Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
$25,000.00
Development of Digital Laboratory Information Management System
FY 2019-20
Summary
Activation Laboratories Ltd. (Actlabs) is a multinational analytical testing laboratory providing services to the mining, life sciences, agriculture, materials and forensics industries with headquarters located in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Currently, Actlabs uses an older version of PHP and MySQL to achieve a support site that is still interdependent on the older LIMS systems. This poses a challenge for Actlabs as the legacy information systems suffer from typical uses of being disjoined, not being able to meet the ever-growing customer demands and users suffering from long wait times.With Actlabs supporting the world with over 25 laboratories in 12 countries, there has been a strong need to transition to a fully developed digital platform - a system that is usable globally to organize their processes and data on a global scale.Actlabs has approached Lambton College's Information Technology and Communication Research Centre (ITCRC) to develop a Laboratory Information Management System (Digital Platform - LIMS 4) to manage samples and associated data. This system will provide automated workflows, integrated instruments and sample management. The success of this project will provide Actlabs with a digital platform that is scalable to improve efficiencies and has full functional integration with Actlabs information/sample flow to improve the data integrity. It will also allow Actlabs to deploy to any location with minimal customization required.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
548590-2019
Name nom
Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
26621
Institution établissement
Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
802
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information systems and technology
Area of application fr
Systèmes d'information et technologie de l'information
Research subject code
2720
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Computer systems software
Research subject fr
Logiciel de systèmes informatiques
Installment
inst:1 - 1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Development of Digital Laboratory Information Management System
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Activation Laboratories Ltd. (Actlabs) is a multinational analytical testing laboratory providing services to the mining, life sciences, agriculture, materials and forensics industries with headquarters located in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Currently, Actlabs uses an older version of PHP and MySQL to achieve a support site that is still interdependent on the older LIMS systems. This poses a challenge for Actlabs as the legacy information systems suffer from typical uses of being disjoined, not being able to meet the ever-growing customer demands and users suffering from long wait times.With Actlabs supporting the world with over 25 laboratories in 12 countries, there has been a strong need to transition to a fully developed digital platform - a system that is usable globally to organize their processes and data on a global scale.Actlabs has approached Lambton College's Information Technology and Communication Research Centre (ITCRC) to develop a Laboratory Information Management System (Digital Platform - LIMS 4) to manage samples and associated data. This system will provide automated workflows, integrated instruments and sample management. The success of this project will provide Actlabs with a digital platform that is scalable to improve efficiencies and has full functional integration with Actlabs information/sample flow to improve the data integrity. It will also allow Actlabs to deploy to any location with minimal customization required.
