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Comment on Peace in our Time? R&D and the IT Department by Helen

Helen — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:51:30 +0000

I really enjoyed this article. Your assertions make a lot of sense. Thanks for the insightful information!

Comment on Semantic annotation of experimental records by alexander garcia

alexander garcia — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:46:44 +0000

I read your article “Where do ideas come from”; I co-authored the paper “Annotating Experimental Records using Ontologies”. I do agree with you, KM is not so much about technology as it is about people -common sense knowledge. The work we reported in that paper, as well as a lot of our experience during that project indicate that knowledge requires human design. the technology can help and facilitate delivering tools to manage knowledge, but arguing for discovering de novo knowledge is a hard case. within the LIMS context, again from our experience, we found that ontologies and semantic technology can help; for instance, discovering reusable components in scientific workflows, retrieving similar cases so that researchers can take advantage of previous experiences in the laboratory, and also supporting retrospective studies -how is my current work related to something someone else did long ago (based on the data and the protocols involved). Interestingly, researchers cant easily reuse the previous experience that has been developed in the laboratory. Our conclusion has been that ontologies and semantic technology can help, but in order to deliver a software environment that can make a difference one always needs to do human centric and participatory design.

Comment on Is the cloud ready to cross the chasm in R&D? by John Jones

John Jones — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:01:16 +0000

Peter, take a look at a posting I recently made on the LIMSforum discussing Crowdsourcing of Science.

http://lnkd.in/6XhEsb

I would be interested in your thoughts on this concept. My own feelings are that crowdsourcing is only just now getting started in a real way and cloud computing and social media are enabling technologies for this concept.

Comment on Why is integration in the laboratory important? by Madeline Raymond

Madeline Raymond — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:03:26 +0000

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Comment on The iPad in the laboratory? by Wolfgang Rumpf

Wolfgang Rumpf — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:41:14 +0000

It’s inevitable that some device *like* the iPad, if not the iPad itself, will become the defacto way of recording information for both general R&D research as well as clinical research. I can’t even count how many of our customers at Rescentris have asked for an iPad client for our ELN (CERF)!

Comment on AnIML – An interview with Burkhard Schaefer by Laboratory Data and Information Management | The Integrated Lab

Laboratory Data and Information Management | The Integrated Lab — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:40:53 +0000

[...] The event programme is available from the link above, but here’s a few of personal observations and highlights from the presentations. Burkhard Schaefer gave an update on progress with the emerging AnIML data interchange standard, placing an emphasis on the cost savings that can be achieved through the elimination proprietary approaches. One specific design feature of the AnIML standard is the provision of a generic data container (AnIML Core) which offers the storage, not only of the analytical data, but also sample information and method information, including the instruments and software used. It is interesting to speculate to what extent this container could serve as the core of a new type of LIMS or ELN where the complete sample or experiment record exists entirely independently of the ‘system’ that created it. There’s a podcast of an interview I conducted with Burkhard Schaefer here. [...]

Comment on Semantics and ELNs by simonc

simonc — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:13:54 +0000

Hmmm Blogging during the Royal Wedding service – isn’t that a capital offence?

Comment on More On John’s SmartLab Exchange Think Tank by Burkhard Schaefer

Burkhard Schaefer — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:21:49 +0000

It’s an interesting thought. Having data standards and the right tools in place would turn integration from being a pain to a commodity.

We could then focus on the actual science and data analysis. After all, integration creates value, not the integration project.

Getting all of our data into the same format would allow us to make use of data in new ways. We could do cross-pipeline data analysis. We could mine the data – no way which instrument or technique it was acquired with. This would allow us to look back through the drug pipeline and to identify success factors and bottle necks across processes.

Comment on SmartLab Exchange by More On John’s SmartLab Exchange Think Tank | The Integrated Lab

More On John’s SmartLab Exchange Think Tank | The Integrated Lab — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:25:35 +0000

[...] More On John’s SmartLab Exchange Think Tank By Gloria Metrick, on March 11th, 2011 In John Trigg’s wrap-up of the SmartLab Exchange, the other day, he gives an overview of the Think Tank he ran: http://theintegratedlab.com/2011/03/smartlab-exchange/ [...]

Comment on It’s Time For Pittcon by Burkhard Schaefer

Burkhard Schaefer — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:36:06 +0000

I’m looking forward to Pittcon as well. If you’re interested in AnIML or data standards, that’s an excellent conference to attend. For the AnIML task group, it’s the show we meet at every year. Collaborating virtually has become so easy with WebEx, Google Docs and SourceForge – but there’s nothing that replaces a face-to-face meeting every once in a while.

I’ve written a blog post summarizing the AnIML activities at Pittcon.

Comment on SmartLab Exchange by Elisabeth Goodman

Elisabeth Goodman — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:19:31 +0000

Many thanks for the reference to my blog John, and for filling me in on the last 2 sessions that I missed! I absolutely agree with you about the quality of the event overall, and about the location.

Comment on AnIML – An interview with Burkhard Schaefer by SmartLab Exchange | The Integrated Lab

SmartLab Exchange | The Integrated Lab — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:06:10 +0000

[...] and abetted by a case study of AnIML in action by Mike Ludlow of LGC Pharmaceutical Services. See AnIML – An interview with Burkhard Schaefer for information about AnIML. AnIML is an XML-based standard that is developed under the umbrella [...]

Comment on AnIMLs and Seahorses by AnIML – An interview with Burkhard Schaefer | The Integrated Lab

AnIML – An interview with Burkhard Schaefer | The Integrated Lab — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:05:11 +0000

[...] Schaefer By John Trigg, on February 17th, 2011 I recently posted an update on progress with AnIML (Analytical Information Markup Language) based on a visit to LabAutomation2011. Since then, I have been invited by IQPC to conduct an [...]

Comment on AnIMLs and Seahorses by John Trigg

John Trigg — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:29:52 +0000

The interview will be posted here within the next day or so.

Comment on AnIMLs and Seahorses by John Jones

John Jones — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:11:03 +0000

I see you will have a podcast interview with Burkhard Schaefer. Is there a place where I can go to hear that podcast when it is available and do you have any other podcasts available to listen to?