| NEWS |
| 80-year Theory of Primordial Soup Origin of Life Rejected |
| For 80 years, it has been accepted that early life began in a 'primordial soup' of organic molecules before evolving out of the oceans millions of years later. The 'soup' theory has been challenged in a paper that claims it was the Earth's chemical energy, from hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, which kick-started early life ...continue |
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| Evidence that Evolution Impacts Ecology |
| Biologists have long known that ecology plays a significant role in forming new species and in modifying living ones. Some studies suggest, however, that evolutionary processes reciprocate by influencing ecology ...continue |
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| New Way to Screen Monster Drug Libraries |
| Researchers have devised an innovative way to solve the longstanding problem of screening through super-large libraries of potential compounds to find the most potent ligands ...continue |
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| New Computational Model Predicts Gene Function |
| Scientists have created a new computational model that can be used to predict gene function of uncharacterized plant genes with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The network, dubbed AraNet, has over 19,600 genes associated to each other by over one million links and can increase the discovery rate of new genes affiliated with a given trait tenfold ...continue |
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| New Species of Tyrannosaur Discovered in Southwestern U.S. |
| Paleontologists have discovered a brand new species of tyrannosaur in the Bisti/De-na-zin Wilderness of New Mexico. It is the first valid new genus and species of tyrannosaur to be named from western North America in over 30 years ...continue |
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| HIV Researchers Solve Key Puzzle after 20 Years |
| Researchers have made a breakthrough in HIV research that had eluded scientists for over 20 years, potentially leading to better treatments for HIV. The researchers have grown a crystal that reveals the structure of an enzyme called integrase ...continue |
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| ARTICLES |
| Thinking Beyond ELN |
A look at the informatics architecture model
Michael H. Elliott
Over the course of the last three years, electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) products have expanded their core capabilities to include functionality not envisaged in the early days of the “paper replacement” ELN. With the introduction of LIMS-like features, such as structured data management, request management, reporting, task workflow automation and new application modules, ELN is offering benefits across a wide range of laboratory types ...continue |
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| Validation Update: State of the Art 2009 |
Lack of documentation, system validation reflect all too common uncertainty
Sandy Weinberg, Ph.D. and Ron Fuqua, Ph.D.
The United States Food and Drug Administration has promulgated standards for the testing and management control of computer systems used in clinical testing, manufacturing execution systems (MES), laboratory information management systems (LIMS), computerized medical devices and other systems since 1985. This year is the fifth anniversary of the most recent formalization of those requirements, found in 21 CFR Part 11 ...continue |
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| Animal Stories: Justifying LIMS is a vicious and cruel task |
Those who best articulate benefits stand a chance, even in thin-budget times
Randy C. Hice
Animal stories make my day in the Denver Post each morning. The latest involved a lady walking to her car in Evergreen who was attacked in a parking lot by an elk. Now, elk are like deer on anabolic steroids, and there’s no joy in getting on their bad side ...continue |
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| Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Three regulatory scenarios |
If rules directly impact on life and death, wouldn’t you prefer an independent Umpire?
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Sandy Weinberg, Ph.D., and Ron Fuqua, Ph.D.
 There are three major pharmaceutical regulatory scenarios operating in different parts of the globe. If an organization is trying, with all good intentions, to conform to the regulatory requirements for a laboratory information management system (or any other aspect of regulated operations) understanding which scenario is in play is an excellent first step ...continue |
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| A New Snowboard will not Save Me |
Why meet and greet conferences don’t pay off
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Randy C. Hice
 Snowboarding has a much higher learning curve than skiing, largely due to the asymmetry of the techniques involved to successfully aim a small flat missile down a steep mountain, with your feet locked into bindings that do not release ...continue |
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| 10 Product Selection Tips |
Gloria Metrick
Stop! Read this list before making your next software purchase
The tips that follow are designed to help you select your next informatics product or other software you may plan to purchase ...continue |
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| PRODUCTS |
| Debra 5 |
| Debra 5 is a protocol-driven GLP-compliant laboratory information management system designed to meet the unique needs of an ADME laboratory environment ...continue |
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| iDEV |
| Cellomics iDEV intelligent assay development software combines a step-by-step assay setup with a more image-centric approach to assay design and optimization, including an “Easy Assay Optimizer” feature that enables multiple groups of biological states to be addressed simultaneously ...continue |
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| Symyx Notebook 6.3 |
| The Symyx Notebook 6.3 enables researchers to manage experimental workflows, capture intellectual property and share knowledge to gain scientific insight, all while optimizing time and resources in the laboratory ...continue |
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| SciLIMS |
| The three new versions of SciLIMS (Lab Group Edition, Samples Edition,and Samples Edition Lite) help to improve lab operations and reduce operating costs, including costs associated with IT administration and software development. With these products, labs have superior security and scalability over what can be achieved with an in-house deployment ...continue |
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| Geneious Pro 4.8 |
| The Geneious Pro software combines major DNA and protein analysis tools into one application with seamless communication between all forms. The system supports a list of file formats and runs on Windows, Max OS X, Linux and Solaris ...continue |
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| KnowItAll Informatics System 8.1 |
| The fully integrated software and database package provides scientific researchers multiple tools including database building and management, search, analysis, structure drawing and reporting ...continue |
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