February 13, 2014      
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update

 Volume 12, Issue 6

 

In This Issue

 Webcast Focus

02/19/2014 - CSols, Inc. - Complimentary Webinar Lab System Requirements

CSols, Inc. Webinar: The FDA expects regulated laboratories to ensure their systems are reliable and perform as designed. Validating Lab Informatics systems present unique challenges, challenges that add to the existing challenges of validating other information systems. What additional skills are required to validate laboratory systems versus other types of regulated business systems?
 Recent News

02/12/2014 - SLAS Announces 2014 JALA & JBS Art of Science Contest Winner

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) announces that Tomasz Koprowski of the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering in Zurich, Switzerland, is the grand prize winner of the 2014 JALA & JBS Art of Science Contest.

02/12/2014 - RURO Announces New Training Services – Complimentary Program and “On Demand”

Due to increased demand for RURO’s Enterprise Training Program for systems FreezerPro®, Sciency® and ezColony®, RURO is excited to announce two enhancements that may streamline the user adoption process for its new or returning users. The first is a complimentary Enterprise Training Program now included with every new FreezerPro or other Enterprise system license purchase. The second is the availability of RURO’s new “On-Demand” Online Training Portal.

02/11/2014 - Caliber Attends PITTCON 2014

Caliber Infosolutions Inc. is an information management software company that offers a comprehensive quality management tools as an integrated solution. We are the only provider of a One Log-in for multiple managements system. There are 5 systems that are integrated into one logon: CaliberLIMS, CaliberQAMS, CaliberBRM, CaliberDMS, and Nichelon5.

02/06/2014 - LIMSABC Offers Innovative LIMS for Toxicology Labs

LIMSABC, the premiere provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems has once again, knocked one out of the ballpark. Their new LIMS software that is specifically designed for laboratories providing drug screening is so inclusive that it makes the cloud LIMS from other companies look like they are from more than a decade ago.

02/06/2014 - ScienceCloud by Accelrys Transforms Externalized Drug Discovery

Accelrys, Inc., a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced the launch of ScienceCloud, a new SaaS-based information management and collaboration workspace. ScienceCloud advances collaborative drug discovery with a new generation of integrated applications built on a scalable, cloud-based scientific platform. With no software to manage and no hardware to maintain, ScienceCloud improves operational excellence in globally networked research, significantly reducing IT cost and effort.

02/05/2014 - Autoscribe Announces �How to Buy a LIMS� Series Of Webinars

Autoscribe, a leading developer of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), has announced it will be running a series of three free �How to Buy a LIMS� webinars on 26th March, 23rd April and 28th May 2014. With over 60 years of practical management experience specifying and delivering successful LIMS solutions to any laboratory in any industry, Autoscribe has designed these webinars to provide information that will help keep anyone considering purchasing a LIMS on track, avoid some of the pitfalls and find the right solution to fit the specific needs.

02/05/2014 - Common Cents Systems and Translational Software Improve Efficiency in Pharmacogenetic Testing

Common Cents Systems, Inc. (ApolloLIMS) and Translational Software have successfully collaborated to improve Pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing and reporting processes. This strategic collaboration combines Apollo’s platform for operational excellence with Translational Software’s PGx decision support system to enable their customers to improve turnaround time, decrease errors, and make test results more relevant for clinicians.
 Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities

01/13/2014 - Pre-Solicitation Notice - Laboratory Information Management System

Furnish all required services to install Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS Support for Pine Bluff Arsenal
 Upcoming Events

03/12/2014 - CrimeLab -3rd International Forensic Technology Fair

The CrimeLab Criminological Technology Fair is a specialist industry event at which producers and distributors of products and services used in criminological technology and potential customers, including scientists, can meet. The idea of the CrimeLab Fair is not only to create room for business meetings and the presentation of offers, but also to convey specialist knowledge in the area of laboratory criminology. The fair’s programme will include many additional events promoting scientific achievements, modern technologies, and research methods used in criminology.

03/02/2014 - Pittcon 2014

Pittcon is the world’s largest annual premier conference and exposition on laboratory science. It is organized by The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, a Pennsylvania not-for-profit educational corporation which is comprised of the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP).
 Upcoming Webcasts

02/25/2014 - 3-hr Virtual Seminar: Aligning Medical Device Software Development with EU Requirements for a CE Mark (IEC 62304)

02/18/2014 - Quality Control for Microbiological Media and Reagents

 LIMS Blog Postings

All new LIMS Book & Buyer's Guide released on-line for 2013/14

The new on-line edition of the LIMS Book & Buyer's Guide (http://www.limsbook.com) has just been released today with over double the number of listed vendor products from the 2012 edition. The guide provides a catalog of the industry's top tier vendors with product pricing information and technical details to allow you to compare LIMS/LIS and ELN products. The guide also contains a LIMSpec on each listed product with even more technical details as well as product demonstration videos.


 Job Postings

Aggregated List of LIMS Jobs

LIMS / LIS & Laboratory Careers

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