Remote Working in a Laboratory Environment?
New Year new Opportunities, right? But how can we overcome the challenges of remote lab work we have already been facing since 2020? Because more and more people are working remotely from home, we wanted to find out what the situation looks like for you, following the current trends with our survey.
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What Vaccines Mean for COVID-19 Testing Labs
COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out in the United States and around the world, but now is not the time for complacency. One, two or even dozens of vaccines won’t immediately turn the tide of this pandemic. Inoculating enough of the population to make a difference will take time. And several issues will extend the pandemic beyond 2021. As a result, COVID-19 testing must be as ubiquitous...
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How to Digitalize the Entire Process of Sample Management?
Sample Management involves all the activities during the lifecycle of a sample in the lab. Right from sample login to generation of certification of analysis (COA), all information must be diligently managed. If data management at each stage of the process is done manually, the process itself would take away chunks of time from the QC’s day for analysis/ review/approval and QA for review/ approval.
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LabPON Adopts Proscia’s Concentriq to Meet Demand for Diagnostic Services Amid Rising Cancer Burden
Proscia®, a provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, today announced that Laboratorium Pathologie Oost-Nederland (LabPON), the first laboratory in the world to reach 100% digital pathology diagnosis, will deploy its Concentriq® platform.Genedata and IDBS Strategic Partnership Aims to Further Streamline Biopharma Discovery, Development and Manufacturing
Genedata and IDBS, both leading innovators for biopharma digital transformation, have entered into a strategic partnership to create synergies between their platforms. The combined solution will directly integrate IDBS digital solutions with the Genedata Biopharma Platform so that all R&D as well as manufacturing data can be seamlessly exchanged, processed, and interpreted along the entire biopharma workflow.Sunquest Physician Portal for Covid-19
For labs navigating through high volumes of COVID-19 testing, the Sunquest Physician Portal for COVID-19 provides automation of orders and results for improved turnaround times, increased accuracy, higher test throughput, and compliant reporting.
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Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 19, Issue 2
January 12, 2021 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 19, Issue 2 In This Issue Featured Books The Complete Guide to LIMS and Laboratory Informatics: 2020 Edition Featured Content 01/12/2021 - Autoscribe Uses Webinar Format to Explain LIMS ValidationAutoscribe Informatics took the opportunity in a recent webinar to discuss the much-misunderstood subject of LIMS validation. Within regulated environments LIMS validation is a vital process, and yet is a subject that is open to many different interpretations. Regulatory bodies throughout the world, such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), require that software systems be tested and proven to work…Development of a gas-chromatographic method for simultaneous determination of cannabinoids and terpenes in hemp
Over the years, a number of methods for detecting cannabinoids and terpenes in Cannabis plant and related samples have been developed, recognizing the base problem of decarboxylation in gas chromatography. Some methods have proved better than others for cannabinoids, though typically differing methods are used for terpenes. However, could a method clearly detect both at the same time? Zekič and Križman demonstrate their gas chromatography method doing just that in this 2020 article published in Molecules. After introducing their problem, the duo present their method, as an attempt "to find appropriate conditions, mainly in terms of sample preparation, for a simultaneous analysis of both groups of compounds, while keeping the overall experimental and instrumental setups simple." After discussing the method details and results, they conclude that their gas chromatography–flame ionization detection (GC-FID) method "provides a robust tool for simultaneous quantitative analysis of these two chemically different groups of analytes."
Advanced engineering informatics: Philosophical and methodological foundations with examples from civil and construction engineering
In this 2020 paper published in Developments in the Built Environment, Hartmann and Trappey share their years of experience working within the field of advanced engineering informatics, the pairing of "adequate computational tools" with modern engineering work, with the goal of improving the management of and collaboration related to increasingly complex engineering projects. While the duo don't directly address the specifics of such computational tools, they acknowledge engineering work as "knowledge-intensive" and detail the importance of formalizing that knowledge and its representation within various computational systems. They discuss the importance of knowledge representation and formation, as it informs research into advanced engineering informatics, and provide four practical examples provides by other researchers in the field. They then discuss the methodological approaches of implementing those more philosophical aspects towards developing knowledge representations, as well as how they should be verified and validated. They conclude that "knowledge representation is the main research effort that is required to develop technologies that not only automate mundane engineering tasks, but also provide engineers with tools that will allow them to do things they were not able to do before."OnQ Press Release: Software4Labs to distribute QLIMS in the UK
OnQ Software, a market leading manufacturer of LIMS has today announced an exciting new partnership with Software4Labs Ltd. The agreement involves the distribution of OnQ Software’s QLIMS into the UK market to further expand its European presence.
How Wastewater Labs Can Help Defeat the Pandemic
Health officials are turning to wastewater systems to track the spread of COVID-19 and identify vulnerable communities. Clinical labs that perform coronavirus testing do not understand the methodologies for wastewater analysis. As the National Wastewater Surveillance System comes online, wastewater testing labs can take on a critical role in bringing the pandemic under control...
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Strategies for Creating Effective Technical Documentation – Part 3
In part 2 of our blog series on creating effective technical documentation, we detailed a best practice methodology that ensures the documentation will maximize benefits for your organization (part 1).
Does Your LIMS Need a Tune Up?
It might now be several years since you first deployed your LIMS, but have you paid it the attention it deserves? Your laboratory could be running much greater sample numbers or your lab processes and workflows may have changed over time. It could be time to think about a ‘tune up’.
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