Ocimum Bio launches a new lab info systems swap programme

Ocimum Biosolutions has launched its new data/Lab Information Management Systems (LIMS) Swap Program.

Ocimum Bio’s new LIMS Swap Program will allow organizations that are currently using Data/Lab Information Management Systems (LIMS) that are no longer meeting their needs to trade-in these systems for its world-class Laboratory Information Management Solution, Biotracker LIMS.

Biotracker is a specialty Lab Information Management Solution for enhancing productivity and effectiveness in life sciences research laboratories. Biotracker addresses the challenges of supporting multi-disciplinary labs, collaboration and data management needs.

Biotracker offers several specialty modules that address the needs in life sciences research laboratories performing biobanking, gene expression, genotyping, DNA sequencing, and/or proteomics.

Biotracker LIMS solutions that can be exchanged through this program include COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf), home grown and custom systems. This limited time offer will allow organizations to leverage their previous investment in order to secure Ocimum Biosolutions’  robust, scalable and flexible LIMS solution, Biotracker LIMS, Ocimum Bio said in a press release.

”Other LIMS providers have offered trade-in programs before. What makes this program so revolutionary is the inclusion of home grown and custom built data/lab management systems,” said Howard Rosenberg, Executive Director – LIMS.

Biotracker has the facility to manage expression data and related information and is Affymetrix GeneChip GCOS and Command Console (AGCC) compliant which means that the interface is seamless and out of the box.

Biotracker supports the integration of the Thermo NanoDrop for quantitative OD and the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer for qualitative OD RNA quality analysis. BAC arrays Biotracker’s dynamic SOP protocol capability can not only create the experimental design, but also the associated workflow and SOP all in one go.

Biotracker’s features include adaptive workflows, configurable database, bio-instrument communication, advanced searching, bio-specimen genealogy & chain of custody, inventory management, personnel accreditation, cost management and invoicing, configurable 21CFR11 compliance, advance bar coding, resource scheduling, reporting, auto-accessioning and protocol management.

Ocimum Biosolutions is an integrated genomics services company based in Hyderabad, India. Ocimun Bio has offices in Gaithersburg, MD in the US and The Netherlands.

Ocimum provides comprehensive genomic reference databases, life science lab information management solutions, GLP-compliant microarray services and essential research consumables.

Ocimum Bio has over 2/3rd of the top 25 pharma companies, leading research institutes and emerging biotech companies as outsourcing partners.

Ocimum Bio develops bio IT solutions to support drug development programs from pre-clinical target development and toxicogenomic assessment to clinical biomarker identification and patient stratification.

In May, Ocimum Biosolutions BV launched its genomic services on the Affymetrix platform in Europe from its facility in IJsselstein, The Netherlands.

Ocimum will perform Gene Expression studies on the Affymetrix platform initially. The move into the European market is part of Ocimum’s strategy to have a network of service centers in close proximity to leading genomics researchers.

Ocimum’s European center would also now generate and analyze genomic and gene expression data with the same quality and attention to detail as it replicated the same protocols which are used in its GLP compliant Gaithersburg facility. This will make