Dotmatics Studies Notebook is an Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) with flexible templating to capture, store and search experiments from all scientific disciplines.
Dotmatics Studies Notebook is an Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) with flexible templating to capture, store and search experiments from all scientific disciplines.
Features
Overview
What it does
Dotmatics Studies Notebook allows scientists to capture and store their experiments in a form that is easily searchable by all team members. It allows organizations to secure and audit IP and define signing workflows
Flexible protocols (implemented as templates) allow the single ELN to accommodate highly structured experiments such as synthetic chemistry and protein purifications, as well as more ad hoc experiment types often useful for target identification and discovery biology experiments. Ad hoc experiments are also often used to support a transition from paper based notebooks
Dotmatics Studies Notebook allows for collaboration on experiments by multiple scientists within or between organizations
Benefits
Simple – Single intuitive framework accommodates all experiment types
Flexible – Protocols that define experiment types can range from highly structured forms to be filled in, to collections of drag-and-drop files
Scientific – Captures scientific data types (and associated files) including molecules, reactions, sequences, images, videos as well as text and numeric
Intelligent – Sophisticated dashboards and navigation of experiments and notebooks to quickly find relevant information and to understand organizational performance
Integrated –
Create experiments directly from a Dotmatics Cascade request
Register experimental results directly into chemical (Register)
or biological (Bioregister) registration applications
Search data, optionally federated with data from other Dotmatics or third party databases, in Dotmatics Browser
Accessible – Web-based for easy deployment with no client install. Hosted on-premise or in the cloud. Browser-agnostic and available on mobile devices
Collaborative – Cloud-hosted deployments support external collaborations, with experiments transferable between partners
Key Features - General
A common notebook framework for all experiments
Protocols define different experiment types
Protocols can contain:
Form-based data entry sections for data fields consistent to each experiment instance
Ad-hoc (“paper-on-glass”) data entry sections to capture unique studies without having to create a new form each time
Drag-and-drop files directly into the ad-hoc section including office documents, PDFs, chemistry files (SD files, SMILES), sequence files (e.g., FASTA, FASTQ), images, and videos
Data from files (e.g., xlsx, molecules, sequences) parsed into database for powerful searching
In-line text and chart sections can be added at any time
Data secured in database and fully audited
Signing and countersigning workflow with notifications
Encrypted PDF captured and stored on completion of experiments
Experiment transfer between scientists for collaboration
Fully searchable
Navigation by notebook, experiment dashboards and experiment hierarchies
Connection to Dotmatics SDMS system allows documents/data from remote machines/instruments to be added to notebook sections
RESTful APIs for automation and integration
Key Features - Chemistry
Chemistry
Synthetic chemistry protocol
Enter reactions by drawing using Dotmatics Elemental or most third party drawing tools, lookup from a reaction from a previous experiment, or from a reaction database such as Reaxys (requires Reaxys license)
Enter or look up reagents
Stoichiometry table-auto-calculations and auto-naming of molecules
Reaction products can be registered directly from the notebook page and samples added to inventory
Out of the box integration to Dotmatics Register and Inventory
Integration to third-party registration and/or inventory systems via API
Write up with autotext for reagents/products/solvents etc.
Capture of QC data and files
Fully searchable reaction schemes
Integration with Dotmatics Reaction Workflows allow notebook experiments for library syntheses to be created directly from a library enumeration
Analytical chemistry protocol
Make and manage analytical requests
Manage samples
View analytical results
Key Features - Biology
Biology
Preconfigured protocols are available to support the diversity of biological experimentation
Discovery ELN protocol supports early-stage and investigatory biology research to simplify information capture
Structured protocols guide users through well-defined processes such as animal immunization and protein production and purification workflows, facilitating high quality, structured data capture
Tight, programmatic integration with Bioregister and Inventory mean entity definitions and resources can be accessed directly within the ELN, minimizing context-switching to other user interfaces. This streamlines workflows and minimizes disruption for scientists
Pull data from resources to utilize within your experiment
Register new entities, or log batches and samples into Inventory directly from ELN pages
Key Features - Chemicals & Materials
Chemicals & Materials
Implements diverse and complex of materials research workflows – flexible and configurable protocols
For highly standardized workflows, configuration-driven implementation creates interfaces that
Are clear, focused and transparent,
Minimize change management and
Maximize end-user adoption
For research innovation, ad-hoc interfaces allow researchers to capture ideas just like in a conventional lab notebook while digitally capturing and managing IP.
Access to relevant domain models – simplifies data capture and data management
Support for all chemicals industry and materials science relevant data types:
Synthetic chemistry,
Polymers,
Formulations, Samples,
As well as analytical data and physical characterization data.
Creates a platform to share knowledge and best practices
Supports data mining, visualization and analytics applications as part of Dotmatics’ research IT platform.
Protocol-driven workflows create a framework to encapsulate and share best practices across an organization and increase collaborative research output.