The Role of LIMS in Facilitating Seamless Lab Collaboration
Now that the summer holidays are over, and that research project of yours is back in full swing, we thought it would be a great time to round up all the tools available in Lockbox Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to collaborate with your lab as you get back to your projects.
- Share Updates with People (Lab Chatter): If you’ve been wondering why you can’t post updates to your lab team the same way you post updates to your friends on Facebook, wonder no more. With Lockbox LIMS Lab Chatter, you can share updates with lab mates, collaborate in Lab Chatter groups, and view updates made to Samples, Boxes, Studies, etc.
- Create, Share, and Organize Files: Post files of any format to feeds and records, share files with collaborators in the Lockbox cloud, and sync files between your local machine and Lockbox LIMS.
- LIMS Email: Supercharge your research collaboration by sending email right from Lockbox. Use email templates to increase productivity and ensure consistent messaging across your research team. Track both outbound and incoming email in Lockbox LIMS, so that you have a complete 360 degree view of all your team’s communication with customers, PI’s, and collaborators.
- Collaborators Portal: The Lockbox LIMS Collaborator’s portal is a great way to share information and collaborate with people outside your institution who are key to your research such as external P.I.’s or CRO’s. Use easy point-and-click branding tools or Visualforce to create branded collaboration spaces.
- Activities: Activities include events and tasks. With Lockbox LIMS, track lab meetings and research tasks together in lists and reports to easily prioritize your time and keep up with your projects, studies, and workflows.
- Notes: Stay organized and on top of all your studies by adding notes to samples, participants, visits, protocols, and storage.
- Tasks: Keep your to-do list in Lockbox and stay right on top of your research studies, participants, papers, and samples. Lockbox gives you different tools to maximize productivity—quick ways to create and update tasks, prefiltered task lists, and task notification options.
- Events and Calendars: Use Lockbox LIMS to track meetings with collaborators, P.I’s, and lab staff members. Drill down from events to related records, feeds, files, contracts, and more. You can also track events in reports.
- Activities Reports: Run standard or custom reports that display details about your tasks or events and their related studies, participants, visits, samples, and equipment.
- Microsoft® or Google Applications: Integrate the Lockbox LIMS with your existing Microsoft or Google applications like Microsoft Outlook®, Word, Gmail™, or Google Calendar™.
If you have any questions about how to implement these features in your instance of Lockbox LIMS, please reach out to your customer success rep. If you are interested in purchasing the Lockbox Laboratory Information Management System for your team, please click on the “Contact Us” link on the top of this page and someone from our sales team will be in touch.