Request for Information: Integrated Software for Animal Health Emergency Reporting and Laboratory Information Management
Solicitation #: 2024-0055
The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s (CDA) mission is to strengthen and advance Colorado agriculture and to promote a safe and high-quality food supply. We are seeking information for two divisions from this RFI.
The Animal Health Division meets this mission by managing the movement of animals and reporting of disease in coordination with veterinarians, livestock producers, and pet owners in Colorado.…
Webinar: Accelerating materials discovery with HPC and AI
“With a new generation of cloud HPC and AI tools, computational chemistry and materials science is scaling and accelerating R&D efforts that could address some of our world’s toughest challenges. While there are few concrete examples of computational discoveries that have been validated experimentally, a shift is finally starting to take place.…
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 22, Issue 10
March 7, 2024 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 22, Issue 10 In This Issue Featured Books LIMS Selection Guide for ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories Featured Content How does a LIMS help a food and beverage business improve HACCP compliance?The hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles, as applied to a food safety management system, help the implementing business identify and procedurally better control a wide variety of identified risks or hazards to food, beverage, and ingredient safety. Food Safety LIMS can improve lab workflows while enhancing food and beverage safety, quality, and compliance in a number of ways. [Read…How does a LIMS help a food and beverage business improve HACCP compliance?
The hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles, as applied to a food safety management system, help the implementing business identify and procedurally better control a wide variety of identified risks or hazards to food, beverage, and ingredient safety. Food Safety LIMS can improve lab workflows while enhancing food and beverage safety, quality, and compliance in a number of ways. [Read More]
Seeking a LIMS for Your Lab? Understand the True Costs of Different Options
A period of rapid growth is an exciting time for any laboratory. But it can also expose unexpected challenges that can only be solved by implementing a laboratory information management system (LIMS). If your lab is searching for a LIMS for the first time or you need to upgrade your existing system to one with more flexible and expanded capabilities, there are many variables to think about — cost being one of the most important. Before you decide which solution is best for your lab, let’s examine some of the challenges you are likely facing, the true costs of four LIMS options, and the significant benefits of an all-in-one solution. [Read More]
WHITE PAPER: Why ELNs Need a Helping Hand
The most significant drawback to an electronic lab notebook (ELN) is that it lives on a desktop computer and is often far from the lab bench. The risk of data loss or corruption is high when humans must remember to transcribe results correctly. Read this white paper to learn how LabTwin’s accurate, hands-free voice capture functions as your digital lab assistant at the bench. [Read More]
Bayer’s 14-Year Partnership with STARLIMS: Transforming Global Crop Protection Laboratory Operations
By consolidating the management of global laboratory operations within a centralized laboratory information management system (LIMS), Bayer CropScience’s regulatory and GxP labs are achieving streamlined compliance and digitalization for one of their most vital divisions. [Read More]
Overcoming Challenges in Requirements Gathering
It is impossible to overstate the importance of thoroughly gathering requirements for the success of an implementation project. Although that seems like hyperbole, unfortunately, it is not. When difficulties arise in a lab informatics or enterprise system implementation, it is almost always because of incomplete requirements gathering or a failure to understand the underlying workflows and processes fully. So, how do you ensure that requirements are gathered as thoroughly as possible? This blog post covers the fundamentals. [Read More]
Three ways to successfully scale your toxicology laboratory
The global toxicology laboratory testing market is booming. Increasing the efficiency and throughput of testing from order capture to instrument are front-of-mind for any toxicology laboratory. With the volume of forecasted growth in the market looking so strong, enabling your laboratory to move from handling daily volumes in the 100s to the 10,000s on a regular basis, as well as being ready to respond to unplanned peaks, is critical to capitalizing on this market growth. [Read More]
Webinar: Discover How Raw Materials Identification Testing Should Be
“Raw materials identification (RMID) is a crucial regulatory step required before drug manufacturing. Raman spectroscopy is well-suited to making the process simpler, yet some spectrometers are challenged by light-blocking containers or struggle to reach compliance standards.
How do you ensure that your RMID is fast and cost-effective while also meeting data integrity and compliance standards?…
Run Your Lab Like a Business – Part 2
In the first blog post, we explored the importance of adopting a business approach in laboratory operations. Building on that foundation, we now turn our attention to maximising efficiency, measuring progress, and how a digital solution LIMS helps to achieve these goals. Whichever combination of ‘good’, ‘fast,’ or ‘cheap’ a lab opts to execute, it will make little progress if it lacks ways to reorganise resources to maximise efficiency. [Read More]
What is the importance of food safety laboratories to society?
Food and beverage testing labs are at the forefront of ensuring a safer, more reliable food supply. These labs fill an important gap in the larger risk assessment framework that can't supply inspectors for every producer, farm, or import channel. Food safety labs help minimize foodborne illnesses, reinforce economic stability, and give consumers the knowledge to make healthier, safer choices. [Read More]
Webinar: Unlocking the future of the chemical industry: the transformative potential of biocatalysis
“The chemical industry is at a crossroads, with sustainability and environmental responsibility at the forefront of global concerns. The use of catalysts can lead to faster, more efficient chemical reactions with the aim of producing more of the desired product whilst reducing the amount of unwanted by-product.…
LAB-SUPPLY 2024 Regional Fair – Main in Frankfurt
An annual regional trade fair for instrumental analytics, laboratory technology, laboratory chemicals, and biotechnology…
Judgements of research co-created by generative AI: Experimental evidence
As discussion of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to ramp up in not only academia but also industry and culture, questions abound concerning it's long-term potential and perils. Attitudes about AI and what it means for humanity are diverse, and sometimes controversial. In this 2023 paper published in Economics and Business Review, Niszczota and Conway contribute to the discussion, particularly in regards to how people view research co-created by generative AI. Recruiting more than 440 individuals, the duo conducted a mixed-design experiment using multiple research processes. All said, their "results suggest that people have clear, strong negative views of scientists delegating any aspect of the research process" to generative AI, denoting it "as immoral, untrustworthy, and scientifically unsound." They conclude that "researchers should employ caution when considering whether to incorporate ChatGPT or other [large language models] into their research."
Invitation to Bid: Expansion of the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) – Phase II
Solicitation #: 2024/FRURT/FRURT/125950
“The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) invites you to submit an offer for the procurement of Expansion of the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) – Phase II to be delivered to Ministry of Agriculture (TPHPA) Tanzania.…
