Insights into Paperless Test Method Execution in a GxP Compliant Environment Using Logilab ELN
Agaram Technologies' Logilab ELN is an Electronic Lab Notebook meant to shift laboratories from all scientific verticals into a fully paperless environment built for speed, convenience, compliance, and accuracy. Across pharma, biotech, life sciences, and many other scientific disciplines, Logilab ELN is pivotal for both research data capture and test method execution with its rich array of revolutionary features. It is a powerful catalyst of change and digital transformation, helping laboratories in highly regulated industries to move into a better workflow, safely and without downtime. [Read More]
Importance of Labs in the Food and Beverage Industry
In the twenty-first century, ensuring food and water security remains one of humanity’s most critical jobs, especially in light of mounting worries about the adverse effects of climate change. Many segments of the global population face the dismal reality of inadequate food supplies, constrained access to clean water, and hunger if food and water security are not continuously prioritized. This includes all of the quality and safety guarantees that go along with it. Food and beverage laboratories conduct various types of testing. [Read More]
Creating Product Roadmaps for Your Software Portfolio
COVID-19 accelerated the process of digital transformation for many enterprises. To meet the demands of today’s competitive business environment, organizations are integrating digital technologies and business applications at an accelerating pace. Yet with more and more project managers utilizing Agile methodology (94% of respondents in the 15th Annual State of Agile Report noted that their organization practices Agile), industry leaders need a clear plan to sustain a long-term vision and achieve desired outcomes. [Read More]
Big Data’s Impact on a Digital Transformation of Life Sciences
In Life Sciences we have data that we would classify as “Big Data”. That being high in volume, velocity, or variety. This Big Data is fundamentally transforming the industry. The explosion of health-relevant data enables new opportunity for R&D transformation; however, tools are needed to store, manage, and analyze this data. [Read More]
Laboratory Business Intelligence Reporting – where does my work come from?
What are the main questions on a Laboratory Manager, Laboratory Director, Quality Manager, COO and/or CFO’s mind which are asked of the laboratory? There is operational reporting which is metrics related to how the laboratory is performing and useful to know on a regular basis. Examples may be turnaround time for testing and how many samples of what test are being processed. [Read More]
Achieving quality and scalability in lithium mining with LIMS
Lithium-ion batteries remain the gold standard for energy storage, providing a lightweight, portable, and rechargeable source of power for a wide range of applications. The current growing demand for electric vehicles has put renewed focus on the methods used to mine & extract lithium for energy storage use, including the quality & scalability of these processes. Lithium mining operations involve a wide range of teams & workflows, from quality control (QC) and research & development (R&D) laboratories, through to metal accounting, environmental monitoring, & process control. [Read More]
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Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 20, Issue 39
September 28, 2022 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 20, Issue 39 In This Issue Featured Books The Laboratories of Our Lives: Labs, Labs Everywhere! Featured Content 09/28/2022 - Insights into Paperless Test Method Execution in a GxP Compliant Environment Using Logilab ELN Agaram Technologies' Logilab ELN is an Electronic Lab Notebook meant to shift laboratories from all scientific verticals into a fully paperless environment built for speed, convenience, compliance, and accuracy. Across pharma, biotech, life sciences, and many other scientific disciplines, Logilab ELN is pivotal for both research data capture and test method execution with its rich array of…Development of Biosearch System for biobank management and storage of disease-associated genetic information
For some lab-based organizations, commercial software is financially out of their reach or unsuitable for their needs. These organizations often turn to developing their own system to meet their needs. Karim et al. of King Abdulaziz and Temple University are no exception, in this 2022 paper explaining the development of their Biosearch System, a web-based laboratory information management system (LIMS) for biobanking and biomedical research. After a brief introduction, the authors provide details of their development philosophy and the software requirements for their LIMS. They then explain how the system functions, along with the results of a performance test using their own existing biobank data. After discussing the significance of their system, they conclude that "Biosearch System is a user-friendly LIMS solution for managing biobank specimens and their associated clinical information to facilitate genomic medicine research, leading to the discovery of disease biomarkers and therapeutic targets."
Lab Instruments: Investing in New Technology
Bigger. Stronger. Faster. Those may be attributes John Lynch, General Manager of the San Francisco 49ers, looks for when deciding which player to draft at cornerback to compete with the Super Bowl Champion Los Angeles Ram’s wide receiver Cooper Kupp.
Smaller. Easier. Better. Those are the qualities laboratory managers and directors are searching for when it comes to their lab instruments and equipment. [Read More]
Could LIMS integration make battery manufacturing workflows more efficient and cost-competitive?
The growing demand for electric vehicles is driving the need for affordable, high-performance energy storage solutions. However, with the cost of raw materials rising, ensuring battery production workflows are cost-effective is critical to maintain competitiveness. Seamless sharing of manufacturing and quality control data is essential for making any production line efficient. Here, we look at how modern laboratory information management systems (LIMS) are improving traceability and efficiency in battery cell manufacturing workflows. [Read More]
Data Integrity Drives LIMS Instrument Integration in Laboratories
A recent theme in a number of recent FDA warning letters has been analytical data integrity. This is more, however, than simply connecting instruments to laboratory software for automatic data capture. Recent warning letters have cited the need to ensure records can only be accessed by relevant personnel, that audit trails are complete, and that all records can be accounted for. Clearly the FDA are taking the ALCOA and ALCOA+ data integrity principles to heart. [Read More]
Data Visualization to Derive Value from Your Lab Data Analytics
A picture is worth a thousand words. This adage is common in numerous languages today, but it originated in Norway with Henrik Ibsen, the playwright, whose original quote was “A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.” Over the last hundred years, it has evolved to the form many of us are familiar with. And today, labs everywhere are discovering how true this statement is for their lab data analytics. [Read More]
What Do We Normally Do in a LIMS Implementation Project?
If your lab is considering investing in a laboratory information management system (LIMS), you might be wondering what exactly the process looks like. Implementing a LIMS is a complex undertaking, but if you know what to expect from such a project, it makes tracking its progress and directing the entire process more manageable.
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Choose the Best Implementation Option for Your LIMS Project To Maximize ROI without Compromising on Functionality
LIMS projects are normally both high profile and of relatively high cost to an organization. This means that Project Managers want to get the best solution at a price within their budget but at the same time making the minimal amount of compromises to the original solution envisaged at the outset of the project. If this balancing act is carried out efficiently then the company will have achieved the best Return on Investment (ROI) possible. Achieving a maximized ROI does not always mean that the system will have 100% of the originally envisaged functionality. [Read More]
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 20, Issue 38
September 21, 2022 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 20, Issue 38 In This Issue Featured Content 09/21/2022 - Lab Instruments: Investing in New Technology Bigger. Stronger. Faster. Those may be attributes John Lynch, General Manager of the San Francisco 49ers, looks for when deciding which player to draft at cornerback to compete with the Super Bowl Champion Los Angeles Ram’s wide receiver Cooper Kupp. Smaller. Easier. Better. Those are the qualities laboratory managers and directors are searching for when it comes to their lab instruments and equipment. [Read More] 09/21/2022 - Could LIMS integration make battery manufacturing workflows more…Astrix will be a Gold sponsor at the World Drug Safety Congress 2022
Astrix will be a Gold Sponsor at this year’s World Drug Safety Congress (WDSC) event, October 4-5 in Boston, Massachusetts. Astrix will be at booth 32 and will be discussing services focused on pharmacovigilance. [Read More]
Establishing a common nutritional vocabulary: From food production to diet
In this 2022 paper published in Frontiers in Nutrition, Andrés-Hernández et al. discuss the development, use, and expansion of the Compositional Dietary Nutrition Ontology (CDNO), a formal controlled vocabulary of terms, definitions, and relationships for better sharing food, beverage, and nutrition data and information. Noting a lack of such an ontology to facilitate "building common platforms that are of practical value to data curators and to end-users searching for relevant information," the authors briefly describe their methods and then discuss the use of the system for data curation and retrieval. They conclude that CDNO provides "a formal representation of commonly used dietary and nutritional terminology" that can "contribute toward data sharing and interoperability, particularly for initiatives where a wide range of foodstuffs are analyzed to diversify diet and agricultural production."
The Growing Importance of Wastewater Surveillance | ApolloLIMS
Wastewater surveillance is becoming an increasingly important component of human health monitoring. In 1854, wastewater testing in London revealed the source of the city’s cholera outbreak. Nearly a century later, scientists used wastewater as part of the detection and eradication strategy against polio. Over time, pathogen testing of wastewater has expanded from a handful of analytes to a complete compendium of chemistries, microbiology, and most recently, virology. [Read More]
Managing Change in Lab Operations
During the first week of August 2022, the Houston Astros played the Red Sox in Fenway Park. Christian Vazquez had been a catcher playing on that field since 2014. On August 1, he found himself playing on the same field but in a different uniform, that of the Astros. He had been traded just as the series was going to start; this change elicited a reaction of “baseball is a business”. Change is one of those things we all have to deal with, and a good approach to it requires constant preparation. [Read More]
