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Welcome to LIMSwiki.org, the laboratory, health, and science informatics encyclopedia. Users have contributed: 1,644 articles. LIMSwiki is a collaborative wiki dedicated to the scientific community, featuring organized, documented, and up-to-date content regarding all aspects of laboratory informatics, bioinformatics, and health informatics. LIMSwiki also strives to maintain relevant knowledge about laboratory equipment as well as commercial and open-source software likely to be used in a laboratory setting. This also includes the vendors of such equipment and software. Like any community wiki, the value and success of LIMSwiki is dependent upon the scientific community contributing their vast knowledge through the creation of relevant articles and editing of existing articles where knowledge is absent. If you wish to enrich the content of this wiki or have something of value to add, please request an account and get started.

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Featured article of the week "Enzyme immunoassay for measuring aflatoxin B1 in legal cannabis" The diffusion of the legalization of cannabis for recreational, medicinal, and nutraceutical uses requires the development of adequate analytical methods to assure the safety and security of such products. In particular, aflatoxins are considered to pose a major risk for the health of cannabis consumers. Among analytical methods that allow for adequate monitoring of food safety, immunoassays play a major role thanks to their cost-effectiveness, high-throughput capacity, simplicity, and limited requirement for equipment and skilled operators. Therefore, a rapid and sensitive enzyme immunoassay has been adapted to measure the most hazardous aflatoxin B1 in cannabis products. The assay was acceptably accurate (recovery rate: 78–136%), reproducible (intra- and inter-assay means coefficients of variation 11.8% and 13.8%, respectively), and sensitive (limit of detection and range of quantification: 0.35 ng mL−1 and 0.4–2 ng mL−1 ... (Full article...) Recently featured: ▪ The regulatory landscape of precision oncology laboratory medicine in the United States: Perspective on the past five years and considerations for future regulation ▪ Institutional ELN-LIMS deployment: Highly customizable ELN-LIMS platform as a cornerstone of digital transformation for life sciences research institutes ▪ Health care and cybersecurity: Bibliometric analysis of the literature — See more archived featured articles —

Popular content From implementing laboratory informatics solutions to analyzing the Cannabis plant, here is some of our most popular content:   The Complete Guide to LIMS & Laboratory Informatics The Laboratories of Our Lives: Labs, Labs Everywhere! Laboratory Information Systems Project Management: A Guidebook for International Implementations, care of APHL LIMSpec 2019 R1, a laboratory informatics specification Past, Present, and Future of Cannabis Laboratory Testing and Regulation in the United States, Third Edition COVID-19 Testing, Reporting, and Information Management in the Laboratory Comprehensive Guide to Developing and Implementing a Cybersecurity Plan ON THE WIKI: LIMSjournal - Laboratory Technology Special Edition

LIMSwiki books Examples of books printed from Wikipedia A LIMSwiki book is a collection of LIMSwiki articles that can be easily saved to the wiki, rendered electronically in PDF, or ordered as a printed book. Need to know more about LIMSwiki books? Create a book - use the book creator User help – help with using the tool Advanced help – help with advanced functions FAQ – a FAQ regarding the tool Feedback – report and track bugs Bookshelf Browse all 54 LIMSwiki books.

Laboratory informatics software and products Are you looking for LIMS software? An electronic laboratory notebook? Or perhaps laboratory equipment? Try these suggestions: All active lab equipment and software vendors CDS vendors past and present ELN vendors past and present LIMS vendors past and present LIS vendors past and present SDMS vendors past and present Misc. informatics software vendors past and present Additional tools: Laboratory and scientific informatics consultants Key laboratory informatics vendors and software Inactive informatics software vendors Classifications of vendors LIMS vendors by industry

LIMSwiki journal articles Open-access articles becoming more common A LIMSwiki journal article is a selected open-access article relating to various fields of informatics, free to republish elsewhere with proper citation. You can browse the collection using the tools below. Also note that like other articles found on this wiki, journal articles can be added to LIMSwiki books. For a full listing of journals — open-access and otherwise — relating to laboratory informatics, bioinformatics, and other forms of informatics, please see LIMSWiki:Resources/Journals. Journal articles Browse all 309 journal articles. All 26 journal articles about informatics in general · All 80 journal articles about health informatics

Open-source software Looking for open-source software solutions to make your lab or office more efficient? Try these locations: All open-source software options, by category Open-source ELN software Open-source LIMS software Open-source LIS software Open-source SDMS software

Additional LIMSwiki resources We've created several resources for users of the wiki over the years, including the LIMSwiki informatics resource portal, which contains among other tools: Magazines, journals, and blogs Organizations, not-for-profits, and special interest groups Conferences and trade shows Consultants Knowledge base, research, and reference Educational programs, training, and certifications These resources have received a thorough refresh as of July 2021.

Additional information Latest news July 1, 2021: This quick update is to inform you that after some neglect, the education section of the LIMSwiki Resource center has finally received an update. Time was short to check everything in each higher education facility's record, but all education program URLs were verfied and updated extensively. In a few cases, additional or new programs were added when found. This resource was originally developed in 2013, and in 2016 it received an update. It was very much in need of a refresh (particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged many higher education programs), and I finally found a little time to get it done. Happy educational program hunting! Shawn Douglas (talk) 23:49, 1 July 2021 (UTC)   June 17, 2021: For several decades, laboratory informatics veteran Joe Liscouski has been sharing his professional experiences and wisdom with clients and the broader public. From discussions on the role of the "laboratory automation engineer" and instrument data systems in the laboratory to webinars about implementing informatics systems, Liscouski has shared his knowledge with others in various ways over the years. We've compiled some of his more important works into a special edition of LIMSjournal for wiki readers. The content appears in order of publication, spanning from 2006 all the way to as recently as April 2021. The content can be read here on the wiki, and if you're a registered member of LIMSforum, you can also download the content in eBook format. Enjoy. Shawn Douglas (talk) 21:24, 17 June 2021 (UTC) — Read more archived news —