GxP Compliance

Validating laboratory informatics, cloud systems, and manufacturing technology in life sciences is never just an IT project, it must follow strict GxP rules. This piece explains why generalist, keyword-driven staffing misses the mark, and how domain-aware staffing brings the regulatory fluency and audit-ready documentation that streamlines compliance.[Read More]

Astrix Expands Global Delivery Capabilities with New Center of Excellence in Kosovo

Astrix has opened its second Global Center of Excellence in Kosovo, expanding its international footprint and strengthening support for its growing client base across Europe. Following the success of its first delivery center in Costa Rica, the new hub will provide specialized technical services, project execution, and customer support across the region.[Read More]

Moving From Spreadsheets and Access to Your First LIMS Without Shutting Down the Lab

Most labs adopting their first LIMS are not replacing old software, they are moving off spreadsheets, paper logs, and an Access database nobody fully understands. The hard part is not deciding to move, it is moving without stopping the lab. This piece shows how a phased transition keeps the lab running, what happens to existing data, and how long the switch takes.[Read More]

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 24, Issue 26

June 29, 2026
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update

Volume 24, Issue 26

In This Issue

Featured Books

An ELN Solution Guide for Academic Research

Electronic lab notebooks have moved from optional convenience to essential research infrastructure. This guide traces the evolution from handwritten notebooks to integrated platforms, addressing data fragmentation, reproducibility, and compliance for the modern academic research lab.

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Webinar Last Call: From Manual Steps to Automated, Audit-Ready Workflows at genOway

Discover how genOway transformed its lab operations by replacing manual data entry and paper-based workflows with a modern, API-based LIMS. In this webinar, learn how WebLab eliminated repetitive tasks, reduced errors, and accelerated reporting, delivering faster, more reliable results to customers. Ideal for small to mid-sized labs ready to digitalize.[Read More]

Pragmatism Over Paperwork: Common Sense in FDA CSA Guidance

For nearly three decades, software validation in life sciences has meant producing mountains of paper to satisfy auditors. The FDA's final guidance on computer software assurance changes that, steering teams away from compliance theater toward a risk-based, pragmatic framework. CSols explains why common sense, not blind automation, keeps validation meaningful.[Read More]