Webinar: Data-driven materials innovation: where machine learning meets physics
“The surge of machine learning (ML) in materials science and chemistry has been driven by advancements in deep learning methodologies. While many industrial scientists aspire to transition to a data-centric and AI-guided design paradigm, companies often deal with limited datasets and complex materials that require customised featurisation techniques.…
Lead LIMS Engineer
We are in search of a passionate LIMS Engineer experienced with customizing LIMS systems to optimize lab operations.
This position will be with a San Diego based, Bioanalytical Contract Research Organization (CRO) that provides biopharma, non-profit, and academic organizations with a discovery pipeline that combines proprietary next-generation mass spectrometry systems, computational analysis, and a large-scale human biology database.…
Request for Proposals: Medical Laboratory Services for University Health Services
Solicitation #: 1925
“Kent State University hereby requests proposals from appropriate medical laboratory service providers to perform all of the non-CLIA-waived laboratory services listed on the attached specification and proposal form. The laboratory services offered through DeWeese Health Center will be predominantly a cash pay model and focus is on client bill pricing.…
Thirty years of the DICOM standard
In this brief 2023 article published in the journal Tomography, Michele Larobina of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche provides background on "the innovation, advantages, and limitations of adopting DICOM and its possible future directions." After an introduction on the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine standard, Larobina then emphasizes the benefits of the standard's approach to handling image metadata, followed by the exchange component of the standard. Larobina then examines the strengths and weaknesses of the DICOM standard, before concluding that DICOM has not only demonstrated "the positive influence and added value that a standard can have in a specific field," but also "encouraged and facilitated data exchange between researchers, creating added value for research." Despite this, "the time is ripe to review some of the initial directives" of DICOM, says Larobina, in order for the the standard to remain relevant going forward.
Webinar: Respiratory Testing Overview
“Would you like to learn about surveillance for respiratory diseases in the US? Does your public health laboratory want to perform more surveillance testing but getting clinical specimens in the door is a challenge? Join this webinar to hear from public health laboratory and federal scientists describe national influenza and SARS-CoV-2 surveillance strategies and one state’s approach to sustaining a robust surveillance network.”…
Webinar: Efficiency redefined: Navigating automated sample management for improved lab performance
“While automated processes are known to reduce manual error and provide cost savings for high throughput tasks, it is important to justify a new automated process both operationally and financially. Automation in sample management comes in all different shapes, prices, sizes, and technologies that can help maximize efficiency in laboratories of all disciplines.…
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 21, Issue 40
October 5, 2023 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 21, Issue 40 In This Issue Featured Books LIMSjournal - Fall 2023 Featured Content The Power of LIMS: Achieve and Maintain ISO 17025 AccreditationISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is the gold standard for testing and calibration laboratories worldwide. It demonstrates your laboratory’s competence, reliability, and adherence to industry best practices. Accreditation formally acknowledges that a laboratory meets the standard’s requirements and has undergone assessment by a competent accreditation body. [Read More] Validating Your Enterprise Systems (QMS, LMS, MES) in Life SciencesGood manufacturing practices are the underpinning of every life sciences business. At the…The Power of LIMS: Achieve and Maintain ISO 17025 Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is the gold standard for testing and calibration laboratories worldwide. It demonstrates your laboratory’s competence, reliability, and adherence to industry best practices. Accreditation formally acknowledges that a laboratory meets the standard’s requirements and has undergone assessment by a competent accreditation body. [Read More]
Validating Your Enterprise Systems (QMS, LMS, MES) in Life Sciences
Good manufacturing practices are the underpinning of every life sciences business. At the heart of the organization, ensuring end user safety is everyone’s goal. In many organizations, the quality management system (QMS), learning management system (LMS), and manufacturing execution system (MES) work together in service of this goal. This blog describes the essential functions of these systems, why they should be validated, and how they can be configured to ensure seamless data flow across your life sciences organization. [Read More]
How Can You Ensure Entities and Workflows Are Properly Managed Within a LIMS?
A laboratory information management system (LIMS) can provide tremendous value to a lab. It can enhance efficiency and productivity, improve data quality, save time, and ensure compliance with traceability and auditability. However, to get the best return on investment, you need to ensure that it’s set up to manage your lab’s entities and workflows properly. [Read More]
Get to Know Labstep: A Q&A with Jake Schofield, Founder & CEO
This summer, STARLIMS announced the strategic acquisition of Labstep, a cutting-edge Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) platform, with the aim of expanding STARLIMS’ portfolio to be able to support each stage of the value chain, from R&D through commercialization. We had the privilege of sitting down with Labstep’s Founder & CEO, Jake Schofield to discuss what motivated him to launch Labstep and what his strategic vision is for joining the STARLIMS portfolio. [Read More]
LIMS Supporting Material Science
The discipline of materials science requires the study of the properties, composition, and structural properties of solid materials. Materials science laboratories play a crucial role in the development and modification of materials to achieve desired properties and improved performance characteristics. Within this context, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) emerge as invaluable tools, supporting material science laboratories in their critical roles. [Read More]
Exploring the Work of an Environmental Monitoring Lab
Environmental Monitoring labs play a pivotal role in studying the environment, ensuring regulatory compliance, and advocating for sustainable practices. The efforts of these skilled laboratory teams play a pivotal role in unraveling the complexities of the environment, safeguarding its well-being, ensuring regulatory compliance, and advocating for sustainable practices. By understanding more about their analyses, we gain an appreciation for the invaluable insights their testing provides. [Read More]
Elab Informatics Appointed as LIMS Distributor for Autoscribe Informatics in India
Elab Informatics has been appointed as distributor of Autoscribe Informatics prestigious Matrix Gemini LIMS in India. Until now Elab Informatics has focused on growing its Lab Informatics consulting services. This agreement enables Elab to also sell and support Matrix Gemini LIMS software in addition to offering configuration and informatics consulting services to clients. [Read More]
Astrix Webinar – Decentralized Clinical Trials and Digital Health: Navigating the Opportunities and Challenges of Recent FDA Guidance
- Date: Oct 4, 2023
- Company: Astrix
- Presenter: James O’Keefe, Head, Clinical & Regulatory Consulting, Astrix
Overview:
As the healthcare industry pushes towards modernizing clinical trials, recent draft guidance from the FDA, ICH, and others aims to guide the industry in adopting decentralized clinical trials (DCT) and digital health technologies for remote data acquisition.…
Webinar: Achieving Quality and Avoiding Pitfalls in Biopharmaceutical Research
“Implementing digital PCR (dPCR) into your research can offer unparalleled sensitivity and absolute quantification of DNA and RNA in samples of interest, overcoming many of the limitations of other technologies. But as with any laboratory tool, the quality of dPCR can only be as high as the quality of the assays and instrumentation used to produce it.…
Evaluating the effectiveness of a new student-centred laboratory training strategy in clinical biochemistry teaching
In this article published in BMC Medical Education, Xu et al. present their four-stage clinical biochemistry teaching methodology which incorporates elements of the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 15189 standard. Noting a lack of student awareness of ISO 15189 Medical laboratories — Requirements for quality and competence and the value its emphasis on quality management brings to laboratories, the authors set upon incorporating the standard into a case-based learning (CBL) approach. After the authors describe the details of their approach and the survey-based results analysis of its outcomes, the authors conclude that outside of improving student outcomes in clinical biochemistry, "ISO 15189 concepts of continuous improvement were implanted, thereby putting the concept of plan–do–check–act (PDCA) into practice, developing recording habits, and improving communication skills."
Request for Proposals: Geotechnical Engineering and Lab Testing Services
Solicitation #: 2023-040-IS
The City of Boca Raton, Florida “solicits offers for the services of responsible Proposers to provide Geotechnical Engineering and Lab Testing Services for the City of Boca Raton. Consultants shall provide professional geotechnical engineering services as needed throughout the life of the project(s) they are selected to perform duties on and potentially provide any or all of the following services: geotechnical investigation, soils testing (e.g,…
