Rescentris
Rescentris is a division of ELN Technologies, Inc., a US software company with offices in Columbus, OH and Redwood City, CA. It provides information management/data management and control software for research and development that is utilized within a variety of sectors including life sciences, energy, food science and materials science industries. The software is used by scientists and engineers in universities, commercial and non-profit research organizations, and government research laboratories. Rescentris typically incorporates semantic architecture and open source technologies into their client-server systems, and releases its products for multiple platforms including Mac OS X, Windows, and iOS.
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[edit] History
Rescentris was founded in 2003 by former executives of LabBook.com,[1] and the new company acquired the intellectual property of LabBook in this process, including a variety of bioinformatics applications such as the BSML (Bioinformatic Sequence Markup Language)[2] browser. BSML was the first XML standard in the life sciences and was made public in 1997 by Joseph Spitzner, the current CTO of Rescentris. Visual Genomics, in addition to commercializing a browser for BSML content, prototyped in 1998 its first single-user electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) as a tool to manage content generated by in silico biological (omics) research. LabBook acquired Visual Genomics[3] in 2000 and continued the development of ELN software. Rescentris was established to extend the single-user ELN technology for the management of collaborative research; this mission is reflected in the company name: Rescentris: RESearch CENTRic Information Systems.
[edit] Commercial Software
CERF (Collaborative Electronic Research Framework™)[4] is the flagship product of Rescentris. This product is a GxP 21CFR11-compliant[5] Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) that addresses the records-keeping needs of research organizations while supporting the information management and sharing needs of scientists via a cross-platform client-server system with a visually strong GUI. One of the unique features of CERF is the use of semantic web technologies to accomplish several key goals:
• compliant intellectual property curation
• extensible laboratory research semantics
• collaborative workflow management
• easily indexed and searchable information access
• extensible document management system
CERF is designed to facilitate secure collaboration and increased research productivity while preventing data loss or duplication of effort (reinvention). An objective of Rescentris is to present users with an intuitive, familiar experience in order to minimize disruption during the transition from paper-based lab notebook to electronic lab notebook use.
[edit] Awards
2009 Bio-IT Best in Show for exceptional technology innovation in Knowledge Management, Bio-IT World Conference and Expo[6]
2008 Bio-IT Finalist for Best in Show in Life Science Informatics Programs, Bio-IT World Conference and Expo[7]
2007 Bio-IT Best in Show for Notebook & LIMS software, Bio-IT World Conference and Expo[8]
2006 TopCAT Outstanding Technology Service Company of the Year, TechColumbus TopCAT Awards[9]
2006 CENSA Best Knowledge Management Platform for Biological Research and Development Award, IQPC ELNs Conference, London[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Omeris announces launch of Rescentris
- ^ BSML
- ^ LabBook acquisition of Visual Genomics
- ^ CERF Software Framework
- ^ GxP Federal Regulatory Compliance
- ^ 2009 Bio-IT Best in Show
- ^ 2008 Bio-IT Finalist
- ^ 2007 Bio-IT Best in Show
- ^ 2006 Technology Service Company of the Year
- ^ 2006 CENSA Best Knowledge Management Platform
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