November 28, 2012      
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update

 Volume 10, Issue 45

 

In This Issue

 Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities

11/19/2012 - Sources Sought Notice/RFI - Laboratory Information Management System

Laboratory Information Management System for USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, MD. The United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) is soliciting information on behalf of the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) from potentially qualified businesses.

11/15/2012 - Request for information - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

Michelson Laboratories, Inc., a food and environmental testing laboratory, seeks information from vendors regarding Laboratory Information management System they offer for possible purchase. Both commercial off the shelf and development from scratch are welcome.
 Recent News

11/28/2012 - CSols Seminar: Leveraging Informatics to support Lean Labs

Newark, DE, November 26, 2012 – CSols, Inc. is hosting a free seminar on “Leveraging Informatics to support Lean Labs” on December 12, 2012 from 8am – 10am at the Hilton Christiana in Newark, DE. Registration is required and a light breakfast will be provided.

11/28/2012 - RURO releases LIMS 24/7 Version 4

Since its release in 2009, LIMS 24/7 has offered its users comprehensive mining into data and metadata. LIMS 24/7 Version 4 now introduces a host of improvements designed to get users to searched information and understanding faster. The new release also features additional communication methods to support the growing emphasis on collaboration that many organizations are experiencing today and an improved internal reporting tool that erases the need for any external reporting software.

11/27/2012 - 5AM Solutions Releases biolocator™, SaaS Solution for Biobanking

Software delivers a centralized biospecimen inventory over the web to the next generation of researchers. 5AM Solutions has made their popular biolocator™ software available to the open market in SaaS (Software as a Service) form. Designed as a tool to facilitate the discovery and sharing of biospecimens for research, biolocator is web-based software that allows disparate biobanks to be linked together, providing a single de-identified view of biospecimens available.

11/22/2012 - WWEM 2012 smashes attendance records

The organisers of WWEM 2012, the Water Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring event, have announced that visitor numbers were up by 22% in comparison with 2010. On behalf of the organisers, Marcus Pattison expressed his delight with this success, adding: “We are extremely pleased with the number of people that took advantage of everything that WWEM 2012 had to offer and it is very satisfying to receive overwhelmingly positive feedback from both visitors and exhibitors.”

11/15/2012 - Accelrys Materials Studio Release 6.1 Speeds Innovation with Enterprise Capabilities

Accelrys, Inc., a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, today announced release 6.1 of the Accelrys Materials Studio ® modeling and simulation environment, providing seamless integration with the Accelrys Pipeline Pilot scientific authoring application, the scientifically aware Accelrys Enterprise Platform and Accelrys Materials Studio Collection.

11/14/2012 - Risk Management For LIMS Projects

Autoscribe, developer of the Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), has published a white paper which looks at the common factors that contribute to risk in LIMS projects. Available for download from www.autoscribe.co.uk/about/press-releases/2012/146-risk-management, the white paper includes examples of projects that have run into difficulties due to inadequate risk management.
 Upcoming Events

01/12/2013 - 2nd Annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition

Why should you take part in SLAS2013 – the 2nd Annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition? Because it’s where 4,500 of the best global laboratory science and technology minds -- innovative scientists, engineers, researchers and technologists from academic, government and commercial laboratories -- come together to learn, explore and gain repeatable inspiration from leaders in the field.

01/08/2013 - 10th Annual High-Content Analysis Conference

10th Annual High-Content Analysis Conference | January 8-11, 2013 | The most comprehensive coverage of HCA applications and technologies

12/12/2012 - CSols Seminar: Leveraging Informatics to support Lean Labs

Newark, DE, November 26, 2012 – CSols, Inc. is hosting a free seminar on “Leveraging Informatics to support Lean Labs” on December 12, 2012 from 8am – 10am at the Hilton Christiana in Newark, DE. Registration is required and a light breakfast will be provided.
 Upcoming Webcasts

12/05/2012 - New Finalized HITECH Amendments to HIPAA - How Policies and Practices Must Be Changed

12/05/2012 - Throwing the Data Over the Wall: Why No One Knows the Quality of the Clinical Data

 LIMS Buyers Guide

2012 LIMS Buyer's Guide Available for Download

We have finished the release of the 2012 LIMS Buyer's Guide. This new edition provides an updated list of the leading LIMS companies and products along with pricing information for each.Also, new for 2012, we have scoured Youtube and the vendors sites to find product demonstrations of their LIMS software. For each vendor that has product demos, we have posted the links to those demonstrations. The vendors are listed in the order of most demos to least number of demos.To download a free copy of the 2012 LIMS Buyer's Guide, visit: http://www.limsbook.com.
 Job Postings

5/31/2009 - Aggregated List of LIMS Jobs

05/31/2009 - LIMS / LIS & Laboratory Careers

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