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| | November 08, 2017
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update | Volume 15, Issue 43 | | | In This Issue | | Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities | DUE DECEMBER 15, 2017: Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Laboratory Information Management System
DUE NOVEMBER 29, 2017: Request for Proposal: Medical Examiner's Office Case Management Solution The City of Jacksonville, Florida requesting proposals to replace the current Medical Examiner’s Office Access Database with a new Electronic Medical Examiner’s Case Management System.
DUE: NOVEMBER 22, 2017: Request for Proposals - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) The City of San Diego (City), Public Utilities Department (PUD) seeks proposals from qualified laboratory information management system (LIMS) vendors for the procurement of an up-to-date, integrated LIMS for the Environmental Monitoring and Technical Services Division (EMTS) and Transportation & Storm Water Department (TSW).
DUE NOVEMBER 16, 2017: Invitation to Negotiate - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) The University of Florida ("UF") is seeking proposals from vendors with extensive expertise in a laboratory information management system (LlMS) to assist the University in centralizing and automating its College of Veterinary Medicine laboratory records system. It is the intent of the University to have comprehensive solution to assist in the daily workflow of a large veterinary hospital diagnostic laboratory that supports both inside and outside clients.
| | Webcast Focus | NOVEMBER 21, 2017, 16:00 (GMT +01:00): Stop Drowning in Paper! How Laboratory Information Management Systems Can Aid in your Data Integrity Live Webinar - November 21, 2017 - 16:00 (GMT +01:00) Manual processes created to ensure Data Integrity are onerous by placing large paperwork overheads on analysts. Working with hybrid systems forces laboratories to manage two incompatible media formats: paper and electronic records. This presentation will show you how a laboratory information management system (LIMS) can facilitate automation of your processes whilst ensuring the highest standard of Data Integrity. If a process is automated, validated, and transparent, it not only becomes more user-friendly - it also makes it easy for regulators to conduct audits.
NOVEMBER 15, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT: CSols and LabVantage: Defining the Value of Integrating Instruments In one hour, learn how to realize the benefits of instrument integration with your LabVantage LIMS. Join our group of experts as we discuss LIMS instrument integration approaches and techniques. Understand how you can start on the path to improved quality and productivity in your laboratory now!
| | Event Focus | DECEMBER 4-6, 2017: 14th Laboratory Informatics Summit In the face of enormous R&D costs, it’s more important than ever to leverage every advantage the smart use of data has to offer. The 14th Lab Informatics Summit will help you seamlessly implement internal change management strategies and maximize strong external vendor partnership. Bringing together informatics experts from Pistoia Alliance, Johnson and Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Pfizer, and more, this summit will facilitate actionable discussions and innovative solutions to push your pipeline to fruition.
| | Articles | Check out this Journal article on a new Free open source ELN for Chemists I think this is something that has been needed for a while for chemists. Here is the journal article from the Journal of Cheminformatics: https://www.limsforum.com/chemotion-eln-an-open-source-electronic-lab-notebook-for-chemists-in-academia/70707/
| | Recent News | 11/08/2017 - Dotmatics Announces Major Expansion of Biologics Capabilities Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services, today announced major global biologics capabilities and the addition of key personnel and workflows that allow discovery teams to capture experiments, processes, and improve decision-support based on a more comprehensive view of project data.
11/08/2017 - Speakers for NEMC 2018 - Laboratory Informatics Session Robert Benz, Director of Sales & Marketing for Khemia Software is hosting a session at NEMC based on laboratory informatics. NEMC 2018 will be held August 6-10th in New Orleans (www.nemc.us). If you are interested in speaking, please submit an abstract on NEMC’s website before Jan 29th, 2018 or you may contact Robert directly via email.
11/08/2017 - Genohm Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification Genohm, the makers of SLIMS, the LIMS+ELN platform, has successfully achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification.
11/08/2017 - Sectra launches vendor-neutral integration for machine learning applications—speeds up access to new technology in healthcare International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra is launching vendor-neutral access to machine learning in its enterprise imaging platform. Sectra customers will be able to utilize Sectra’s own machine learning applications as well as virtually any application, regardless of vendor.
11/07/2017 - H&A Scientific Celebrates 25th Anniversary, Unveils SLIM 5.0.0 at AAPS in San Diego H&A Scientific will introduce version 5.0.0 of SLIM (Stability Lab Information Manager) at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting, Nov. 12-15, in San Diego. H&A will demonstrate the BETA version in Booth 1518.
11/07/2017 - iMDsoft Brings Clinical Information Management to the Neonatal Unit at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust iMDsoft, a leading provider of clinical information systems, announced that University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) in the UK has successfully gone live with the MetaVision® PDMS in their neonatal ICU.
11/06/2017 - NIH includes JAX in multi-institution awards to improve data sharing JAX online Disease Navigator tool will enable heart disease researchers to access genomic data shared by humans and animal models.
| | Upcoming Events | JANUARY 24-26, 2018: 15th International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Separation Technology HTC-15 will be the premier conference in hyphenated separation techniques in 2018. The conference has always delivered presentations from internationally renowned experts both from Industry and Academia combined.
NOVEMBER 23 - 24, 2017: Biosimilars Europe Congress 2017 Biosimilars Europe 2017 - A conference that offers a rare opportunity to its participants to understand and learn from top experts in the biosimilars field and to share experiences. The conference will also provide a platform to discuss the current vital issues, regulatory issues, market assessment and commercialization and globalization.
NOVEMBER 16 - 18, 2017: Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) 2017 Annual Meeting The theme of our meeting this year will be, "Where Molecular Leads Medicine to Best Patient Care.” Our Program Committee has been working hard to plan a comprehensive program, which we hope will encourage dialogue and foster discussion amongst attendees.
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