Infotrieve/ELN is electronic laboratory notebook software designed to securely collect, store, analyse and share data among biologists, chemists, regulatory, quality assurance and records management
Infotrieve reports that the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Acacia Research's CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics (CMD) Group, have separately adopted the Infotrieve/ELN electronic laboratory notebook for the management of scientific protocols, data collection and data sharing.
The Infotrieve/ELN is an enterprise-wide electronic laboratory notebook software designed to securely collect, store, analyse and share data among biologists, chemists, regulatory, quality assurance and records management professionals.
It is the first enterprise-wide ELN system to receive the full endorsement of the Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association (Censa) and has also been named top data management product for two consecutive years by Scientific Computing and Instrumentation magazine.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is implementing the Infotrieve/ELN for the high throughput screening of small molecules.
The university houses one of nine National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Molecular Libraries Screening Centers that were established through a $88.9 million NIH Roadmap initiative.
Each institution will be funded for three years to develop a collaborative research network that will use high-tech screening methods to identify small molecules that can be used as research tools.
"With the increased volume of high throughput data we anticipate generating, we needed to increase our data storage and sharing capabilities," said John Lazo, Allegheny foundation professor of pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and principal investigator of Pittsburgh Molecular Libraries Screening Center.
"The Infotrieve/ELN provides the storage capabilities we need, including the ability to attach raw data files of any type to notebook entries".
"Also, the system is easily adaptable, eliminating the need to re-tool our current information architecture".
The Infotrieve/ELN will also be implemented across Acacia Research's CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics (CMD) Group, which is developing a platform technology to produce customizable arrays as semiconductor-based tools for use in identifying and determining the roles of genes, gene mutations, and proteins.
The investment in the ELN is CMD's initiative to eliminate paper record keeping and replace it with electronic data storage.
The ELN will be integrated into the lab's wide range of research projects for cancer diagnostic development and testing.
"As illustrated by the differing applications in these two prestigious labs, the Infotrieve/ELN is a flexible solution for replacing paper laboratory notebooks in any organization," noted Kevin Glacken, vice president of sales at Infotrieve.
"As a provider of a cross-disciplinary electronic laboratory notebook, Infotrieve's solution is useful to both traditional corporate biopharmaceutical laboratories and limited environments requiring a single workflow."
