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Electronic lab notebooks in biomedical research

Rory Macneil

Axiope

Idealab Bio-data day Edinburgh

1 June 2010

Electronic lab notebooks in biomedical research

What is an electronic lab notebook?

Why use an electronic lab notebook?

An ELN in action – some examples

What problem does an electronic lab notebook solve?

What is an electronic lab notebook?

Wikipedia

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

“A software program designed to replace paper lab notebooks”

What is an electronic lab notebook?

A simple tool for taking notes online

Evernote

Appeals to postdocs and grad students

What is an electronic lab notebook?

A collaborative research platform

Wikis

Appeal to PIs

What is an electronic lab notebook?

A wiki with structure . . .

Would appeal to everyone in the lab

What problem does an electronic lab notebook solve?

“We generate a wide diversity of types of data sets. The challenge is coordinating those types of data sets that fit together, keeping

them contained within projects, because the data sets are derived from different people within the lab.”

“We have a large number of people coming in and out of the lab, the challenge is keeping track of that data and integrating it in with

data from existing projects”

Why use an electronic lab notebook to solve the problem?

“The great thing about the eCAT electronic lab notebook is, it’s incredibly flexible in terms of how you can set it

up.”

Why use an electronic lab notebook ?

“We use eCAT as a cataloguing and archiving retrieval

system. We can keep catalogues of resources and protocols up to date and exchange that very effectively

between lab members”

Why use an electronic lab notebook ?

“It was a major surprise . . .

Transferring to an electronic lab notebook format is very easy”

Why use an electronic lab notebook?

“Because its web-based you can access eCAT from anywhere”

Why use an electronic lab notebook?

And the mystery source is . . .

Why use an electronic lab notebook?

Mike Shipston

Records with structure

An electronic lab notebook in action I

Build your own database

An electronic lab notebook in action II

Controlled sharing

Image advanced permissions page

An electronic lab notebook in action III

Focused communication

An electronic lab notebook in action IV

A familiar interface

An electronic lab notebook in action V

Thank you

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