Blogs

Here are two recent and interesting articles, representing two different perspectives on the adoption of Electronic Lab Notebooks.  On the one hand we have a summary of the commercial strategies behind some of the recent merger and acquisition activity in the ELN market place: The Battle for the Lab (published in Chemical and Engineering News), [. read more

Although this site concentrates mainly on technical issues related to laboratory operations, we do occasionally touch on culture and behavioural issues as well. read more

Our media partner Pharma IQ, a division of IQPC, is conducting a survey on Predicted Trends for 2015 in Laboratory Informatics.  Please follow the link to participate in this survey, and feel free to invite any of your colleagues to contribute. read more

IQPC’s SmartLabs Exchange celebrated it’s 7th birthday in Brussels with two and a half days of presentations, discussions and meetings on topics related to laboratory innovation, data management, informatics, operational excellence and automation. read more

The commercial ELN industry is well into its second decade, and although the market penetration is still relatively low, a number of organisations , mainly in the Life Sciences sector, are leading the way in replacing paper lab notebooks with ELNs. read more

There’s been a lot of interest in the potential of iPads as electronic laboratory notebooks, with arguments for and against.  On the positive side, the form factor and portability are equivalent or possibly better than a paper lab notebook, and very cool!  But this has to be weighed against safety and spillage issues in a [. read more

During March I will be running a series of 6 webinars, in conjunction with IQPC, under the title ELNs Master Class.  The webinars will cover: The Basics: What is An ELN? Establishing ELN User Requirements and Potential Benefits Dealing with ELN Business Requirements IT Considerations for an ELN Deployment Developing a Business Case for the [. read more

The America Invents Act mandated a series of reports to be published in order to provide guidance to Congress to formulate policy, or to consider any necessary revisions to the legislation. read more

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening’s 1st annual conference and exhibition, SLAS2012, was held in San Diego, California, USA on Feb 4-8th. read more

One of the original concepts of this website was to provide a simple portal to published information and opinion about managing laboratory information. read more