David Booth, Titian Software Ltd, London, UK
As high throughput technology is implemented across laboratories and research facilities on an ever-increasing scale, the generation of new biological entities (NBEs) continues to rise. In addition the explosion in the growth of ‘Biobanks’ presents ever more diverse samples requiring management - ranging from proteins, DNA and tissue, to agronomic seed banks and biodiversity species collections (alive and extinct).
Each of the above types of biological samples has widely differing requirements, operates under different legislation and has different usage patterns. From a sample management informatics and automation perspective, the presentation will look at how the Mosaic sample management system is evolving to meet the specific needs, by considering several biological sample management case studies. The presentation will show some of the collective requirements and the adaptation of automated systems for higher throughput situations.