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Guest Commentaries in Bio-IT World and Drug Discovery News

I’ve recently contributed guest commentaries to two industry publications: Bio-IT World and Drug Discovery News.  Following are brief summaries of the commentaries, with links to the full text.

 

Software Standards in Next-Gen Genomics

Standards are emerging in next generation sequencing (NGS), thanks mainly to the critical investments labs have made in instrumentation. Sequencing proceeds faster and produces higher quality results when labs are able to consistently and rapidly prepare samples for sequencing, monitor sequencing runs in real time, and deliver appropriately formatted data for analysis. Each of these capabilities can be supported with preconfigured workflows in a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) built to support the best practices associated with running a lab’s preferred instrumentation.

 

Data management that speeds—rather than impedes—advanced DNA sequencing applications

The data volumes produced by modern sequencing applications require new approaches to data management that center on the workflows prescribed by sequencers and the specific needs of two different types of users: lab technicians and lab directors. From my perspective, how labs choose to manage their data may very well determine which have the most success in applying DNA sequencing to the development of advanced molecular diagnostics and therapeutics.

 

Integrating LIMS in Three Steps

An article by two of my colleagues, Michael Kuzyk and Mike Sanders, and me recently appeared in Laboratory Equipment. The information is non-commercial and specific to integrating a LIMS to instrumentation in a genomics lab, but has broader applications. Here is a summary and a link to the full article.

 

A successful integration of instrumentation and LIMS encompasses three phases, each of which should be addressed out-of-the-box by the LIMS: integrating the LIMS with a lab’s preferred instrumentation; configuring and customizing the LIMS to track the quality of data coming off the instruments; and ensuring rapid, reliable access to instrument results and sample information. 

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