LIMSWiki:LIMSforum and LIMS/LI annual top 50

This page was created to collect most of the commented and active threads from the LIMSforum and LIMS/LI user groups hosted on LinkedIn. (Threshold is three or more comments.) 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.

Commented and Active Posts from LIMSforum and LIMS/LI Post # Title Author Forum Year - Month Comments Likes 47. Friday prophecy about future of LIMS vendors. What’s your opinion? Janecek Michael 2013 - 10 25 4 48. 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 Aleksandr Iakovlev 2013 - 10 14 2 49. The highly automated and integrated lab to the extreme John Jones 2013 - 10 11 4 50. Has anyone setup a wireless network dedicated for lab instrumentation such that it is not mixed with regular network traffic? John Jones 2013 - 10 11 5 50. May i request you to provide me, LIMS reliability check questionaire? Srinivasa Prasad 2013 - 10 9 0 50. Webinars on clinical labs? Rebecca Fein 2013 - 10 7 0 50. Which system works best for the Life Science Research Lab? Please post a comment to elaborate John Jones 2013 - 10 6 5 50. Setting up a small analytical lab. Wanting to set up a LIMS system to work with our company management information system which is Oracle. My previous experience LIMS experience was through Thermo. Carl Epps 2013 - 10 6 3 50. Specimen Storage - Clinical Laboratory. What are the various types of Alerts / warnings and corrective action that user expect for the specimen storage (all specimens in clinical lab) from LIS? Akbar Basha 2013 - 10 5 3 50. How do typical research labs and CROs record data? David Gurevich 2013 - 10 3 1 40. Which LIS do you use in your clinical laboratory? John Jones 2013 - 09 19 3 43. Dear all, Please recommend the leading LIMS suppliers for R&D (pathology, QC, Genomic research and Marker discovery applications) in Crop science (BioAgri) space? Hareesh Reddy Kalavakunta 2013 - 09 15 2 43. Do you make use of Business Analytics within your lab? John Jones 2013 - 09 14 5 45. How do you find good Laboratory Informatics professionals? John Jones 2013 - 09 13 3 44. LIMS for biotechnology Luiz Antonio Falaguasta Barbosa 2013 - 09 12 3 46. Dear Everyone, Can anyone inform me that STAR LIMS is full compliant to ISO17025? And comparison of Star LIMS with Labware Asad Roman 2013 - 09 11 5 46. I have a starting working with a Lab that only provides urine screening for both prescription and illegal drugs. What open source LIMS/LIS would be the best fit for this type of Lab? Rick Stock 2013 - 09 7 0 46. HTML5 & Javascript versus native app development for mobile applications John Jones 2013 - 09 6 2 46. Dear all, I would like to know if it is possible to engage with one LIMS player for all Global R&D (Biotechnology) requirements? if possible, Suggest a supplier? If not, when can this be possible? Hareesh Reddy Kalavakunta 2013 - 09 4 0 46. All new LIMS Book & Buyer's Guide released on-line for 2013/14 John Jones 2013 - 09 3 2 46. Public health laboratories around the world Shawn Douglas 2013 - 09 3 0 41. Is your LIMS/LIS integrated with EHR systems? John Jones 2013 - 08 11 2 42. When looking for LIMS developer consultants what is most important? John Jones 2013 - 08 10 1 42. Anyone successfully implement RFID sample tracking in a LIS/LIMS? Matt Nielsen 2013 - 08 8 2 42. How does your lab train and track staff training? John Jones 2013 - 08 6 2 42. What article topics in the area of Laboratory & Health Informatics are you interested in? John Jones 2013 - 08 6 2 42. A simple way to improve your web browsing experience John Jones 2013 - 08 5 3 42. What's the next big thing in Laboratory, Scientific & Healthcare Informatics? John Jones 2013 - 08 5 1 42. Do you use RSS to keep up with news? John Jones 2013 - 08 4 0 38. Can someone recommend a LIMS software package or Web based system for a small lab? Catherine McCord 2013 - 07 26 6 39. Open Source is racing to the top! Can it do the same for LIMS John Jones 2013 - 07 24 4 39. Patent Challenge Lyndon Castro 2013 - 07 8 1 39. Starlims seems to be comeup or least use Mobile Lims as their USP Deepak Ganesan 2013 - 07 7 3 39. POC device data flow questions Gail Wallace 2013 - 07 7 1 39. LIMS as an innovation engine Avrum Goodblatt 2013 - 07 6 3 39. How we should automate bill of material for performing lab investigations for commercial control. Dharmendra Sharma 2013 - 07 6 1 39. What is X bar chart and how can it be used for effective quality management Kishore Sirigiri 2013 - 07 6 1 39. Good evening everybody Please! Need for help! I have searches about the protocol "Astm e 1381/1394" and I did not find enough explanation concerning its functioning Abir Kaaniche 2013 - 07 6 0 39. What do you think about automatic approval for LIS (Laboratory Information System). Which parameters must be in the automatic approval system? Özgür Özbek 2013 - 07 4 2 39. has anyone successfully run predictive analytics on their LIMS data? I'd like to chat if so. Matt Barnes 2013 - 07 3 1 33. How to find a LIMS consultant to help with your LIMS project? John Jones 2013 - 06 27 5 34. Can anyone tell me what is the difference between customization and configuration in the LIMS world? Mukunth Venkatesan 2013 - 06 19 6 35. Clarification on FDA Regulations Jeff Urbanczyk 2013 - 06 15 6 36. How important is it for you to be able to do ad-hoc reporting of your LIMS data John Jones 2013 - 06 15 2 37. Does this article make sense to you as a LIMS users? John Jones 2013 - 06 12 3 37. Have you started using tablets within your lab yet? John Jones 2013 - 06 9 6 37. How important is LIMS documentation to your success with a LIMS? John Jones 2013 - 06 7 2 37. Electronic Cross Matching - Blood Tushar Sampat 2013 - 06 6 2 37. For those of you in the commercial testing labs, what CRM do you use? John Jones 2013 - 06 5 3 37. Can anyone recommend medical billing software or services? John Jones 2013 - 06 5 1 37. Could I please receive feedback on this scientific informatics resource directory? Shawn Douglas 2013 - 06 4 0 37. LIMS Software cost in INDIA Pradeep Divvela 2013 - 06 3 3 30. Does anyone can help me in preparing the Functional Specifications for SAP LIMS integration as in what details should be covered in that? Suman Malik 2013 - 05 14 1 31. Can anyone recommend a LIMS Solution with an offline working order entry? Melissa Kokel 2013 - 05 14 0 32. Getting data in and out of Labware LIMS - preferably without files. Advice required. David Joyce 2013 - 05 10 1 32. Can a Lab Analyst become a successful LIMS Administrator? It would be great if people can share their thoughts or experiences on this topic. Priti Soni 2013 - 05 5 2 32. Is there any data standard that can be used in LIMS for communicating with Chromatography Data System? Tushar Sinkar 2013 - 05 4 2 32. Does anyone here could advise if there is any available solution (freeware) or sourcode pertaining to Microtiter plate, that is configurable. wherein user would be able to create templates? Meiler Rene Manguiat 2013 - 05 4 0 32. How we can find a good LIMS Demostration to look into it? Now, I find all Demo is so abstract! Jason (Jian Sun) 2013 - 05 4 0 32. Help for my LIS. José Luis Regalado 2013 - 05 3 2 25. Has anyone implemented Mirth for exchanging data between LIS and EHR? John Jones 2013 - 04 30 4 26. How should one go about learning LIMS in general or a particular LIMS package? John Jones 2013 - 04 26 4 27. Blood banking and tracking software requirements John Jones 2013 - 04 20 3 28. What are some good solutions & techniques for Instrument Interfacing? John Jones 2013 - 04 18 5 29. 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. Pankaj Brohma 2013 - 04 17 0 16. Current List of LIMS Vendors. Please check it to make sure it is accurate and complete John Jones 2013 - 03 49 8 17. 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? Adam Wahlund 2013 - 03 29 5 18. Why do you hate your LIMS? Peter Nollert 2013 - 03 23 1 19. 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? George Maguire 2013 - 03 13 1 20. What is the easiest way for a lab to define their LIMS requirements? John Jones 2013 - 03 11 1 21. Migration of LIMS, ELN to a new platform is a big challenge these days. Does anyone in this group experienced in this upgrade? Somnath Mukherjee 2013 - 03 11 1 22. 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? Angelo DePalma 2013 - 03 11 0 23. Measurement of Uncertainty in a LIS Matt Nielsen 2013 - 03 10 2 24. 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 Saikumar Karyala 2013 - 03 10 1 7. Why Laboratory Informatics Programming is Often So Poor Gloria Metrick 2013 - 02 24 3 8. Request for comment on LIMS Features John Jones 2013 - 02 23 0 9. What interface to provide in an Instrument for good LIMS / Middleware compatibility? Andy Atkinson 2013 - 02 22 1 10. Are science software archives useless? Avrum Goodblatt 2013 - 02 22 1 11. Data silos and you, thoughts/opinions? How do we break these things down? Rebecca Fein 2013 - 02 14 3 12. Data Exchange Between Lab Equipment and Modern PC’s Steven Zobrist 2013 - 02 14 2 13. I would like group feedback on the list of lab informatics providers shown on the home page of LIMSwiki.org Shawn Douglas 2013 - 02 13 0 14. Looking for scheduling software for shared lab equipment Jens Karlsson 2013 - 02 12 1 15. The top 10 questions about the People's Liberation Army's cyber attacks John Jones 2013 - 02 11 1 1. What's the resistance to open source? Rebecca Fein 2013 - 01 20 3 2. U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to disable the Java software on their computers John Jones 2013 - 01 17 7 3. 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? Ruth Clinton 2013 - 01 17 1 4. 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. Rob Day 2013 - 01 12 6 5. Telling folks to stop using Java is a bit like telling the Chinese to stop breathing air John Jones 2013 - 01 11 6 6. 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 John Malusky 2013 - 01 10 1 44. The challenge of open source... Rebecca Fein 2012 - 12 42 1 45. Independent Requirements Definition Service For LIMS Projects from a LIMS vendor? Hmmm. John Jones 2012 - 12 23 3 46. The cloud tipping point - 2012 seems to have been the year. When will labs follow suit? John Jones 2012 - 12 18 0 47. Another funny Dilbert Cartoon related to LIMS pricing and other such mysteries John Jones 2012 - 12 15 4 48. Is a Lab Execution System just another name for a LIMS? John Jones 2012 - 12 13 5 49. 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 Adriana Sanchez 2012 - 12 13 3 50. What is the proper role of comparison shopping in Health Informatics? Rebecca Fein 2012 - 12 9 4 42. Are serial port based instruments still common in the lab? John Jones 2012 - 11 24 2 43. A problem with LIMS on an internal network Ivan Popov 2012 - 11 15 0 39. Is there a reason for a lack of innovation in the LIMS industry? John Jones 2012 - 10 17 4 40. 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... Frederic Buisson 2012 - 10 11 1 41. Use of digital signatures on final reports Neill Rosenthal 2012 - 10 10 0 32. Do it Yourself (DiY) LIMS. Is it right for your lab? Are you a software developer or a lab? John Jones 2012 - 09 26 0 33. The DiY LIMS... Does this Dilbert cartoon remind you of anything? John Jones 2012 - 09 18 4 34. Switching from a paper lab notebook - help and suggestions needed. Pawel Lorkiewicz 2012 - 09 14 0 35. In the environmental analytical contract lab industry, are value-added services becoming "the norm" and part of clients' expectations? Katharine Kaye 2012 - 09 12 2 36. LIMS final reports and the need to edit those reports John Jones 2012 - 09 12 1 37. 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! Robert Melkus 2012 - 09 12 0 38. Web Browser based apps have been the trend for about 10 years now. What is next? John Jones 2012 - 09 8 2 26. When defining your lab's informatics requirements, what are the key points to cover? John Jones 2012 - 08 28 3 27. Announcement from LIMS/Laboratory Informatics- 8/14/2012 Terry Iorns 2012 - 08 24 2 28. Are LIMS and LIS the same thing? John Jones 2012 - 08 21 3 29. Is there much diffeence in chemstation and empower Shital Yadav 2012 - 08 21 1 30. How do you use laboratory informatics tools / processes to support lean concepts in your lab? Katharine Kaye 2012 - 08 14 4 31. NGS LIMS Alex Birch 2012 - 08 11 0 22. What do you use for Data Mining, especially in drug discovery ? Johann Lauthier 2012 - 07 19 1 23. Is there a list of LIMS, ERP or SDMS solution that are based (or at least able to manage) chemical structures? Lionel Colliandre 2012 - 07 14 1 24. Thoughts about our current Logo Alex Birch 2012 - 07 14 0 25. Suggestions on how to migrate LIMS data from a legacy LIMS to a new LIMS John Jones 2012 - 07 8 6 20. Does "Big Data" apply to Lab Informatics in ways other than Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)? John Jones 2012 - 06 26 1 21. Stand alone Blood Bank application. Rodney Tinsley 2012 - 06 12 0 17. Does Open Source have some advantages when it comes to validation? John Jones 2012 - 05 27 1 18. Suggestions for an inexpensive barebone LIMS Pujing Pan 2012 - 05 19 3 19. What is the most important trend for Lab Informatics Software? John Jones 2012 - 05 12 3 11. It's time to run Java out of town, are LIMS built on Java the next to go? John Jones 2012 - 04 44 2 12. Is there any use or need for a Wiki in the laboratory? John Jones 2012 - 04 32 3 13. Anyone know of a solid QBD (quality by design) program for small scale PD? Needs to be OPC Matt Barnes 2012 - 04 14 0 14. Are there any good work group collaboration tools that can be an alternative to a LIMS? John Jones 2012 - 04 10 1 15. 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. Mohammed-Amin Madoui 2012 - 04 9 4 16. Is the iPad the future of lab data management and scientific collaboration? Rob Day 2012 - 04 8 2 5. Is a LIMS the platform of choice for the future "Integrated Lab" John Jones 2012 - 03 36 1 6. Does anyone use a Serial-to-Ethernet device to interface lab software to serial instruments? John Jones 2012 - 03 24 0 7. 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 Siva Venugopal 2012 - 03 23 4 8. How would you rate the quality of Open Source Software compared to commercial software John Jones 2012 - 03 22 0 9. What is the best LIMS for next-generation genomics/Sequencing samples? Chintan Desai 2012 - 03 10 3 10. Documenting and diagramming business processes James Smith 2012 - 03 10 1 3. The most comprehensive list of LIMS Vendors / Products in the industry John Jones 2012 - 02 83 40 4. What LIMS systems do you have experience with? Jason Pelish 2012 - 02 58 2 1. Will Cloud Computing do to licensed software companies what the internet did to magazines & newspapers? John Jones 2012 - 01 75 3 2. Here's a question for LIMS professionals: Do you have professional laboratory experience where you've performed tests and analyses? Jason Pelish 2012 - 01 26 2