AgileBio

AgileBio
Laboratory information management systems
Industry software, lab equipment
Founded June 1, 2002 (2002-06-01) in Paris, France
Founder Pierre Rodrigues
Headquarters Paris, France
Products LabCollector, Barcode Discount, Storage Accessories
Website agilebio.com

AgileBio is a laboratory information management systems (LIMS) company headquartered in Paris, France, focusing on open source technology. It was founded on June 1, 2002 by the virologist Pierre Rodrigues.[1] The company's best-known product is LabCollector, a program that creates a lab intranet for centralized data management and collaboration. Other AgileBio brands include Barcode Discount and Storage Accessories.

History

In 1998, Pierre Rodrigues, a graduate of the Pasteur Institute with a virology Ph.D., created Molecular Biology Shortcuts, a portal on which scientists could exchange laboratory information. In 2002, this project grew into a company called JustBio.com, soon renamed AgileBio, headquartered in Paris.[2]

AgileBio focuses on open source technologies such as Linux, PHP, Perl, PHP, C##, and mySQL.[3] The company opened a US office in San Diego, California, in 2014.[4]

LabCollector

LabCollector logo

AgileBio's flagship product is LabCollector, a modular, cross-platform LIMS program that creates an intranet linking a lab's computers for paperless, centralized data management.[5] LabCollector also includes an electronic lab notebook; a data logger for temperature, carbon dioxide, and humidity; and a workflow manager.[6] The program supports wireless devices and can be accessed by all common Internet browsers.[6] Its features include sample management, tracking, and batching; data and equipment sharing; custom reporting; data warehousing and backup; and instrument management.[7] LabCollector can also create printable linear 1D and Datamatrix 2D barcodes for sample tracking.[8]

The first version of LabCollector was designed for academic labs and released in 2002. Later versions were adapted for many different types of labs, and according to AgileBio's database, the program is now used in more than 600 labs worldwide.[9] A free version for small labs was released in 2016.[4] As of March 2016, LabCollector has a Capterra rating of 4 out of 5 stars.[10]

Functions later added to LabCollector include:

  • 2012: LabCollector PTS, which allowed collaborative protein production and monitoring,[11] and a new version of LabCollector’s Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), which featured an improved user interface and further options for collaborative work[12]
  • 2013: the ability to remotely control 2D rack scanners[13][14] and a new content editor for ELN[15]
  • 2014: an application programming interface,[16] a search engine that allows users to search for chemical substructures as well as visually construct chemical reactions,[17][18] a QueryBuilder for improved data mining,[19] and a module to monitor SNP genotyping workflows[20]

Other brands

AgileBio's Barcode Discount brand was founded in 2001. It offers a range of products for scanning biometrics and barcodes.[21] AgileBio also maintains Storage Accessories, an online store specializing in lab storage equipment.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "AgileBio". Crunchbase. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "History". AgileBio. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "AgileBio". Epidemics. 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Agilebio Introduces Its Free Version". BioSpace. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Florent Chuffart and Gaël Yvert (9 April 2014). "MyLabStocks: a web-application to manage molecular biology materials". Yeast. Wiley-Blackwell. 31: 179–184. doi:10.1002/yea.3008. PMC 4019915. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 Ntsefong, Godswill Ntsomboh (29 April 2015). Innovative and Efficient Laboratory Management. Xlibris US. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-5035-6436-7.
  7. ↑ "LabCollector Modules". AgileBio. 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Features". AgileBio. 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Some LabCollector usages". AgileBio. 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "LabCollector by AgileBio". Capterra. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "AgileBio releases LabCollector PTS: collaborative application for protein production". Lab Bulletin. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Electronic Lab Notebook". Clinical Lab Products Magazine. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Full-Web LIMS". Clinical Lab Products Magazine. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  14. ↑ Thomas, Sarah (21 May 2013). "BioTillion RFID BoxMapper Integration in AgileBio's LabCollector v4.9". Select Science. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "LIMS LabCollector". Scientific Computing World. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "Integrated API / Web Service". AgileBio. 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "AgileBio Debuts Chemical Structures Tools for LIMS". Clinical Lab Products Magazine. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  18. ↑ "Chemical Structures Tools Added to LIMS and ELN". Bioscience Technology. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  19. ↑ "LIS Custom Report Add-On Enables Data Mining". Clinical Lab Products Magazine. March 3, 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016. Accessed via HighBeam Research.
  20. ↑ "LabCollector Module Monitors SNP Genotyping Workflows". Clinical Lab Products Magazine. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  21. ↑ "Barcode Discount". AgileBio. 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  22. ↑ "Storage Accessories". AgileBio. 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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