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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 2300238 |
| Journal | Engineering in life sciences |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 9 Feb 2024 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Apr 2024 |
Abstract
Digitalization with integrated devices, digital and physical assistants, automation, and simulation is setting a new direction for laboratory work. Even with complex research workflows, high staff turnover, and a limited budget some laboratories have already shown that digitalization is indeed possible. However, academic bioprocess laboratories often struggle to follow the trend of digitalization. Due to their diverse research circumstances, high variety of team composition, goals, and limitations the concepts are substantially different. Here, we will provide an overview on different aspects of digitalization and describe how academic laboratories successfully digitalized their working environment. The key aspect is the collaboration and communication between IT-experts and scientific staff. The developed digital infrastructure is only useful if it supports the laboratory worker and does not complicate their work. Thereby, laboratory researchers have to collaborate closely with IT-experts in order for a well-developed and maintainable digitalization concept that fits their individual needs and level of complexity. This review may serve as a starting point or a collection of ideas for the transformation toward a digitalized laboratory.
Keywords
- automation, digitalization, FAIR data, LADS, SiLA2
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Biotechnology
- Chemical Engineering(all)
- Bioengineering
- Environmental Science(all)
- Environmental Engineering
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In: Engineering in life sciences, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2300238, 03.04.2024.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer review
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T1 - Digitalization concepts in academic bioprocess development
AU - Habich, Tessa
AU - Beutel, Sascha
N1 - Funding Information: The authors thank the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for funding within the National Joint Research Project Digitalization in Industrial Biotechnology (DigInBio). Grant number: FKZ 031B0463B. The authors would like to thank the Open Access fund of Leibniz University Hannover for the funding of the publication of this article. T.H. would like to thank Ferdinand Lange for his help with technical questions.
PY - 2024/4/3
Y1 - 2024/4/3
N2 - Digitalization with integrated devices, digital and physical assistants, automation, and simulation is setting a new direction for laboratory work. Even with complex research workflows, high staff turnover, and a limited budget some laboratories have already shown that digitalization is indeed possible. However, academic bioprocess laboratories often struggle to follow the trend of digitalization. Due to their diverse research circumstances, high variety of team composition, goals, and limitations the concepts are substantially different. Here, we will provide an overview on different aspects of digitalization and describe how academic laboratories successfully digitalized their working environment. The key aspect is the collaboration and communication between IT-experts and scientific staff. The developed digital infrastructure is only useful if it supports the laboratory worker and does not complicate their work. Thereby, laboratory researchers have to collaborate closely with IT-experts in order for a well-developed and maintainable digitalization concept that fits their individual needs and level of complexity. This review may serve as a starting point or a collection of ideas for the transformation toward a digitalized laboratory.
AB - Digitalization with integrated devices, digital and physical assistants, automation, and simulation is setting a new direction for laboratory work. Even with complex research workflows, high staff turnover, and a limited budget some laboratories have already shown that digitalization is indeed possible. However, academic bioprocess laboratories often struggle to follow the trend of digitalization. Due to their diverse research circumstances, high variety of team composition, goals, and limitations the concepts are substantially different. Here, we will provide an overview on different aspects of digitalization and describe how academic laboratories successfully digitalized their working environment. The key aspect is the collaboration and communication between IT-experts and scientific staff. The developed digital infrastructure is only useful if it supports the laboratory worker and does not complicate their work. Thereby, laboratory researchers have to collaborate closely with IT-experts in order for a well-developed and maintainable digitalization concept that fits their individual needs and level of complexity. This review may serve as a starting point or a collection of ideas for the transformation toward a digitalized laboratory.
KW - automation
KW - digitalization
KW - FAIR data
KW - LADS
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U2 - 10.1002/elsc.202300238
DO - 10.1002/elsc.202300238
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JO - Engineering in life sciences
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SN - 1618-0240
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