Re: LIMS for genotyping and sequencing

From: Jerry Tuneberg (jerryt@dnatools.com)
Date: Fri May 19 2000 - 08:59:13 EDT


I want to thank Austin for his kind remarks.
We just moved offices and have been down for a week so his
thank you is a little late in coming.

Austin Diamond wrote:

> Hello Tim
>
> We been using dnaLIMS (from a company called dnaTools, based
> in Colorado) for a couple of months now, to handle sequencing
> requests for our ABI377-96, and are very pleased with the way it is
> working out. No more bits of paper everywhere! More to the point,
> we have had fairly universal enthusiasm from our customers (we
> have about 110 registered users) who find it easy to use and really
> like the way they get their results back pretty well as soon as the run
> is finished (by automated email) and also the fact that they are then
> held, pasword protected, on the server indefinitely. Although I
> cannot claim to have completed extensive market research, my
> impressions are that it compares favourably with other packages for
> features and is more reasonably priced than some. I'm not sure that
> it handles genotyping data, however. You can find out all you need
> from their website www.dnatools.com. - or I can provide you with
> more details if you want to contact me directly (I have no interest in
> the company other than as a customer)
>
> Best wishes
>
> Austin Diamond
>
> On 3 May 00, at 11:07, Timothy D. Howard wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with a laboratory information management system (LIMS) for a genotyping and sequencing lab? We are considering ABI's products, SQL*GT for data tracking and BioLIMS for data management. Any input, good or bad, would be appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tim Howard, Ph.D.
> > Center for the Genetics of Asthma & Complex Diseases
> > University of Maryland, Baltimore
> > 108 N. Greene St.
> > Baltimore, MD 21201
> > Ph: (410) 706-1690
> > FAX: (410) 706-1644
> >
> >
>
> Dr Austin G Diamond
> Molecular Biology Unit
> Medical School
> University of Newcastle upon Tyne
> Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, U.K.
>
> Tel +44 (0)191 222 8612
> Fax +44 (0)191 222 8612

-Jerry
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Jerry Tuneberg MCIS
970-689-9268 p
970-226-8723 f
jerryt@dnatools.com
http://www.dnatools.com



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