LABORATORY INFORMATICS GUIDE 2014 | INFORMATICS PRODUCTS
PRODUCT ROUND-UP
Abbott has announced version 11 of the its Starlims software-based laboratory information management system (LIMS). It expands user functionality to
include mobile device applications, advanced analytics, and HTML5 compatibility, enabling users to access LIMS information on any screen. The software offers users
advanced analytics capabilities with out-of-the-box dashboards that enable labs to optimise workflow and identify bottlenecks, viewing data with visualisations that are provided by advanced analytics. Advanced analytics features
include: forms that can be created by users to run system-wide on Chrome, Safari and other browsers for tablets and smartphones; two new control libraries, one for desktop computers and another for mobile devices; and touch controls that comply with specifications for iPad and iPhone devices.
www.abbott.com
ACD Labs’ Spectrus software is a chemical and analytical knowledge management platform, which is part of an integrated cheminformatics infrastructure that provides unified laboratory intelligence. The Spectrus environment
standardises analytical data processing, analysis, and knowledge management at the enterprise level and enables scientists to extract answers
Robert Roe presents a selection of informatics products currently available
AgileBio, a provider of IT solutions specialising in web-based software for life sciences has announced the release of a new version of its electronic lab notebook (ELN), a complementary application to its LIMS, LabCollector. ELN is an efficient and simple notebook to store, organise, find and share all researchers’ laboratory experiments in a variety of life sciences and other industries as well as in academic research laboratories. This version of ELN v2.2 includes
new features with a collaborative and intuitive user interface enabling scientists to work with the ELN to support, complement or even replace the labs paper notebooks. The upgrade includes
improvements and new capabilities
including improvement of the user interface with a more fluid usage, a new content editor and grid custom field’s improvements for PDF and printing exports; with a tree-view summary.
www.agilebio.com
Amphora provides PatentSafe, a quick straightforward and cost- effective solution to the tricky problem of laboratory notebooks in today’s environment. Amphora believes that the best approach for users is to ‘get out of the way’. It eschews ill thought-out features and complex choices, instead allowing the users to be able to focus on science. PatentSafe is particularly suited
to modern approaches to research record keeping. Along with the increasing ‘externalisation’ of research activity, with collaboration across organisational boundaries, the America Invents Act brings new concerns. The focus is no longer solely on experimental write-ups; now scientists need to ensure they can account for the knowledge that
and make decisions faster and with confidence. The human interpretation of data is uniquely preserved and captured, with chemical context, so that knowledge gained with every experiment can be reviewed, re- used, or re-processed instantly. Spectrus provides LIMS-like
sample submission and tracking, automation, and experiment management. Integration will augment the capabilities of
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is transferred to other parties and when. This takes the burdens of ‘lab notebook’ style record keeping into the project meeting and day-to-day collaboration.
www.amphora-research.com
The BioXM Knowledge Management Environment is a fully customisable knowledge management environment that manages complex data and transforms it into useful information. The system is designed to be
configured easily; this makes it useful in several different areas. It is designed with a solution- building approach: rolling out a new application to end-users takes only weeks. The system is continuously adapted while staying in production, which is aimed at reducing costs. BioXM technology enables:
expanding knowledge and integrating data from any source, refining decision making, connecting the dots explaining systems, and creating new hypotheses to visualise relationships between data networks.
www.biomax.com
existing informatics systems such as ELNs and LIMS; providing greater value to the organisation and its scientists.
www.acdlabs.com
Bruker Dash Reporting is a new system which brings customised reporting to all users of the EVOQ liquid chromatography mass spectrometer (LC-MS) and the SCION gas chromatography mass spectrometer (GC-MS). This new capability centres on Dash Designer, a purpose-built application that enables customers to position and closely format report elements and preview reports with relevant data. Bruker’s Pacer software is
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