LABORATORY AUTOMATION FOR IT PROFESSIONALS

This course is available in two forms:
• Option 1: one-day stand-alone course available as either a
public offering or on-site course
• Option 2: half-day course that serves as a preamble to the
"Manager's Guide to Lab Automation & Technology Management"
course. It is recommended for on-site programs that include a
combination of both this half-day session and the Manager's Guide
course. The half-day session is intended to provide an introduction to
lab instrumentation.

Why is this course important?

Laboratory computing is essential to the operation of R&D and quality
control labs. While some aspects (office applications) are similar to
other groups in the company, labs have unique computing and regulatory
requirements that may not be covered by traditional IT policies. An
understanding of laboratory requirements will help both IT and lab
groups develop policies for support, product selection, and the
integration of the lab into the general corporate computing environment.

Purpose

These short-courses will introduce IT professionals to lab automation,
what it is, what the processes are, how labs work [research, QC
examples], the state of data interchange standards, LIMS, ELN,
instrument automation and instrument data systems, the use of robotics,
and regulatory issues.

The full-day course is a stand-alone session covering the topics noted
above. The half-day course will introduce IT professionals to lab
instruments, how automation is applied to them, and a general model for
instrument automation that can be used to understand other
instrument/automation systems. The remaining material will be covered in
the second part of the program: the Manager's Guide course. Having
both lab and IT personnel attend the second session together will give
them:
• a basis for understanding the planning requirements for lab
automation,
• the ability to build a working / planning relationship
between the groups, and,
• a basis for building successful automation programs.
Additional information can be found at:
http://www.institutelabauto.org/LAE-SC-2/index.htm

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Joe Liscouski, Director
Institute for Laboratory Automation
http://www.InstituteLabAuto.org
j.liscouski@...
The Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization