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| | November 11, 2015
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update | Volume 13, Issue 44 | | | In This Issue | | Articles | Does a LIMS really Benefit Management more than Scientists? It is surprising how often we hear scientists/lab technicians claiming that the LIMS only benefits Management. Why do they believe this and how can this belief be corrected in order to attain a successful LIMS project?
| | Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities | DUE December 10, 2015: Request for Response - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS3) The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), is soliciting bids for the acquisition of a new Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS3)
DUE: November 19, 2015 - BID/RFQ for a HLA Laboratory Information System 2015-0096 - HLA Laboratory Information System for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
DUE November 16, 2015: Invitation to Bid - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for Harris County Pollution Control Services
| | Recent News | 11/11/2015 - LIMS In Action At A Radiological, Environmental And Analytical Laboratory Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) specialist, Autoscribe Informatics, has published a new case study describing the use of the Matrix Gemini LIMS in a major Radiological, Environmental and Analytical Laboratory. The laboratory carries out radioanalytical analysis of environmental samples to provide support for characterisation and independent verification surveys. A LIMS was needed to replace its in-house relational database which could no longer be supported.
11/11/2015 - Case Study: How Hemacare improved business productivity with QA led Sample Management software implementation Freezerworks has released a case study detailing the implementation of its sample management software by HemaCare Bioresearch Products and Services to manage the inventory of its high quality blood product material for research.
11/10/2015 - STACS DNA Software Selected by Oakland County Sheriff’s Office for New DNA Lab STACS DNA Inc., the only DNA sample processing software provider, today announced that the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office has selected STACS-CW Enterprise for its new state-of-the art DNA laboratory.
11/10/2015 - Sapio Announces Exemplar NGS LIMS 2.0 with Hosted Option Sapio Sciences has announced the release of Exemplar Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) LIMS 2.0. Exemplar NGS LIMS 2.0 was designed and built from valuable lessons learned working with Sapio’s industry leading NGS customers in both the clinical and research space. Exemplar NGS LIMS 2.0 is also now optionally able to be deployed in a cloud environment instead of installing the software at the client’s premises.
11/04/2015 - LifeMap Sciences, a Subsidiary of BioTime, and Lab7 Systems Announce Partnership and Launch of Integrated NGS Analysis Solution LifeMap Sciences, Inc. (“LifeMap”), a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc., andLab7 Systems, Inc., announced today a partnership and launch of an integrated solution in the next-generation genomic sequencing (NGS) field, a multi-billion dollar, rapidly growing global market.
11/04/2015 - RURO Releases Sciency ELN Cloud RURO, Inc., a leading LIMS, and other sample management solutions provider announced that its Electronic Lab Notebook solution, Sciency® ELN, is now available as a subscription-based, cloud-hosted software service.
| | Upcoming Events | November 18, 2015: PEFTEC 2015 Exhibition and Conference PEFTEC 2015 Exhibition and Conference is for Companies specialising in monitoring and analytical technologies for the Petroleum, Refining and Environmental Industries. PEFTEC brings together an extensive conference and seminar programme on case studies,regulation, standards and analytical techniques with a focussed exhibition of product and service providers.
JANUARY 23, 2016: SLAS2016 SLAS2016 takes place January 23-27 in San Diego, California. Programmed by scientists and engineers for peers interested in leveraging the latest in scientific technology. Best-in-class information, innovation and inspiration at the intersection of science and technology. See www.slas2016.org for details and to register.
JANUARY 25, 2016: 11th Laboratory Informatics Summit Register by Friday, November 20, 2015 and receive up to US$700 off! January 25 - 27, 2016 - Philadelphia Timelines are tighter than ever before and informatics teams must constantly adapt to the changing demands of research science. Furthermore, periodic updates to your systems calls for a comprehensive implementation and integration strategy to ensure compatibility with existing lab systems, and also between multiple different vendors. Learn how to better Implement, Validate, Integrate & Analyze your laboratory data and information systems at the 11th Laboratory Informatics Summit, taking place January 25-27, 2016 in Philadelphia. Download the agenda on the website for further info. See you in Philly!
| | The LIMS Book | 2015 Edition of the Complete Guide to LIMS & Lab Informatics Released 
The LIMSforum group has released the 2015 Edition of the Complete Guide to LIMS & Lab Informatics. The electronic and print versions of the book are available at http://www.limsbook.com The eBook version is free. You can also send it to your Kindle. This new 2015 edition has over 400 pages of information with tons of information on features and functions for LIMS and LIS and complete vendor directories for LIMS, LIS, ELN, SDMS and CDMS products. There are over 30 LIMS vendors with complete pricing information as well. This resource is compiled from our LIMSwiki.org site so you will want to check back often as we will be releasing subsequent editions as the community updates the information. Any vendors who wish to be listed can do so by submitting your information and price lists to the LIMSwiki.org editor. Do get your free copy at: http://www.limsbook.com We also have a completely new site for the LIMSbook. It has many other books you will be interested in and all of them are completely free and open access. We will be adding a facility soon to allow you to create, publish and share your books freely. Also be sure and check out our search facilities. They will help you find just the information you need from our growing list of knowledge bases.
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