Course Overview

NEW! Introduction to Laboratory Automation: Detailed Description

If you are developing an interest in lab automation, or are curious about what it is and it's potential in your lab, this is the place to start. Lab automation is not just a matter of putting equipment in the lab. It is the effective use of automation technologies (devices, computers, software, robotics, etc.) to improve the ability of people to work, the labs productivity, add new capabilities, and generally improve the labs ability to function as a cost-effective operation. Lab automation can improve peoples ability to carry out scientific work: Give people better tools, they'll produce better science.

The purpose of this course is to start you on the road to developing an effective laboratory automation program and introduces you to ILA's unique methodology for planning, managing, and implementing projects.

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A Managers Guide to Laboratory Automation: Slide Show Overview | Detailed Description

This course will introduce managers and directors to the ideas behind Laboratory Automation Engineering including: models of laboratory work, setting management policies, working with IT groups, classes of automation technologies, managing automation projects, and regulatory issues.

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Laboratory Automation for IT Professionals: Detailed Description

The purpose of this short-course is to introduce IT professionals to lab automation, what it is, what the processes are, how labs work [research, QC examples], the state of data interchange standards, LIMS, ELN, instrument automation and instrument data systems,   the use of robotics, and regulatory issues.

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Introduction to Laboratory Automation Engineering

This course is intended for those working in laboratory automation and will introduce the principles, models, managment policies, change management, automation technology classification with examples, and how to successfully approach automation projects.

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