Thermo Electron Enhances Data Archiving and Plate Planning Announced with Nautilus 7.0
Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE: TMO) announces greater speed and efficiency in data archiving and plate planning with version 7.0 Nautilus LIMS™. Nautilus is Thermo’s dedicated laboratory information management system (LIMS) for early stage discovery in biotechnology research and discovery.
Nautilus’ new archiving functionality allows users to automatically transfer data from active tables to archived tables and back again, using interactive and background tools. Multiple archives can be created in Nautilus, so all data related to a specific experiment or study can be collected in – and more easily retrieved from – a designated archive.
Plate Plans in Nautilus are used to automate activities carried out on single or groups of plates. Users can monitor the progress of experiments, group and organize plates, execute actions and add workflows to be carried out on the plates within the plan. In addition, image results are now supported in Nautilus, which enables image files to be stored in the database as results and visualized within the application using the Result Browser. Essential to high throughput laboratories, visualization speeds interpretation and analysis of results.
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Figure 1: Plate planning in Nautilus v7.0. Click to enlarge. |
“With Nautilus 7.0, we set out to provide new functionality around plate planning and visualization to better serve our drug discovery customers,” said Colin Thurston, Nautilus product manager. “Along with data archiving, this version of Nautilus extends our capabilities for high throughput environments and demonstrates our commitment to Nautilus users.”
First released in 1998, Nautilus is a flexible, configurable and easily implemented LIMS that was developed in partnership with key customers in R&D environments.
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Thermo is the worldwide leader in laboratory software and related services, providing enterprise-wide, multi-laboratory solutions that have become the corporate standard at leading organizations. Our LIMS and CDS are facilitating laboratory data in the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, petrochemical and chemical plants, food and beverage manufacturers, and other major industries. To support our global installations, Thermo provides implementation, validation, training, maintenance and support from the industry’s largest worldwide informatics services network.
About Thermo Electron
Thermo Electron Corporation is the world leader in analytical instruments. Our instrument solutions enable our customers to make the world a healthier, cleaner and safer place. Thermo’s Life and Laboratory Sciences segment provides analytical instruments, scientific equipment, services and software solutions for life science, drug discovery, clinical, environmental and industrial laboratories. Thermo’s Measurement and Control segment is dedicated to providing analytical instruments used in a variety of manufacturing processes and in-the-field applications, including those associated with safety and homeland security. Based near Boston, Massachusetts, Thermo has revenues of approximately $2.7 billion, and employs approximately 11,000 people in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.thermo.com .
