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Laboratory Informatics: Moving the emphasis from ‘data in’ to ‘information out’

I remember coming across a quote some years ago along the lines of “A couple of days in the laboratory can save a couple of hours in the library”. There was a time when this sentiment typified the attitude of scientists; I’m here to do science, not dig around in the archives. Those days are [...]

IT as a Utility Information/launch meeting 4th Sept, Royal Society

ITaaU Information Event Tuesday 4th September 2012 At the Kohn Centre, Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AG London 14:00 – 17:00

Meeting programme will be updated at http://indico.vm11.omii.ac.uk/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=7

Welcome The Background: The Digital Economy RCUK Theme Introduction to the ITaaU Network ITaaU Events and Opportunities Design for Usable IT (USTWO) The ITaaU Network [...]

What is an Electronic Laboratory Notebook?

Some 10 to 15 years ago, there was a good deal of confusion about Electronic Lab Notebooks. When IQPC kicked off their series of annual ELN conferences in 2002, the questions were all about what is an ELN, how did they work, could they really replace the traditional paper lab notebook and would they stand [...]

Gurteen Knowledge Cafés

Although this site concentrates mainly on technical issues related to laboratory operations, we do occasionally touch on culture and behavioural issues as well. I like to portray the laboratory world as an ecosystem dependent on technology, processes and people. I’ve been writing a few things for Pharma IQ under the title Managing the Laboratory Ecosystem, [...]

IQPC ELN Conference – happy birthday!

The IQPC ELN conference celebrated its 10th birthday in Barcelona last week. As with some ‘application-centric’ conferences, it always seems slightly surprising that we can still find enough to talk about year on year. This year’s conference offered a familiar format of case studies, examples of best practice and topic-based discussion sessions, but there were [...]