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Automation Friendly Labware
Labware is one of the most crucial components that props up a solid lab automation system because everything must rely on the consistency...
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Aug 6, 20204 min read
How to Sell a Lab Automation Project to Management
Automation can greatly increase throughput and precision of lab automation tasks, but it can also lead to a lot of problems if approached...
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Aug 5, 20203 min read
Useful Windows Scripting Tools for Lab Automation
Batch scripting provides the classic command prompt (cmd) control easy enough for anyone to get started with. This is a great way to...
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Aug 4, 20209 min read
Device Error Handling in the Lab Environment
You certainly can't expect automation devices to work every time. Once you get a system dialed in, they have impressive repeatability,...
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Aug 3, 20203 min read
Closing the Loop on Lab Automation - Machines Running Machines
Sounds tricky right? We accomplished this infrastructure by developing custom software tools. The different platforms described below...
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Aug 2, 20203 min read
Developing and Managing Lab Automation Projects
Managing automation projects is a lot like managing other IT projects.. not something that your average scientist has done a lot of. So...
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Aug 1, 20204 min read
Controlling Lab Devices Through the Network
Most lab automation devices these days communicate through ethernet port, with some still using methods like USB. In order to integrate...
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Jul 26, 20205 min read
The Worklist - Providing Lab Automation Instruments Instructions to Carry Out Experiments
There are many ways to create a protocol for controlling lab automation instruments, but the strategy of the worklist is currently how...
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Jul 25, 20204 min read
Software Development for Non-Engineers
How does someone without a software engineering background go about developing software? The answer is pretty simple, it requires vision...
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Jul 12, 20203 min read
Automated Compound Management for Drug Discovery
Most pharmaceutical R&D groups have a centralized compound management group, freeing up the other chemist and biologists jobs to create...
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Jul 11, 20201 min read
Automation Scripting for Scientists - How to Get Your Feet Wet with Programming in the Lab
Why would a scientist learn programming? Do you like math? Do you like strategy games or puzzles by chance? My taste for these things...
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Jun 28, 20206 min read
Automated Compound Synthesis in Drug Discovery
Traditional early drug discovery processes are slow, and often the most costly part of the drug discovery process. I work in a group that...
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Jun 27, 20204 min read
Integrating Analytical Chemistry Equipment into Lab Automation Systems
These days, many labs are using the mass spectrometer (MS) as a detector for early stage screening viability of new drugs. This is...
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Jun 21, 20203 min read
What Business School Teaches Us About IT Projects
So what did I learn in my business classes about IT projects anyway? A lot actually. In his famous paper, IT Doesn’t Matter, Nicholas...
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Jun 18, 20205 min read
Core Technology in the Lab of the Future
Intuitive, automated, software-driven. The lab of the future empowers scientists for new discovery, and frees up their time to focus on...
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Jun 14, 20204 min read
Does Lab Automation Take Scientist Jobs?
We all here about how automation is taking away jobs in industries around the world. In pharmaceutical R&D settings, it’ may be an...
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Jun 13, 20203 min read
The Real Value of Lab Automation
Why scientists should embrace laboratory automation like our lives depend on it If you are a scientist in the pharmaceutical industry,...
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Jun 7, 20205 min read
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