What digitalization in biology R&amp;D means for biotech companies and life scientists

Wong, Sybil; Pan, Mingke; Shaw, Allen; Gershater, Markus

doi:10.1038/s41587-022-01309-y

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“…Developing a digitalization strategy for an academic bioprocess laboratory is an interdisciplinary task. Laboratory workers have to work closely with IT‐experts in order to achieve a digital infrastructure that can be maintained and is supporting their laboratory work rather than hindering it [ 5 , 7 , 9 , 15 , 16 ]. This kind of collaboration is rarely found in academic bioprocess laboratories so even the smallest digitalization task can be a major challenge.…”

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Digitalization concepts in academic bioprocess development

Habich,

Beutel

2024

Engineering in Life Sciences

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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.

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