Forbes Names Benchling One of America’s Best Startup Employers March 10, 2020 Forbes
Benchling has been named as one of America's Best Startup Employers by Forbes.
Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to identify the up-and-coming companies liked best by their employees in our inaugural ranking of America’s best startup employers. The list was compiled by evaluating 2,500 American businesses with at least 50 employees on three criteria: employer reputation, employee satisfaction and growth.
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(Forbes.com link)Tips for Upgrading Your Waters Empower System
Waters Empower 3 is a chromatography data system (CDS) that links to chromatographic instruments to help facilitate management of chromatography test results through data acquisition, processing, reporting and distribution. Empower 3 generates lots of data with complex calculations and detailed reports and has several tools that address compliance and data integrity concerns such as electronic signatures and audit trails.
Waters Empower 3 is continuously upgraded to meet the changing needs of laboratories across all industries – pharmaceutical QC/RD, food and beverage, oil and gas, petrochemical, water and environmental, manufacturing, contract labs, and more. Each new feature release of Empower 3 contains new functionality that is built upon feedback and customer input from these sectors and could thus bring significant benefits to the Laboratory user.
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FDA Issued Emergency Use Authorization to Thermo Fisher Scientific for Diagnostic Test Used to Detect COVID-19 on March 13
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its diagnostic test that can be used immediately by CLIA high-complexity laboratories in the U.S. to detect nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and not for any other viruses or pathogens.
Next-Gen Artificial Intelligence (AI) Company Graphen Monitors Genomic Evolution of Worldwide Coronavirus of COVID-19
Graphen, Inc., a startup building AI solutions inspired by full brain functionality, today announced its AI gene evolution pathway analysis of the virus that causes the Coronavirus disease, COVID-19.Persivia Announces the Availability of the Latest Version of smartLab™ its Electronic Testing Orders and Results System for Public Health Departments to Support COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus Testing
Persivia, a provider of value-based care, population health, quality management, and public health solutions, today announced the general availability of the third generation of its smartLab™ module. smartLab™ is the industry's most advanced system for state labs to manage the high volume electronic test ordering and resulting requirements of large scale epidemics like the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.QliqSOFT Launches COVID-19 Virtual Patient Communication Kit
To help hospitals and health systems meet the potential patient-surge associated with COVID-19 outbreaks across the country, QliqSOFT,Inc. today announced the release of an all-in-one COVID-19 Virtual Patient Communication Kit that provides digital tools for screening and education in line with the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) guidelines.Autoscribe Publishes New Veterinary LIMS Case Study
Autoscribe Informatics has just released a new case study in conjunction with the Irish Equine Centre who has replaced its legacy Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) with Matrix Gemini. This has not only improved laboratory workflows and efficiencies, but also allows laboratory data to be used in combination with other data sources for real time business analysis.
The case study can be downloaded from:
https://www.autoscribeinformatics.com/case-studies/experienced-lims-user-chooses-matrix-gemini-lims-for-improved-laboratory-data-management-and-business-intelligence
New White Paper – Using a LIMS to Improve Laboratory Efficiency and Profitability
Autoscribe Informatics has published a new white paper entitled: "Using a LIMS to Improve Laboratory Efficiency and Profitability". This comprehensive document can be downloaded at: https://www.autoscribeinformatics.com/resources/using-a-lims-to-improve-laboratory-efficiency-and-profitability.
Orchard Software Supports Laboratory Industry’s COVID-19 Testing
Orchard Software, a laboratory information system provider, announces its commitment to assist Public Health Laboratories and other laboratories that are involved in testing for the coronavirus (COVID-19) by efficiently integrating software tools and providing customer service that promotes timely testing.The Dirty Secret of LIMS Implementations
I’m not going to sugarcoat this…LIMS implementations can suck at first. The vendors may not tell you that in their seamless demos or slick PowerPoint presentations, but business practices will change throughout the whole organization, some things may take longer than they did before, and almost everyone’s likely to hate the new system. These considerable changes can lead to employee confusion, resistance, and a breakdown in communications. This has the potential to lower the system’s value and negatively impact your project’s ROI.
So, how do you effectively make the best of the situation? In this blog, we’ll advocate for well-established, effective Organizational Change Management (OCM) practices that can ease the pain of LIMS implementations and manage the changes that go along with a new enterprise application. OCM won’t help you avoid the pain altogether, but at least everyone will know that there’s a plan and it has an end point.
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Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 18, Issue 11
March 17, 2020 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 18, Issue 11 In This Issue Featured Books Past, Present, and Future of Cannabis Laboratory Testing and Regulation in the United States Journal Articles Design and implementation of a clinical laboratory information system in a low-resource settingIn this 2019 journal article published in the African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Mtonga et al. describe the efforts of developing a laboratory information system (LIS) for resource-poor regions, as well the benefits of other informatics interventions in those settings. Using open-source C4G BLIS as their base, the researchers then turned to "user stories" as…Design and implementation of a clinical laboratory information system in a low-resource setting
In this 2019 journal article published in the African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Mtonga et al. describe the efforts of developing a laboratory information system (LIS) for resource-poor regions, as well the benefits of other informatics interventions in those settings. Using open-source C4G BLIS as their base, the researchers then turned to "user stories" as a recommended method for determining the system requirements the end users required, then updating with those requirements as well as critical functionality that would suitable for resource-poor hospitals and labs. The authors then deployed the resulting LIS in Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. They conclude their experience "highlights the potential of using informatics interventions to address systemic problems in the laboratory testing process in low-resource settings," though the implementation of those interventions "may require innovation of new hardware to address various contextual issues."
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 18, Issue 10
March 11, 2020 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 18, Issue 10 In This Issue Upcoming Webinars 03/12/2020 - Webinar: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Laboratory Risk Assessments and Lessons Learned03/25/2020 - Webinar: LIMS Configuration 10103/26/2020 - Astrix Webinar – Enterprise Architectural Assessments for Integrated Laboratories04/14/2020 - Webinar - Benchling for Lab Automation: Harness the full potential of your lab hardware Featured Books Past, Present, and Future of Cannabis Laboratory Testing and Regulation in the United States Journal Articles Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole-Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry for multi-residue analysis of mycotoxins and pesticides in botanical nutraceuticalsIn this 2020 paper published…QLIMS for Cannabis Companies – Part 2 of 3: Research and Analytical Labs
The next part in our series will focus on how QLIMS can help with the extraction, research and testing of medical cannabis, with a focus on data management, quality, inventory, stability testing and regulatory standards.
Medical Cannabis Testing & Quality Assurance
With the large number of cultivation facilities currently set up or in the process of being implemented across the country, Medical Cannabis testing labs will see a massive magnitude of samples that will require testing and processing will be difficult to manage with just spreadsheets or paper-based systems.…
Experience More From Your LIMS Vendor – Part 2: Implementation Phase
It is an understatement to say that the implementation phase of a laboratory information management system (LIMS) is critical to the success of your laboratory.
Your LIMS is your lab’s central nervous system, so the implementation must be done right. And, it’s during this phase that the quality of your LIMS vendor partnership will become apparent - either as one that can support your current and future needs or as one that will leave you struggling for years to come.
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Transforming Conventional to Digital Pathology, Leica Biosystems Introduces Case Management Software to Support Aperio AT2 DX System for Primary Diagnosis
Leica Biosystems, a globally recognized cancer diagnostics and workflow solution leader, today announced a significant development for anatomical pathology laboratories by bringing together its Aperio AT2 DX System—digital pathology whole slide imaging—with Aperio Path DX web-based, state-of-the-art, case management software.New White Paper – Using a LIMS to Improve Laboratory Efficiency and Profitability
Autoscribe Informatics has published a new white paper entitled: "Using a LIMS to Improve Laboratory Efficiency and Profitability". This comprehensive document can be downloaded at: https://www.autoscribeinformatics.com/resources/using-a-lims-to-improve-laboratory-efficiency-and-profitability. It highlights the extensive capabilities that a LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) can provide for a laboratory beyond the obvious management of samples, test and results; concentrating instead on how it contributes to a laboratory's efficiency and productivity.
Merck’s New LANEXO™ System to Improve Scientists’ Productivity in the Lab
Merck, a leading science and technology company, today launched its LANEXO™ Lab Inventory, Safety and Compliance Management System, a new digital laboratory informatics solution designed to drastically reduce1 time in labs and improve data quality and traceability.Nanalysis and ACD/Labs Announce Collaboration to provide ACD/Labs software with Benchtop Spectrometers at ENC 2020
ACD/Labs and Nanalysis Scientific Corp. are pleased to announce that they have entered into a collaborative arrangement that will supply Nanalysis 60 and 100 MHz benchtop NMR spectrometer purchasers with ACD/Spectrus Processor software for data processing and analysis.Benchling for Lab Automation: Harness the full potential of your lab hardware
Benchling for Lab Automation is a new addition to the Benchling platform that gives life science R&D teams a centralized environment to design, document, run, and analyze up to 10,000 samples at once. Working seamlessly with liquid handling hardware and analytical instrumentation, Benchling helps life science companies maximize output from their automation investments and accelerate the path to discovery.
