August 16, 2017      
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update

 Volume 15, Issue 31

 

In This Issue

 Webcast Focus

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017, 1:30PM EDT/5:30PM UTC: Webinar - LIMS for the Cannabis QA Testing Laboratory

The LiMSforum will be holding an hour long educational webinar on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 where we will be discussing the Cannabis laboratory business and the use and application of LIMS to the Cannabis lab. Here is the link to the webinar: https://www.limsforum.com/event/lims-for-cannabis-quality-assurance-testing-laboratories-webinar/

If you are in the cannabis testing business or want to learn more about the application of LIMS to the cannabis lab, please join us for the this very important and educational webinar.


Wed, Aug 30, 2017 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM UTC: When to Upgrade SampleManager LIMS: The Critical Factors

Join Astrix Technology Group for a live webinar on Wed, Aug 30, 2017 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT as we detail the critical factors for when to consider a SampleManager upgrade.

AUGUST 23, 2017, 2:00PM EST/6:00PM UTC: ELN Implementations - Why they Fail to Realize their Full Potential

NEW DATE: Join us for this one hour, complimentary webinar in which we examine the reasons why ELNs fail to realize their full potential and what can be done to improve your chances of success.
 Event Focus

STEPMBER 27 - 28, 2017: 13th Pharmacovigilance 2017

13th Pharmacovigilance 2017 will bring together top pharmaceutical, biotechnology and regulatory representatives under one roof that will address the key issues of the industry. The entire program will cover the detection, analysis and prevention of adverse drug reactions.

SEPTEMBER 19 - 21, 2017: 16th Annual Laboratory Informatics Summit

The 16th annual Laboratory Informatics Summit 2017 is designed to help you maximise the potential of your informatics software with case studies on streamlining LIMS processes, designing R&D facilities towards lab automation and a pre conference focus day designed to ensure your data is validated and inspection ready!
 Articles

Electronic lab notebooks: Can they replace paper?

Despite the increasingly digital nature of society, there are some areas of research that remain firmly rooted in the past; in this case the laboratory notebook, the last remaining paper component of an experiment. Countless electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs) have been created in an attempt to digitize record keeping processes in the lab, but none of them have become a "key player" in the ELN market, due to the many adoption barriers that have been identified in previous research and further explored in the user studies presented here.

Manage Testing and Laboratory Workflows with LIMS

CloudLIMS recenty hosted a live complimentary webinar on "Manage Testing and Laboratory Workflows with LIMS", presented by Mr. Rakhil Akkali, Product Analyst at CloudLIMS.com. The webinar provided insights on how a LIMS plays a pivotal role in automatic sample accessioning, sample tracking using barcodes, managing multi-analyte tests and test Chain of Custody (CoC), automated report generation, besides helping testing laboratories follow regulatory guidelines seamlessly.


What the FDA’s Quality Metrics Reporting Program Means for Your Lab

 Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities

DUE SEPTEMBER 11, 2017: Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

Texas A&M AgriLife Purchasing, on behalf of the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL), seeks sealed proposals to establish a contract for a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in accordance with the specifications contained in the attached Request For Proposal (RFP) and supporting documents.

DUE SEPTEMBER 11, 2017: Solicitation for Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Consultant Support

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Consultant Support to the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)

DUE SEPTEMER 5, 2017: Request for Proposal - Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Software for Meat and Dairy Inspection

Agriculture and Forestry, the Food Safety Branch (FSB), Alberta, Canada has a requirement for the supply of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software for meat and dairy inspection, inspection and investigation of facilities, licensing, inspector time and data collection software solution for billing purposes (AgFoodSafety system).

DUE AUGUST 29, 2017: Solicitation - Whole Genome Sequencing

US Department of Veteran Affairs/Veterans Health Administration: The VHA Million Veteran Program requires the services of High-throughput human whole genome sequencing.
 Recent News

08/09/2017 - Allscripts to acquire McKesson’s Enterprise Information Solutions business

Transaction significantly expands Allscripts client reach in U.S. hospitals and health systems and expands solutions portfolio.

08/07/2017 - Geneformics Announces the First Truly Scalable Genomics Data Compression Solution to Accelerate the Migration of Precision Medicine to the Cloud

Geneformics D improves the efficiency of cloud-based upload, download, storage and archiving by up to 10X.

08/07/2017 - Bruker Introduces Software Package for Layer Analysis with XTrace Micro-XRF on Electron Microscopes

At the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2017 Meeting Bruker presented XMethod, the world’s first software package for the analysis of composition and thickness of single or multiple layers, based on data obtained by sample excitation with the XTrace micro-focus X-ray source for scanning electron microscopes (SEM).

08/02/2017 - Further Expansion For Autoscribe Informatics In US

Autoscribe Informatics, a leading provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and other database management applications, has moved into larger premises in Lakeville Corporate Park, Lakeville, MA. This expansion of the US operation follows a similar move by the UK headquarters of Autoscribe Informatics into bigger offices in December 2017.

08/02/2017 - SLIMS just got better !

Genohm has just released the latest v6.0 version of SLIMS, its Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) + Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) platform.
 Upcoming Webcasts

SEPTEMBER 4 - 8, 2017: Pharma IQ’s SmartLab Academy

 Upcoming Events

SEPTEMBER 13 - 15, 2017: Cyber Security for Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 11-12, 2017: 3rd World Chemistry Conference

AUGUST 28 - 30, 2017 Cannabis Science Conference

AUGUST 21 - 25, 2017: Bioprocessing Summit 2017

AUGUST 15 - 18, 2017: Next Generation Dx Summit

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