LIMSWiki:LIMSforum and LIMS/LI annual top 50

This page was created to collect from each year the most commented and active threads from the LIMSforum and LIMS/LI user groups hosted on LinkedIn. Topics 05 - May come and go based upon how active the forums are. The LIMSforum's goal is to "connect, share, and learn about laboratory, scientific, and healthcare informatics," while LIMS/LI is more focused on laboratory informatics.

2013 Top 50

2013 Top 50 Posts from LIMSforum and LIMS/LI # Forum Month Comments Likes Author Post 1. 01 - January 20 3 Rebecca Fein What's the resistance to open source? 2. 01 - January 17 7 John Jones U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to disable the Java software on their computers 3. 01 - January 17 1 Ruth Clinton Im looking for a good lims system for a lab that turns over abour 10000 per year. Employs 8 people and does soil and water testing. Any suggestions? 4. 01 - January 12 6 Rob Day Thinking of building your own system? You may enjoy this interview with small biotech that decided to build their own sample tracking system from scratch. 5. 01 - January 11 6 John Jones Telling folks to stop using Java is a bit like telling the Chinese to stop breathing air 6. 01 - January 10 1 John Malusky I am looking for a low cost highly functional lab middleware program to tie in Beckman and Siemens analyzers. Looking for auto verify and qc tracking 7. 02 - February 24 3 Gloria Metrick Why Laboratory Informatics Programming is Often So Poor 8. 02 - February 23 0 John Jones Request for comment on LIMS Features 9. 02 - February 22 1 Andy Atkinson What interface to provide in an Instrument for good LIMS / Middleware compatibility? 10. 02 - February 22 1 Avrum Goodblatt Are science software archives useless? 11. 02 - February 14 3 Rebecca Fein Data silos and you, thoughts/opinions? How do we break these things down? 12. 02 - February 14 2 Steven Zobrist Data Exchange Between Lab Equipment and Modern PC’s 13. 02 - February 13 0 Shawn Douglas I would like group feedback on the list of lab informatics providers shown on the home page of LIMSwiki.org 14. 02 - February 12 1 Jens Karlsson Looking for scheduling software for shared lab equipment 15. 02 - February 11 1 John Jones The top 10 questions about the People's Liberation Army's cyber attacks 16. 03 - March 49 8 John Jones Current List of LIMS Vendors. Please check it to make sure it is accurate and complete 17. 03 - March 29 5 Adam Wahlund Hi, we´re doing a research about cloud-lims. Please help us answer this question. Would you buy a Lims directly online and store your data on external server? 18. 03 - March 23 1 Peter Nollert Why do you hate your LIMS? 19. 03 - March 13 1 George Maguire I have a catalog of substances that i am trying to upload as an SDF. I have the drawings in various formats but not SDF. Any advice? 20. 03 - March 11 1 John Jones What is the easiest way for a lab to define their LIMS requirements? 21. 03 - March 11 1 Somnath Mukherjee Migration of LIMS, ELN to a new platform is a big challenge these days. Does anyone in this group experienced in this upgrade? 22. 03 - March 11 0 Angelo DePalma Do any end-users in this group have positive or negative experiences with LIMS or ELNs that they would like to share with the readers of Lab Manager Magazine? 23. 03 - March 10 2 Matt Nielsen Measurement of Uncertainty in a LIS 24. 03 - March 10 1 Saikumar Karyala LIMS: Sapio Exemplar Vs. Genologics Clarity: Has anyone had experience implementing these systems in a mid capacity NGS core. We offer most of the NGS pipelines including Sanger sequencing. Thanks 25. 04 - April 30 5 John Jones Has anyone implemented Mirth for exchanging data between LIS and EHR? 26. 04 - April 26 4 John Jones How should one go about learning LIMS in general or a particular LIMS package? 27. 04 - April 20 3 John Jones Blood banking and tracking software requirements 28. 04 - April 18 5 John Jones What are some good solutions & techniques for Instrument Interfacing? 29. 04 - April 17 0 Pankaj Brohma Why there are rare LIMS Consultants with SAMPLE MANAGER experience? we are facing difficulties in finding potential candidate for our Client. Please let me Know the reason. 30. 05 - May 14 1 Suman Malik Does anyone can help me in preparing the Functional Specifications for SAP LIMS integration as in what details should be covered in that? 31. 05 - May 14 0 Melissa Kokel Can anyone recommend a LIMS Solution with an offline working order entry? 32. 05 - May 10 1 David Joyce Getting data in and out of Labware LIMS - preferably without files. Advice required. 33. 06 - June 27 5 John Jones How to find a LIMS consultant to help with your LIMS project? 34. 06 - June 19 6 Mukunth Venkatesan Can anyone tell me what is the difference between customization and configuration in the LIMS world? 35. 06 - June 15 6 Jeff Urbanczyk Clarification on FDA Regulations 36. 06 - June 15 2 John Jones How important is it for you to be able to do ad-hoc reporting of your LIMS data 37. 06 - June 12 3 John Jones Does this article make sense to you as a LIMS users? 38. 07 - July 26 6 Catherine McCord Can someone recommend a LIMS software package or Web based system for a small lab? 39. 07 - July 24 5 John Jones Open Source is racing to the top! Can it do the same for LIMS 40. 08 - August 19 3 John Jones Which LIS do you use in your clinical laboratory? 41. 08 - August 11 2 John Jones Is your LIMS/LIS integrated with EHR systems? 42. 08 - August 10 1 John Jones When looking for LIMS developer consultants what is most important? 43. 09 - September 14 5 John Jones Do you make use of Business Analytics within your lab? 44. 09 - September 12 3 Luiz Antonio Falaguasta Barbosa LIMS for biotechnology 45. 09 - September 13 3 John Jones How do you find good Laboratory Informatics professionals? 46. 09 - September 11 5 Asad Roman Dear Everyone, Can anyone inform me that STAR LIMS is full compliant to ISO17025? And comparison of Star LIMS with Labware 47. 10 - October 25 4 Janecek Michael Friday prophecy about future of LIMS vendors. What’s your opinion? 48. 10 - October 14 2 Aleksandr Iakovlev Can you tell LIMS suitable for scientific chemistry lab? I want to store data about the samples and the data of their research. I would be very grateful if you could tell open source solutions 49. 10 - October 11 4 John Jones The highly automated and integrated lab to the extreme 50. 10 - October 11 3 John Jones Has anyone setup a wireless network dedicated for lab instrumentation such that it is not mixed with regular network traffic?

2012 Top 50

2012 Top 50 Posts from LIMSforum and LIMS/LI # Forum Month Comments Likes Author Post 1. 01 - January 75 3 John Jones Will Cloud Computing do to licensed software companies what the internet did to magazines & newspapers? 2. 01 - January 26 2 Jason Pelish Here's a question for LIMS professionals: Do you have professional laboratory experience where you've performed tests and analyses? 3. 02 - February 83 40 John Jones The most comprehensive list of LIMS Vendors / Products in the industry 4. 02 - February 58 2 Jason Pelish What LIMS systems do you have experience with? 5. 03 - March 36 1 John Jones Is a LIMS the platform of choice for the future "Integrated Lab" 6. 03 - March 24 0 John Jones Does anyone use a Serial-to-Ethernet device to interface lab software to serial instruments? 7. 03 - March 23 4 Siva Venugopal Today, Excel is widely used for data capture/performing some basic data analysis tasks. Based on our study, we found below listed challenges ..Read More 8. 03 - March 22 0 John Jones How would you rate the quality of Open Source Software compared to commercial software 9. 03 - March 10 3 Chintan Desai What is the best LIMS for next-generation genomics/Sequencing samples? 10. 03 - March 10 1 James Smith Documenting and diagramming business processes 11. 04 - April 44 2 John Jones It's time to run Java out of town, are LIMS built on Java the next to go? 12. 04 - April 32 3 John Jones Is there any use or need for a Wiki in the laboratory? 13. 04 - April 14 0 Matt Barnes Anyone know of a solid QBD (quality by design) program for small scale PD? Needs to be OPC 14. 04 - April 10 1 John Jones Are there any good work group collaboration tools that can be an alternative to a LIMS? 15. 04 - April 9 4 Mohammed-Amin Madoui Hi, did anyone use a LIMS for sequencing core facility? I am now testing Gnomex wich is open source and designed for highthrouput sequencing platform. That looks to give us satisfaction. 16. 04 - April 8 2 Rob Day Is the iPad the future of lab data management and scientific collaboration? 17. 05 - May 27 1 John Jones Does Open Source have some advantages when it comes to validation? 18. 05 - May 19 3 Pujing Pan Suggestions for an inexpensive barebone LIMS 19. 05 - May 12 3 John Jones What is the most important trend for Lab Informatics Software? 20. 06 - June 26 1 John Jones Does "Big Data" apply to Lab Informatics in ways other than Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)? 21. 06 - June 12 0 Rodney Tinsley Stand alone Blood Bank application. 22. 07 - July 19 1 Johann Lauthier What do you use for Data Mining, especially in drug discovery ? 23. 07 - July 14 1 Lionel Colliandre Is there a list of LIMS, ERP or SDMS solution that are based (or at least able to manage) chemical structures? 24. 07 - July 14 0 Alex Birch Thoughts about our current Logo 25. 07 - July 8 6 John Jones Suggestions on how to migrate LIMS data from a legacy LIMS to a new LIMS 26. 08 - August 28 3 John Jones When defining your lab's informatics requirements, what are the key points to cover? 27. 08 - August 24 2 Terry Iorns Announcement from LIMS/Laboratory Informatics- 8/14/2012 28. 08 - August 21 3 John Jones Are LIMS and LIS the same thing? 29. 08 - August 21 1 Shital Yadav Is there much diffeence in chemstation and empower 30. 08 - August 14 4 Katharine Kaye How do you use laboratory informatics tools / processes to support lean concepts in your lab? 31. 08 - August 11 0 Alex Birch NGS LIMS 32. 09 - September 26 0 John Jones Do it Yourself (DiY) LIMS. Is it right for your lab? Are you a software developer or a lab? 33. 09 - September 18 4 John Jones The DiY LIMS... Does this Dilbert cartoon remind you of anything? 34. 09 - September 14 0 Pawel Lorkiewicz Switching from a paper lab notebook - help and suggestions needed. 35. 09 - September 12 2 Katharine Kaye In the environmental analytical contract lab industry, are value-added services becoming "the norm" and part of clients' expectations? 36. 09 - September 12 1 John Jones LIMS final reports and the need to edit those reports 37. 09 - September 12 0 Robert Melkus I had some questions regarding LIMS pricing 1) Typically are user licenses & server renewed on an annual basis? I read through the 2012 buying guide and I wasn't clear on this. Thanks! 38. 09 - September 8 2 John Jones Web Browser based apps have been the trend for about 10 years now. What is next? 39. 10 - October 17 4 John Jones Is there a reason for a lack of innovation in the LIMS industry? 40. 10 - October 11 1 Frederic Buisson hi all , is it necessary to have our LIMS software validated by the FDA to sold and install it in the US ? some of my friends says no and others said yes ......Thanks for your informations... 41. 10 - October 10 0 Neill Rosenthal Use of digital signatures on final reports 42. 11 - November 24 2 John Jones Are serial port based instruments still common in the lab? 43. 11 - November 15 0 Ivan Popov A problem with LIMS on an internal network 44. 12 - December 42 1 Rebecca Fein The challenge of open source... 45. 12 - December 23 3 John Jones Independent Requirements Definition Service For LIMS Projects from a LIMS vendor? Hmmm. 46. 12 - December 18 0 John Jones The cloud tipping point - 2012 seems to have been the year. When will labs follow suit? 47. 12 - December 15 4 John Jones Another funny Dilbert Cartoon related to LIMS pricing and other such mysteries 48. 12 - December 13 5 John Jones Is a Lab Execution System just another name for a LIMS? 49. 12 - December 13 3 Adriana Sanchez Hello Everyone, Can anyone give me an overview of the advantages of using STARLIMS in a mining laboratory in comparison to another LIMS system (we are currently running CCLAS-Ventix). Thanks 50. 12 - December 9 4 Rebecca Fein What is the proper role of comparison shopping in Health Informatics?