Biobanking LIMS: Every Sample, Connected to the Science
Freezer spreadsheets, paper logbooks, and a separate results system make it difficult to answer straightforward sample questions. Where is the aliquot? How has it been handled? What uses are permitted? Which experiments and results came from it?
Biobanking LIMS: Every Sample, Connected to the Science provides a concise overview of how Uncountable brings storage, sample history, operations, consent, and results together on one data model. It shows how teams can connect freezer locations and temperature monitoring with lineage, freeze-thaw counts, signed custody, requests, shipments, and aliquot-level test evidence, alongside their wider R&D and quality work.
Inside this solution brief:
- Nested storage locations down to box position, with temperature ranges, live sensor data, and excursion alerts
- Sample lineage, freeze-thaw tracking, PIN-signed chain of custody, and audit history
- Requests, approvals, reservations, check-in and check-out, shipment manifests, and courier tracking
- Donor, study, and consent records linked to samples, with consent-based access rules
- Experiments, plate wells, and test results connected to the exact aliquot used
- PDF data extraction and natural-language questions, reservations, and label printing through Bodie
- An overview of security and compliance capabilities for sensitive sample information
See how a connected sample record helps research teams find samples, understand their history, manage permitted use, and retain the link to the science they produce.
FAQs
The brief provides a two-page overview of Uncountable’s biobanking capabilities across five areas: storage, sample history, operations, donors and consent, and results and AI. It explains how these capabilities work on one connected data model alongside R&D, Quality, PLM, Regulatory, and Project Management.
The brief identifies pharma and biotech sample banks, cell-line and strain collections, industrial biotech, food and beverage and personal care R&D teams, and translational and clinical biorepositories. Its focus is sample banks that conduct research and need to connect inventory and handling records to experiments and scientific results.
Storage records map freezers, racks, boxes, and positions, with temperature ranges, live sensor data, and excursion alerts. Sample history adds source-to-aliquot lineage, freeze-thaw counts, PIN-signed custody entries, and audit records. Keeping these relationships together gives users access to both where a sample is located and the history relevant to its use.
Yes. The brief describes experiments, plate wells, and test data linked to the exact aliquot used. This preserves the relationship between a sample and the results it produced, rather than leaving the inventory and research records in separate systems.
Donor, study, and consent records are linked to the samples they cover. Consent-based access rules can restrict uses that are not permitted by the recorded consent. These capabilities depend on accurate consent records and appropriately configured rules; they support the workflow rather than replacing review of applicable consent terms.
