LIMS Lab Software Directory for Laboratory Information Management Systems By LIMSfinder

July 29, 2009
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update

Volume 7, Issue 28

In This Issue

Announcements

LIMSfinder.com adds Forums to Linkedin.com to provide more resources to LIMS professionals

LIMSfinder.com is pleased to announce that we have moved our LIMS discussion forums to Linkedin.com. Visit the LIMS Forum and post articles, questions, jobs and network with thousands of other LIMS professionals. Visit http://www.limsforum.com today and join in. It is quick, easy, free and informative. There are 7,712 subscribers to LIMSfinder who are also members of Linkedin.com. LIMSfinder and Linkedin represent the best sites for LIMS professionals to network, collaborate and stay informed. The tight integration of LIMSfinder content and LIMS career opportunities with the Linkedin forums provides the LIMSfinder readers with the most dynamic and interactive LIMS community in existence.

Upcoming Webcasts

08/05/2009 - Webcast: Do you know the right balance between Configuring & Customizing a LIMS system?

This Complementary webinar hosted by CSols will discuss the difference between Configuring, Customizing, and Out Of The Box LIMS. We would like to invite you and your team to attend our webinar. Participation is limited, and space must be reserved ahead of time.

Recent News

07/28/2009 - Webcast: Do you know the right balance between Configuring & Customizing a LIMS system?

07/28/2009 - LIMS Seminar Tour Coming to Philadelphia Area!

On July 30, Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL) and Microsoft invite you to a free educational seminar on the growing importance of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). Don’t miss out on the opportunity to meet others in your industry and learn how to achieve measurable improvements via LIMS for your laboratory operation! Register today!!!

07/28/2009 - GeneGo Awarded NIH Grant to Develop Pharmacogenomics Software Suite

GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology company, today announced that it has been awarded a grant to develop an integrated systems pharmacology platform for pharmacogenomic research.

07/27/2009 - Agilent Technologies to Acquire Varian, Inc. for $1.5 Billion

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Varian Inc. today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition by Agilent of Varian, a leading worldwide supplier of scientific instrumentation and associated consumables for life science and applied market applications.

07/27/2009 - Tracking Tissues, Cassettes & Slides in Pre-Clinical Studies

The modern pre-clinical pathology study may generate thousands of individual “samples” that must be processed and managed in a GLP compliant manner. This is a major undertaking and one that most companies carryout with some type of paper-based system. Computerizing such tracking and record keeping eliminates these paper records allowing samples to be located more easily across multiple laboratories and sites.

07/24/2009 - Professional Analytical and Consulting Services (PACS) - Upcoming PACS courses: Toronto in August, Seattle in September, Pittsburgh in October, St. Louis in November, Orlando in December

PACS Testing, Consulting and Training will provide short courses in Seattle, Washington this September.

07/22/2009 - Premiere Health Site to Be Translated in China: Lab Tests Online-China to Launch in November

AACC announced an agreement today with the Chinese Society of Laboratory Medicine (CSLM) for the development of a Chinese version of Lab Tests Online (www.labtestsonline.org), AACC’s award-winning patient resource for information on laboratory testing. CSLM expects to launch the new site in November.

LIMS Blog Postings

How Social Networking can Enable Project Success

The following presentation provides a practical application of Internet based social networking sites to enable success of most any complicated project. You can see its uses to LIMS projects or most any type of project.

Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities

07/21/2009 - Invitation to Negotiate - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

Invitation to Negotiate for the development, customization, implementation and maintenance of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for use by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Department), Division of Food Safety, and its Bureau of Food Laboratories and Bureau of Chemical Residue Laboratories

07/20/2009 - Request for Proposal - Development of Laboratory Information Management System and Accounts Receivable Functionality

RFP to develop a custom designed Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture's Agronomic Division’s six laboratories (Nematology, Plant, Waste, Solution, Media, Soil Testing)

Upcoming Events

09/21/2009 - 5th Compound Management & Integrity Summit

The 5th Compound Management & Integrity Summit is about: leading practices, strategies and technologies in compound handling, storage, and integrity and automation. Hear Industry Case Studies and Gain Practical and Expert Knowledge

09/21/2009 - Metabolic Diseases Drug Discovery & Development

IQPC’s Metabolic Diseases Program is designed to bring together valuable case studies, lessons learned and best practices in the forms of panel session in drug discovery and development.

09/16/2009 - Oncology Biomarkers Conference

Oncology Biomarkers Advance Cancer Detection, Prognosis & Treatment with Biomarker Discovery, Validation and Practical Applications in Clinical Trials.

09/14/2009 - Product Enhancement Technologies in Pharmaceutical Life-Cycle Management

Pharma Life Cycle will focus on designing and implanting patent strategies aligning to product life cycle management, benchmarking your organization by listening to major case studies and discovering novel techniques in life cycle management such as co-crystalization and new drug development methods, among many other topics. Hear From Wyeth, Abbott Laboratories, Merck and Co., IMPAX Pharmaceuticals, PTC Therapeutics and many others

08/18/2009 - Thermo Fisher Scientific – Laboratory Informatics Symposium 2009 – Mining Industry in Brazil

Thermo Fisher Scientific will host it’s 2009 Laboratory Informatics Symposium (LIS) in Brazil. The symposium will focus on the specific data management requirements of the mining industry and will include presentations from leading mining services organization Sao Paolo-based Interfusao.

08/03/2009 - 15th Annual Good Laboratory Practice Conference

This year’s conference will include a full-day technical program, an exhibit hall with 25 exhibitors of laboratory equipment and instrumentation; an exhibitors’ reception; and a pre-conference, half-day, hands-on workshop. This conference is designed to provide the latest information on major issues such as method updates, laboratory accreditation, and new technologies.

Job Postings

5/31/2009 - Aggregated List of LIMS Jobs

The following is a real-time aggregated list of LIMS jobs pulled from job sites all over the Internet. The list is kept up to date in nearly real time.

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

LIMSfinder.com is pleased to announce an improved job board that combines both LIMS and Laboratory Career opportunities. The service is free for our member sponsors and all job seekers. The new job board offers a job search feature and allows for posting of Featured Jobs for less than $1 per day. Candidates can also subscribe to our weekly newsletter that highlights all of the Featured and Sponsored job openings.

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