Maintaining compliance to standards like ISO 22000 and ISO/IEC 17025 for food and beverage labs drives the need for an informatics tool such as a LIMS. Large amounts of data and information need to be captured by the LIMS, which can better empower the food and beverage company (and its laboratory) to comply with and gain insight from regulations and standards affecting their activity. [Read More]

The integration of LES (Lab Execution Systems) and LIMS has become increasingly popular. This powerful combination can help to boost efficiency, accuracy, and compliance across a wide range of laboratory processes. By working together, LES and LIMS can revolutionise the way labs operate. Let’s take a closer look at some of the key benefits of this integration. [Read More]

Scientific organizations face ever increasing pressure from business stakeholders to reduce costs while improving operational efficiency, scalability, and agility.  Laboratory research is more complicated and dependent on informatics than ever.  IT organizations are seeking a solution through the development and deployment of an integrated laboratory informatics strategy and infrastructure. Making the transition to an integrated laboratory ecosystem requires substantial IT work and resources.  In this blog, we explore the benefit from partnering with a 3rd party informatics provider with specialized scientific expertise to help support and maintain laboratory systems. [Read More]

With a LIMS as a critical component of maintaining quality and ISO/IEC 17025 compliance labs, we discover that a LIMS should address aspects like complete sample data capture, unique sample identifiers, multi-level test result reviews, validation of sampling and test methods, calibration and training documentation, nonconformance and deviation tracking, data retention, and secure granular user access, among other things. [Read More]

CSols Inc. is pleased to announce that the Pittcon committee has again selected a CSols expert consultant to present a short course at the 2024 conference in San Diego, California, February 24–28. The LIMS and ELN short courses that have been presented by CSols consultants over the last 15 years have helped lab, IT, and business personnel take on a lab informatics project with confidence and are always attendee favorites. Join us this year to learn what you need to succeed with your own lab informatics project. [Read More]

Any laboratory that handles large quantities of samples knows the pain of mishandling one (or a whole batch). In some industries, sample mishandling can get you sued or run out of business. If you’re working with lots of samples from lots of sources, you should know that there are ways to streamline your sample tracking process to avoid those scenarios. This blog post will show you how SampleVision works with your organization’s laboratory information management system (LIMS) or laboratory information system (LIS) to keep track of samples and streamline many common laboratory workflows. [Read More]

In the world of medical research, clinical trials are the forefront of advancement of research. They bridge the gap between laboratory breakthroughs and real-world treatments, ensuring that new drugs, therapies, or devices are both safe and effective. This comprehensive guide aims to shed light on these vital components of healthcare advancement. [Read More]

In this 2023 paper published in the journal GigaScience, Nieminen et al. of the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin present SODAR (System for Omics Data Access and Retrieval), an open-source scientific data management system (SDMS) with a focus on omics data management during multiassay research studies. Noting numeroud data management challenges and dearth of open-source options, the authors describe the software framework, features, and limitations of the system. Highlighting SODAR's "programmable application programming interfaces (APIs) and command-line access for metadata and file storage," the authors conclude that SODAR can readily "support multiple technologies such as whole genome sequencing, single-cell sequencing, proteomics, and mass spectrometry," though some aspects such as automated data export and "data commons" access are currently not available.