Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-24 Thread Seiji Sugiman-Marangos
Thanks everyone for your responses. I've tried to summarize the suggestions and feedback from this thread: - This was a very small sample size, but overall ConturELN (http://www.contur.com) from Accelerys was the most popular option, followed by Labguru (http://www.labguru.com). Two others

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-18 Thread Anastassis Perrakis
Hi - Here at the NKI, we had formed a committee to look at ELN solution two years ago. We had interviewed three vendors, and run two tests with twenty users. A brief description of the outcome: 1. None of the twenty test-users was satisfied with any of the two solutions - and each was

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-18 Thread James Stroud
On Jan 18, 2012, at 6:17 AM, Anastassis Perrakis wrote: Here at the NKI, we had formed a committee to look at ELN solution two years ago. We had interviewed three vendors, and run two tests with twenty users. A brief description of the outcome: 1. None of the twenty test-users was

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-17 Thread Chris Morris
PiMS (Protein information Management System) is free for installation for academic use, and available at no extra charge to CCP4 licencees. There is also a hosted PiMS service provided by Instruct for all European academics. Here is the description of PiMS, from

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-17 Thread Charles Allerston
We use ConturELN. No complaints. cheers charlie -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Seiji Sugiman-Marangos Sent: 16 January 2012 21:29 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs Hi, off-topic question regarding

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-17 Thread Florian Brückner
Hi, we use ConturELN. It is quite simple to use, but not very sophisticated. The disadvantage is, there is no client for mac osx, so you have to use a terminal server or run Windows on your mac. Cheers Florian Am 16.01.2012 um 22:28 schrieb Seiji Sugiman-Marangos: Hi, off-topic question

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-17 Thread Berry, Ian
January 2012 16:39 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs Hi, we use ConturELN. It is quite simple to use, but not very sophisticated. The disadvantage is, there is no client for mac osx, so you have to use a terminal server or run Windows on your mac. Cheers

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-17 Thread Seiji Sugiman-Marangos
Thanks for the responses so far everyone. For those that have already replied, did you or your lab try out any other ELNs before deciding on the one that you are currently using? Any feedback on platforms that may not have integrated well into your lab environment? Why did you end up choosing

[ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-16 Thread Seiji Sugiman-Marangos
Hi, off-topic question regarding electronic laboratory notebooks. Our lab is planning on moving from paper to digital record keeping and I was wondering which of the available ELN platforms are being used by the ccp4 community. We are primarily a crystallography lab but we would also need some

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-16 Thread Sean Seaver
Hi, off-topic question regarding electronic laboratory notebooks. Our lab is planning on moving from paper to digital record keeping and I was wondering which of the available ELN platforms are being used by the ccp4 community. We are primarily a crystallography lab but we would also need some

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-16 Thread Alexei Korennykh
My lab uses http://biochemlabsolutions.com/ELN/ELN.html Best, Alexei. On 1/16/2012 5:03 PM, Sean Seaver wrote: Hi, off-topic question regarding electronic laboratory notebooks. Our lab is planning on moving from paper to digital record keeping and I was wondering which of the available ELN

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-16 Thread Francisco Hernandez-Guzman
@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Seiji Sugiman-Marangos Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 1:29 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs Hi, off-topic question regarding electronic laboratory notebooks. Our lab is planning on moving from paper to digital record keeping and I was wondering

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: ELNs

2012-01-16 Thread Chen Guttman
Hi Seiji, I would recommend Labguru (www.labguru.com) which is cloud-based ELN and laboratory management solution. This tool encompass the management of experiment and projects, connects between experiments and individual samples, manages the different storage facilities down to the single tube