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Transforming data into better healthcare. Winter 2012

By Dr Jens Hoefkens
The healthcare industry is drowning in data for which it lacks established data analysis processes. This situation exists despite the fact that appropriate and efficient data analysis pro...

Saved by the BEL: ringing in a common language for the life sciences. Fall 12

By Ted Slater and Dr Diane H. Song
Established fields of study preserve their history and support advancement by developing and using a common language, without which those fields could not progress at a reasonable pace. T...

Biological analysis and interpretation for improved research outcomes. Spring 12

By Dr Douglas Bassett
In the last few years, technological advancements in the life sciences have
changed many ways in which we think about research. Next-generation
sequencing, qPCR and microRNA offer n...

The Information Symphony: data orchestration for a changing industry managing data on a platform for innovation. Spring 12

By Chris Molloy
A leading ballet conductor1 recently told me of courses which he runs for senior business leaders. He allows them to conduct an orchestra: first, very strictly, with close direction appli...

Simultaneous visualisation of attrition and timelines: funnel diagrams. Winter 11

By Dr Linda Hirons, Dr Craig Johnstone and Colin Sambrook-Smith
In drug discovery both attrition and timelines are important factors to consider when applying process improvement to lead optimisation. In our attempts to improve the visualisation of bo...

Latest weather forecast: more clouds on the horizon. Fall 11

By Peter Boogaard Drug Discovery
Cloud collaboration has allowed projects of previously unimaginable scale and scope to be constructed at an unmet price/performance ratio. Widespread access to Information and Communicati...

Combining chemists expertise and a computer's advanced capabilities to generate good ideas. Fall 11

By Dr Matthew Segall, Edmund Champness, Dr Chris Leeding, Dr Ryan Lilien, Dr Ramgopal Mettu and Dr Brian Stevens Drug
One of the defining challenges of drug discovery is the need to make complex decisions regarding the design and selection of potential drug molecules based on a relative scarcity of exper...

Selecting a LIMS for next-generation sequencing research. Summer 11

By Bruce Pharr and Dr Michael Kuzyk
Genomics has revolutionised the life sciences industry by combining human ingenuity with right-place/right-time serendipity. Advances in computer processing and storage have provided the ...




Enterprise ELNs as a foundation for preclinical drug development. Summer 10

By Simon Beaulah, Dr Paul Denny- Gouldson and Dr Scott Weiss
To have real business impact within preclinical drug development, Enterprise ELNs (Electronic Laboratory Notebooks) must provide a secure, scalable and searchable data management backbone...

Leveraging research informatics to accelerate drug discovery. Winter 09

By Dr Anirban Ghosh and Siddharth Sawhney
Research informatics has a vital array of tools which can advance the speed and success rate of drug discovery. This article discusses that if pharma companies want to benefit from these ...

Integrating computational methods and drug discovery avoiding pitfalls in chemical space. Winter 09

By Alexandre Ismail and Professor Philippe Manivet
The immensity of the task in discovering suitable molecules for development among the vast number which are theoretically available is well stated. With 90% of potentially efficacious com...

LIMS vs ELNs arch enemies or best of friends? Summer 09

By David Morris
Since the first appearance of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) in the late 1960s, this technology has become commonplace in many, if not most, research and commercial labo...

Biologists Flirt with Models. Spring 09

By Gordon Webster
The enormous challenge posed by the complexity of biological systems represents a potential intellectual impasse to researchers and threatens to stall future progress in basic biology and...

High content screening - the next challenge: effective data mining and exploration. Winter 2008

By Dr Kurt Zingler and Dr Stephan Heyse
The use of high content screening within HTS is growing and with many past hurdles now overcome, the need for effective tools for data analysis is becoming paramount.