10 Steps to Laboratory Automation using QLIMS
Modern analytical and research laboratories have experienced a tremendous growth in data volumes in recent years. In order to translate all this data into knowledge, labs are increasingly looking to automate and integrate their processes to not only provide digital continuity throughout the sample life cycle but also improve data integrity.
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5 Important Elements of Lab Informatics Implementation Success
Now that you’ve made the big decision and invested in a new or upgraded laboratory informatics system (whether it be LIMS, LES, CDS, or ELN), how do you ensure that your implementation will be a success? At CSols, ensuring implementation success is one of the things we specialize in, and we’ve acquired the expertise to determine what can make or break a project. If your implementation includes the following five elements, you’ll be well on your way to success.
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Benchling Raises $50M to Accelerate Life Science R&D Globally
Benchling is announcing a $50M Series D investment, led by Alkeon Capital with participation from new investors Spark Capital, Lux Capital, and ICONIQ Partners, as well as existing investors Thrive Capital, Menlo Ventures, and Benchmark. We are thrilled to have these long-term partners on our journey.
The ongoing pandemic has put biotechnology under the global spotlight. As scientists race to develop treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 on an unprecedented timescale, we’re seeing how far life science has come.
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Introducing SoftLIMS™ | SCC’s Cloud-based Configurable Laboratory Information Management System
As part of SCC’s Research Information Systems Suite, SoftLIMS is a cloud-based, multi-tenant laboratory information management system that provides the following features:
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Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 18, Issue 22
June 2, 2020 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 18, Issue 22 In This Issue Featured Books The Complete Guide to LIMS and Laboratory Informatics: 2020 Edition Featured Content 06/02/2020 - 10 Steps to Laboratory Automation using QLIMSModern analytical and research laboratories have experienced a tremendous growth in data volumes in recent years. In order to translate all this data into knowledge, labs are increasingly looking to automate and integrate their processes to not only provide digital continuity throughout the sample life cycle but also improve data integrity. [Read More] 06/02/2020 - 5 Important Elements of Lab Informatics Implementation SuccessNow…COVID-19 Testing: How are we doing to meet the challenge?
How are we doing in meeting the challenge? We’re now almost five months in since the notorious SARS-CoV-2 first reared its ugly head in December in Wuhan, with the first diagnosed case in the US following soon after in January. In the US, the pandemic caught laboratories seriously unprepared to meet the demands for testing, despite having a few months to watch its spread elsewhere before numbers became pressing here.
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A Day (or Three) In the Life of a COVID-19 Testing Event – Day Four: The Conclusion
Originally intended as a 3-part blog (test results would be returned in 2–3 days they said), the documenting of my experience of getting tested for COVID-19 would more accurately be re-titled “A Day (or Ten)…”. The good news is I finally got the phone call with my result this morning. The better news is that it was negative.
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Benchtalk Volume 4: Life Science in the Time of COVID-19
This season, Benchtalk focuses on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the field of life sciences, and the incredible response of the life science community to combat the virus. In this volume, we showcase life science R&D’s tireless work to bring tests, treatments, and vaccines to the public, as well as stories of how companies and labs are adjusting to these unprecedented circumstances.
Experience More From Your LIMS Vendor – Part 3: Ongoing Support
The partnership between you and your LIMS vendor is just as, if not more so, critical after go-live as it is during the selection and implementation phases.
Whether your laboratory is expanding and adding new lines of business or performing locations, or you’re remaining relatively constant, your LIMS partner should be an ally in helping you navigate changes quickly and efficiently, and a resource when questions arise during everyday use of the system.
Open Transplant powered by SoftHLA®
SCC Soft Computer’s SoftHLA is an immunogenetics information management system for the diagnostic genetics laboratory – providing clinical and laboratory information management functionality related to transplantation workups for solid organ and stem cell/bone transplantation, along with transfusion support and other clinical purposes.
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Institutional ELN-LIMS deployment: Highly customizable ELN-LIMS platform as a cornerstone of digital transformation for life sciences research institutes
In this 2020 journal article published in EMBO Reports, Nicolas Argento of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) reviews the step-by-step approach EPFL took in identifying, piloting, configuring, and implementing a combination electronic laboratory notebook (ELN)–laboratory information management system (LIMS) for member laboratories affiliated with the institution. In particular, Argento highlights the value of "surrounding yourself with the right people and the right software at the right time" when going through the various deployment steps. After providing an introduction, the author goes through the various five phases of the project they undertook, while also highlighting the value of stakeholders and other critical staff. Argento closes with a brief highlight of the "laboratory data manager" as being a role that should not be overlooked, then he concludes that while the EPFL's institutional ELN-LIMS platform meets its goals, additional data management and system adoption challenges remain.
