2. Categories

      Industries: Biobanking, Biotechnology, Chemicals, Contract Labs, Environmental, Food & Beverage, Forensics, Metals & Mining, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Pharmaceuticals, Waste Water
      Standards: 21 CFR Part 11, FDA, GLP, HACCP, ISO
      Informatics Solutions: ELN, CDS, LIMS

  3. From the Editor

    1. LIMS Innovations Contribute to Gains in Translational Medicine

      Explore LIMS BLOG (May 8 2012)
      by Patricia Mcdermott (Patriciamcdermott)

      LIMS Innovations Contribute to Gains in Translational Medicine

      LIMS technologies are changing to meet the newest demands of scientific research.   A recent article written by Kevin Davies of BioIT World illustrates how a LIMS can help manage the complex sampling required for next-gen sequencing (NGS) used in cancer diagnostics.  Laying the Foundation for Next-Gen Cancer Diagnostics  illustrates the innovative work being done by Cambridge-based Foundation Medicine, one of the leaders in this relatively new field.   For an in-depth look at the work of Foundation Medicine and the LIMS solution that is helping its scientists keep track of all of that genetic data, another good article published by 20 ...

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      Mentions:   Dave Champagne

    2. LIMS Automates Regulatory Reports for Environmental Industries

      Explore LIMS BLOG (May 1 2012)
      by Patricia Mcdermott (Patriciamcdermott)

      LIMS Automates Regulatory Reports for Environmental Industries

      A number of articles have been written over the past few years that discuss the data management challenges facing many laboratories today. In this blog post, we’ll discuss one industry in particular, the water and environmental industry. Future blog posts will discuss LIMS and laboratory integration in the food and beverage industry, life sciences, and heavy process industries. 

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      Mentions:   Colin Thurston

    3. LIMS: Managing Medical Data of 500,000 People!

      Explore LIMS BLOG (Apr 20 2012)
      by Patricia Mcdermott (Patriciamcdermott)

      LIMS: Managing Medical Data of 500,000 People!

      Recently, Labmate Online reported on a new medical biobank of data on over 500,000 people made open by UK Biobank in Manchester, UK, to help researchers to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. This biobank of data is being developed, managed, stored, and reported using our laboratory information management system (LIMS) for biobanks and biorepositories (Thermo Scientific LIMS) and I am extremely pleased to present a case study on this project! Customer: UK Biobank UK Biobank is a major medical research initiative based in Manchester, UK and its goal is to build the ...

      (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   UK Biobank

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  5. Thermo Scientific CONNECTS for the Paperless Lab - integrates disparate sources of enterprise data

  6. Kim Shah Discusses Thermo Scientific<br> LIMS-on-Demand

  7. Dr. Vance Lemmon, PhD discusses the benefits of LIMS-on-Demand used at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

  8. Organizations in the News

    (4 articles) Frost & Sullivan

    (2 articles) UK Biobank

  9. Picture Gallery

  10. Quotes

    1. “ This transaction creates a powerful combination of technology and people. With more than 250dedicated LIMS employees around the world, plus an extensive partner network, LabVantage will be even better equipped to meet the needs of customers seeking to deploy LIMS across their global enterprise. ”
      By Jim Aurelio
    2. “ Thermo Scientific Nautilus LIMS is a Microsoft-based, flexible and easy-to-use solution that helps organizations like Hunt drive efficiencies, connect better with customers and make more informed decisions faster. ”
      By Dave Champagne
    3. “ Whether it is the challenging regulatory environment, dispersed silos of information or changing dynamics within an organization, life sciences companies today face enormous challenges. ”
      By Michael Naimoli
    4. “ We have gone in a different direction than all other teams developing and refining algorithms for analyzing the massive amounts of data coming from the NGS instruments. Instead of constantly scaling up your hardware to the point where you need very big clusters or a cloud computing setup in order to do de novo assembly of large genomes, our scientific developers started from scratch and thought out some quite clever ways of handling those large amounts of data -- to the point where a single CLC Genomics Machine can handle these tasks without breaking a sweat. ”
      By Thomas Knudsen
    5. “ It's a true testament to the very high scientific level of our development team, accomplishing something previously unseen anywhere in the world. ”
      By Lasse Goerlitz

  1. Featured Articles

    1. Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Thermo Fisher Scientific for its Superiority in the Global Biobanking Products, Services and Solutions Market

      Explore Newswire Today's (May 8 2012) Biobanking , Pharmaceuticals , LIMS

      The company's biobanking laboratory information management system (LIMS) offers superior data ... and much more. Finally, Thermo Fisher is working closely with a number of long-term large pharmaceutical customers to revolutionize biobanking. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Frost & Sullivan   UK Biobank

    2. TESTING MADE SIMPLER: Technology Deep Dive with Water System Operator's Ted Rulseh

      Explore Thermo Fisher Scientific (May 4 2012) Environmental

       

      A laboratory informatics solution from Thermo Fisher Scientific aims to help water system labs reduce tedious labor, prevent errors, and simplify compliance. WSO's Ted Rulseh interviews Thermo Fisher's Colin Thurston.

       

      (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Colin Thurston

    3. Add to Favorites

      Explore Environmental (May 4 2012) Environmental , Pharmaceuticals , Waste Water , ISO

      Testing Made Simpler, A laboratory informatics solution from Thermo Fisher Scientific aims to help water system labs reduce tedious labor, prevent errors and simplify compliance Laboratory Information management systems (LIMS) have been around for about 25 years, and many water systems use them. The challenge often Is to configure the LIMS for the specific needs of a drinking water operation. Now Thermo Fisher Scientific offers a LIMS preconfigured to help users comply with water and environment (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Colin Thurston

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  2. Recent Articles

    1. New Biospecimens Management System in Development

      Explore Green Technology (May 14 2012) Pharmaceuticals

      A key component of Bio4D will be its ease of use. Unlike generic LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems), Bio4D will be equipped with features and functionality specifically designed for the needs of biobank scientists and biospecimen managers. (Read Full Article)

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    2. New Biospecimens Management System in Development

      Explore msnbc.msn.com (May 14 2012) Pharmaceuticals

      A key component of Bio4D will be its ease of use. Unlike generic LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems), Bio4D will be equipped with features and functionality specifically designed for the needs of biobank scientists and biospecimen managers. (Read Full Article)

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    3. Robotics to Establish Global Automated Biobanking Market

      Explore AZoRobotics (May 14 2012)

      Teradata , an analytic data solutions company has presented ten college scholarships to the student members of For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) robotics teams. The scholarship will promote the students to pursue their careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. [More] CorPath Percutaneous Robotically-Enhance Coronary Intervention Study(PRECISE) study states that robotic system is capable of enabling interventional cardiologists to safely conduct p (Read Full Article)

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    4. Labmate News, Articles and Product Info Just a Click Away at Labmate Online

      Explore emailwire.com (May 11 2012) Pharmaceuticals

      London, UK -- Laboratories around the world continue to rely on the website Labmate-Online.com as the most complete resource for lab equipment ... products and pharmaceutical analysis will be covered throughout the year, LIMS and laboratory automation ... (Read Full Article)

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    5. Best Practices: Bringing the Trial to the Patient

      Explore Bio-IT World (May 11 2012)

      Best Practices: Bringing the Trial to the Patient 2012 Bio-IT World Best Practices Winner | Almost a year ago, Pfizer started recruiting for a different kind of clinical trial: the first ever conducted under a Participatory Patient-Centered (PPC) model. Last month, the team’s efforts—still very much ongoing—were rewarded with a Bio-IT World Best Practices Award in the Clinical and Health IT category. (Read Full Article)

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    6. Frost & Sullivan gives an overview of the Global Automated Biobanking market

      Explore sacbee.com (May 10 2012) Biobanking

      /PRNewswire/ -- Given the increasing demand for long-term storage of clinical samples, compound stores are becoming increasingly important. Same is the case with automated liquid handling units that can perform blood fractionation, sample preparation, capping and decapping of vials, automated pipetting and sample transfers with the help of robotic arms. The Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and the consumable sector are continuously evolving to allow integration of various workflow (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Frost & Sullivan

    7. Frost & Sullivan gives an overview of the Global Automated Biobanking market

      Explore MarketWatch (May 10 2012) Biobanking

      Robotics to aid and drive long term vision of truly personalised medicine LONDON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Given the increasing demand for long-term storage of clinical samples, compound stores are becoming increasingly important. Same is the case with automated liquid handling units that can perform blood fractionation, sample preparation, capping and decapping of vials, automated pipetting and sample transfers with the help of robotic arms. The Laboratory Information Management (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Frost & Sullivan

    8. Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Thermo Fisher Scientific for its Superiority in ...

      Explore MarketWatch (May 9 2012) Biobanking , LIMS

      Unlike competitors, the company offers comprehensive biobanking products, services and solutions aimed at improving quality and simplifying the management of biobanks MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the integrated biobanking solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, with the 2011 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year. Thermo Fisher is the world's larges (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Frost & Sullivan   UK Biobank

    9. The Unstable Equilibrium of the Bioinformatics Org Chart

      Explore Bio-IT World (May 9 2012)

      The Unstable Equilibrium of the Bioinformatics Org Chart By Aaron Kitzmiller January 10, 2012 | Inside the Box | In most organizations, the human resources of bioinformatics are a regular source of tension. Unless you’re particularly lucky, you can be plagued by politics, illogical decision making, disappointment, and (Read Full Article)

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    10. Editors' Asian Favorites

      Explore Bio-IT World (May 8 2012) Pharmaceuticals

      Bio-IT World | Bio-IT World has invited a group of superb world-renowned speakers from across Asia, Europe, and North America for its very first conference in Asia (Marina Bay Sands, Singapore; June 6-8, 2012). They will present the latest advances in research and technology in areas such as next-gen sequencing, personalized medicine, high-performance and cloud computing, bioinformatics, drug discovery and development, and translational research. Read on for some of the editor's favorites. (Read Full Article)

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    11. Integration of thermo scientific Sample manager lims and CSOLS remote sampler ...

      Explore Environmental (May 4 2012) Waste Water

      Integration of thermo scientific Sample manager lims and CSOLS remote sampler at northern Ireland water delivers enhanced audit trail, significant time and cost savings Northern Ireland Water (formerly Water Service) is the sole provider of water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland. It is a Government Owned Company (GoCo) set up in April 2007 to provide the water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland. There are approximately 795,000 domestic, agricultural, commercial and business prope (Read Full Article)

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    12. Global Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Industry

      Explore MarketWatch (May 3 2012) Pharmaceuticals

      NEW YORK, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: http://www.reportlinker.com/p0788458/Global-Laboratory-Information-Management-Systems-LIMS-Industry.html #utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=In_Vitro_ The global outlook series on Laboratory Information Management Systems provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market bri (Read Full Article)

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    13. ChemBook (IDBS)

      Explore Scientific Computing World (May 2 2012) ELN, CDS

      IDBS has added a new functionality to its ChemBook electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) (Read Full Article)

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    14. IDBS and Thomson Reuters announce partnership

      Explore Scientific Computing World (May 2 2012) Pharmaceuticals , ELN, CDS

      IDBS has partnered with the Intellectual Property and Science division of Thomson Reuters to transform how researchers access curated biological content and apply it to their research workflow (Read Full Article)

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    15. Editorial: Trade shows

      Explore Royal Society of Chemistry (May 1 2012)

      The sheer size of these things is what amazes me. I'm talking about the Analyticas, Pittcons, CPhIs and Achemas of this world. I've just come back from Analytica, for example, and this year they exceeded 1000 exhibitors and 31,000 visitors. About two months ago Pittcon - the smallest of the lot - attracted 16,000 attendees and 6300 exhibitors. CPhI 2011 saw 29,000 attendees go through its doors with around 2200 exhibitors on the show floor and Achema - the largest by far - attracted 4000 exhibit (Read Full Article)

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