Accelerating Biotherapeutic Analysis – Can you afford not to use your most valuable data?
Protein biotherapeutics have shown considerable promise in the treatment of a wide range of diseases and are one of the fastest growing segments in the pharmaceutical industry.
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6 Powerful Ways to Automate Your Next-Generation Sequencing Lab
For low-throughput labs, manual processing might be the simplest and best way to operate. But for high-throughput labs, automation is the key tool needed to boost speed and efficiency.
Every process you currently perform manually is an opportunity for incremental improvement. So, it makes sense to automate as many processes as possible once your monthly throughput exceeds a certain threshold. We’ve talked about this before in our post on scaling throughput, but we think it bears repeating. If you want to scale, automation is critical. [Read More]
Security and privacy in cloud-based eHealth systems
Electronic health or eHealth solutions are increasingly used in healthcare, including in cloud computing settings. The cloud adds benefits to the use of those eHealth systems, but it also brings with it a number of security challenges, as Sivan and Zukarnain highlight in this 2021 paper. The duo turn to a literature review of eHealth technologies in relation to cloud computing and use that literature to show the strengths and weaknesses of a cloud-based eHealth systems approach. After providing background on cloud computing and the advantages it brings to eHealth systems, the authors identify security issues introduced by moving to the cloud and what security methods can help resolve those issues. They close with a recap of the proposed solutions, future directions for cloud-based eHealth security, and the conclusion that "the future of cloud-based eHealth services will be the integration of file-based and cloud-based applications that integrate a computer-based hybrid IT solution that measures the flexibility and scalability associated with cloud management and healthcare data security."
Interfacing Forgotten Analytical Instruments
Interfacing analytical instruments to informatics solutions is a prerequisite for efficient and effective regulated Quality Control laboratories and to eliminate paper in any laboratory.
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Drive Molecular Oncology Testing with Sunquest Mitogen™ LIMS
Spreadsheets and paper-based management – or trying to stretch a clinical LIS to do molecular work – simply aren’t practical solutions for labs offering cancer diagnostics. [LEARN MORE]
The New Vision for Scientific Development
The R&D pipeline is the foundation for building the future of any life science organization. It is the frontier for the discovery of new drug compounds and therapeutic agents.
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Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 19, Issue 22
June 2, 2021 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 19, Issue 22 In This Issue Featured Books LIMSjournal - Spring 2021 Featured Content 06/02/2021 - Interfacing Forgotten Analytical Instruments Interfacing analytical instruments to informatics solutions is a prerequisite for efficient and effective regulated Quality Control laboratories and to eliminate paper in any laboratory. [Read More] 06/02/2021 - Drive Molecular Oncology Testing with Sunquest Mitogen™ LIMSSpreadsheets and paper-based management – or trying to stretch a clinical LIS to do molecular work – simply aren’t practical solutions for labs offering cancer diagnostics. [LEARN MORE] 06/02/2021 - The New Vision for Scientific DevelopmentThe R&D…Digital Transformation is Not Just About Technology, It’s Also About Process
Digital transformation of laboratory operations is a significant undertaking. The different approaches that can be applied, transition of legacy systems, data migration, and the incorporation of new technologies create a web of considerations in determining your strategy.
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 19, Issue 21
May 26, 2021 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 19, Issue 21 In This Issue Featured Books LIMSjournal - Laboratory Technology Special Edition Featured Content 05/26/2021 - Digital Transformation is Not Just About Technology, It’s Also About Process Digital transformation of laboratory operations is a significant undertaking. The different approaches that can be applied, transition of legacy systems, data migration, and the incorporation of new technologies create a web of considerations in determining your strategy. [Read More] 05/25/2021 - The Advantages of Switching to LIMS from Excel and PaperThe public perception of laboratories is that they are filled with the…The Advantages of Switching to LIMS from Excel and Paper
The public perception of laboratories is that they are filled with the latest technology and make use of extensive automation. The reality however is that many laboratories still use paper notebooks and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to store, manage and manipulate their data.
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Using interactive digital notebooks for bioscience and informatics education
In this 2020 paper published in PLOS Computational Biology, Davies et al. of the University of Manchester discuss their experiences implementing Jupyter Notebooks in bioinformatics and health informatics education. Through these digital notebooks, the researchers were able to help teach future laboratorians with little coding experience how to perform basic coding of health informatics applications, as well as more advanced postgraduates how to apply the notebook to bioinformatics activities. After discussing the inner working of the Jupyter Notebook, the authors explain how such notebooks are able to enhance collaboration and reproducibility in laboratories, as well as improve learning and student assessment in the classroom. They then describe two education-based case studies of using the notebooks, and they describe the end results. The authors conclude that, given their experience as well as their students' experience, such notebooks can act "as a useful resource for learning to code and communicate research findings and analysis" in higher education, with the experience being transferrable to professional work in the future.
Choosing a Lab Informatics Strategy: What’s Best for Your Startup?
Laboratory informatics is a critical piece of the puzzle for clinical diagnostic lab startups. Without some serious thought about how they’ll manage their instruments, software, and data management tools, labs can find themselves travelling along a well-worn but meandering path... [Read More]
