We wander around the laboratory integration maze on this site and find all kinds of different angles to discuss about the subject, but it is important get back to root causes every so often in order to remind ourselves of what the real problem is that we are trying to solve.  Joe Liscouski has provided [...]

Daring to mention ‘Six Sigma’ and ‘laboratory’ in the same sentence can be the precursor to a lively discussion. For most scientists, the word quality is generally associated with laboratory output, not necessarily the process that generates the output. Nevertheless, we’ve been talking about workflow for years, but this is often in the [...]

One of our contributors, Joe Liscouski, has had an article, Managing Laboratories in the Informatics Age, published in the latest edition of Scientific Computing, reinforcing the message of his earlier post on The Integrated Lab, Why is integration in the laboratory important?.  (There is also an article by Gloria Metrick entitled Need to Contact Another [...]

It’s a way to go yet, but registration is open for LabAutomation 2010.  As well as the conference program and exhibition, there is a full range of short courses, many covering aspects of laboratory integration.

I just started to wonder about how many blogs there are about laboratory integration.  In the world of ELNs, I’m aware of these four:

Electric Note Books
My ELN Life
ELN Blog
e-Lab-book

Does anybody know of any blogs devoted to LIMS, Lab Automation, Laboratory Informatics, or indeed anything else to do with laboratory integration?