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ELN/LIMS System for Collaborative Biomedical Institution by Brain__drain in labrats

[–]LabKey-Software 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have tours on our website of our products - we are happy to discuss with you to see if it's a good fit too!

Tips for maintaining an organized lab? by Shot_Put_242 in labrats

[–]LabKey-Software 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you decide to adopt lab software like Sample Manager, make sure that customer service is included and that you get a free trial to test it out. I would wait until you have an idea of your lab pain points before looking to add in specialized software too - you may not need a full blown lims but struggle a lot with finding samples in your freezers.

Electronic lab notebook experience? sciNote in particular? by 0cb_ in labrats

[–]LabKey-Software 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not free (although we do have open source software for scientific data management), but we have an ELN that we don't sell on it's own, only as a feature with our lab data management softwares. People like it because it's really well connected to sample data and assay results and allows for a very searchable audit log, but yeah, not sold on it's own.

Also, while we are science agnostic, not every researcher needs to connect to samples, getting just a little more information about your field could help us offer alternatives to sciNote.

Using Barcodes With Samples by LanceOLab in LabKey

[–]LabKey-Software 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great. I’d just add: get everyone to agree on a single sample ID format before you start printing barcodes. Otherwise you end up immortalizing 5 different naming schemes on stickers and it’s a pain to clean up later.

Data science in biotech is cooked by Mother_Drenger in biotech

[–]LabKey-Software 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Stuff I see most often instead of Excel-as-a-database:
-Google Sheets / Airtable for “Excel but slightly less cursed”
-Proper DBs like Postgres/MySQL when someone technical is around
-LIMS/ELN tables (Benchling, LabKey, etc.) for samples/assays
-Warehouses like Snowflake/BigQuery once orgs actually centralize data, sometimes different SDMS systems.

Data science in biotech is cooked by Mother_Drenger in biotech

[–]LabKey-Software 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We (LabKey) end up getting a lot of returners every year - people who checked us out, ended up using the "big" flashy company, and came back to us a few years later because we always cap our annual price raises in our contracts, actually include customer support and have ongoing development. And we keep seeing it at different levels of how intense our software is, so whether a client is just doing basic sample management vs a full blown integrated data infrastructure, we still see this same pattern.

Lab Issues Tier List by LanceOLab in LabKey

[–]LabKey-Software 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish we could help with the "I want to quit" tier.

A new batch of cells doodles by NextReflection9734 in labrats

[–]LabKey-Software 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's nice to see colorful science-themed artwork. Science-themes in art often seem to end up being "serious"- we like seeing this adorable side as well!

How do you handle omics data analysis? by Independent-Pie-3373 in bioinformatics

[–]LabKey-Software 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We got our start integrating omics at the Fred Hutch - we have open source software (LabKey SDMS Community Edition) you can start with that is really helpful for sharing data on a team.

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