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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MANAGER, R&D IT SYSTEMS
Vir Biotechnology is a clinical-stage immunology company focused on combining immunologic insights with cutting-edge technologies to treat and prevent serious infectious diseases. Vir has assembled four technology platforms that are designed to stimulate and enhance the immune system by exploiting critical observations of natural immune processes.…
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.
Abbott Informatics’ STARLIMS Solution Suppports Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is a term that is hard to define concisely, but for organizations in multiple industries will at least point to the adoption of a data management infrastructure that allows their laboratories to work faster and more productively, with greater transparency. More than just working towards a paperless lab, digital transformation may allow companies to derive more intelligence from their data, ultimately improve product and process safety, and enable faster regulatory audit or approval timelines.
Thermo Fisher Scientific to Showcase New Mass Spectrometry Systems and Software During Virtual ASMS Event
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., will provide online programming and virtual exhibits to introduce scientists to a number of new products that build on its leading Orbitrap platform and expand research applications. Digital programs will enable scientists to broaden mass spectrometry-based research, from proteomics and biotherapeutics to clinical applications
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.
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 18, Issue 21
May 26, 2020 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 18, Issue 21 In This Issue Featured Books COVID-19 Testing, Reporting, and Information Management in the Laboratory Featured Content 05/27/2020 - Benchtalk Volume 4: Life Science in the Time of COVID-19This 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…A Day (or Three) In the Life of a COVID-19 Testing Event – Day Three
Well, this was to be the results blog. However, day three turned into day four, then day five…the test was Sunday morning, it’s now Friday and still nothing. They told me 2–3 days during my screening… Fortunately, I am still breathing ok, haven’t developed any alarming symptoms and continue to live normally in expectation of a negative result.
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A Day (or Three) In the Life of a COVID-19 Testing Event – Day Two
OK, so I did it, I got tested. What now? That’s exactly what I wondered, so I put those awesome journalistic skills to work (from home of course) and set out to find out where my sample went and what was being done with it.
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A Day (or Three) In the Life of a COVID-19 Testing Event – Day One
I’m 64 (okay, I’ll be 65 in a week or so), I had been feeling more fatigued than normal, and have had a dry, non-productive cough since probably January. Free community COVID-19 testing sites had been set up throughout the Atlanta area, with one close to me at Kennesaw State University. So I decided to see if I could get tested.
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COVID-19 Testing…by Wastewater Labs
The way forward for tracking the second wave? No, you aren’t dreaming this and you didn’t misread. Turns out wastewater treatment labs may have an important part to play in keeping tabs on the 2019 novel coronavirus as we look to reopen America — in fact, the entire world. Authorities will want to be aware of any rise in cases, especially by region. But how can wastewater laboratories help?
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Integrating Laboratory Instruments with Waters Empower 3
Integrating Laboratory Instruments with Waters Empower 3 is a crucial initiative in many labs. Modern analytical laboratories have experienced massive growth in data volumes over the last decade. In order to meet the challenge of turning this data into knowledge, laboratories are looking to automate and integrate laboratory operations and processes as much as possible in order to enhance data integrity and provide digital continuity throughout the product lifecycle.
C3.ai Releases COVID-19 Data Lake V2
C3.ai, anenterprise AI software provider for accelerating digital transformation, today announced the addition of 11 new integrated COVID-19 data sets to the C3.ai™ COVID-19 Data Lake, making it one of the largest pre-integrated and free sources of COVID-19 data in the world. C3.ai COVID-19 Data Lake offers researchers access to normalized, unified data to accelerate efforts in the fight against COVID-19.Introducing SCC’s Research Information Systems Suite™
If you’re looking for a complete precision medicine solution for managing samples, processes, data, and analysis, look no further. We are (it can be something else, but something is needed to form the sentence)Introducing SCC’s Research Information Systems Suite, offering an advanced workflow-processing center for genetics, genomics, proteomics, sequencing, and other lab experiments and tests.
Introducing the World’s Largest Laboratory and Genetics Information Management Systems – SCC Soft Computer
SCC Soft Computer is a privately held company founded in 1979 by Gilbert Hakim, SCC Soft Computer is one of the leading and most widely recognized providers of clinical information management systems for the healthcare industry and is at the forefront of laboratory, genetics, blood services, and outreach information systems software development. SCC Soft Computer offers full suites of integrated laboratory and genetics information management system solutions that enable our clients to optimize their workflows and increase productivity.
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 18, Issue 20
May 19, 2020 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 18, Issue 20 In This Issue Featured Books Past, Present, and Future of Cannabis Laboratory Testing and Regulation in the United States Featured Content 05/19/2020 - Integrating Laboratory Instruments with Waters Empower 3Integrating Laboratory Instruments with Waters Empower 3 is a crucial initiative in many labs. Modern analytical laboratories have experienced massive growth in data volumes over the last decade. In order to meet the challenge of turning this data into knowledge, laboratories are looking to automate and integrate laboratory operations and processes as much as possible in order to enhance data…COVIDLiMS: Who’s Your PAHPA (Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act)?
What role can labs play in helping to meet the suddenly very relevant federal law recently re-authorized as the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPAIA), Public Law №116–22? As we all continue to navigate through the unfamiliar waters of global lockdown, wearing of masks, gloves and other PPE, authorities are recognizing three main keys to successful pandemic prevention and management.
