PMID- 28375759
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170424
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 1947-5543 (Electronic)
IS  - 1947-5535 (Print)
IS  - 1947-5543 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 Apr
TI  - Baobab Laboratory Information Management System: Development of an Open-Source 
      Laboratory Information Management System for Biobanking.
PG  - 116-120
LID - 10.1089/bio.2017.0014 [doi]
AB  - A laboratory information management system (LIMS) is central to the informatics 
      infrastructure that underlies biobanking activities. To date, a wide range of 
      commercial and open-source LIMSs are available and the decision to opt for one 
      LIMS over another is often influenced by the needs of the biobank clients and 
      researchers, as well as available financial resources. The Baobab LIMS was 
      developed by customizing the Bika LIMS software ( www.bikalims.org ) to meet the 
      requirements of biobanking best practices. The need to implement biobank standard 
      operation procedures as well as stimulate the use of standards for biobank data 
      representation motivated the implementation of Baobab LIMS, an open-source LIMS 
      for Biobanking. Baobab LIMS comprises modules for biospecimen kit assembly, 
      shipping of biospecimen kits, storage management, analysis requests, reporting, 
      and invoicing. The Baobab LIMS is based on the Plone web-content management 
      framework. All the system requirements for Plone are applicable to Baobab LIMS, 
      including the need for a server with at least 8 GB RAM and 120 GB hard disk 
      space. Baobab LIMS is a server-client-based system, whereby the end user is able 
      to access the system securely through the internet on a standard web browser, 
      thereby eliminating the need for standalone installations on all machines.
FAU - Bendou, Hocine
AU  - Bendou H
AD  - 1 South African National Bioinformatics Institute, SA Medical Research Council 
      Unit, University of the Western Cape , Bellville, South Africa .
AD  - 2 Bridging Biobanking and Biomolecular Research Across Europe and Africa 
      (B3Africa) Consortium.
FAU - Sizani, Lunga
AU  - Sizani L
AD  - 1 South African National Bioinformatics Institute, SA Medical Research Council 
      Unit, University of the Western Cape , Bellville, South Africa .
FAU - Reid, Tim
AU  - Reid T
AD  - 2 Bridging Biobanking and Biomolecular Research Across Europe and Africa 
      (B3Africa) Consortium.
AD  - 3 National Health Laboratory Services, Tygerberg Hospital , Cape Town, South 
      Africa .
FAU - Swanepoel, Carmen
AU  - Swanepoel C
AD  - 2 Bridging Biobanking and Biomolecular Research Across Europe and Africa 
      (B3Africa) Consortium.
AD  - 3 National Health Laboratory Services, Tygerberg Hospital , Cape Town, South 
      Africa .
AD  - 4 Division of Haematology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and 
      Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Tygerberg, South Africa .
AD  - 5 Human, Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Consortium .
FAU - Ademuyiwa, Toluwaleke
AU  - Ademuyiwa T
AD  - 1 South African National Bioinformatics Institute, SA Medical Research Council 
      Unit, University of the Western Cape , Bellville, South Africa .
FAU - Merino-Martinez, Roxana
AU  - Merino-Martinez R
AD  - 2 Bridging Biobanking and Biomolecular Research Across Europe and Africa 
      (B3Africa) Consortium.
AD  - 6 Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, 
      Sweden .
FAU - Meuller, Heimo
AU  - Meuller H
AD  - 2 Bridging Biobanking and Biomolecular Research Across Europe and Africa 
      (B3Africa) Consortium.
AD  - 7 Institute of Pathology, Medical University , Graz, Austria .
AD  - 8 BBMRI-ERIC, Common Service IT, Graz, Austria .
FAU - Abayomi, Akin
AU  - Abayomi A
AD  - 2 Bridging Biobanking and Biomolecular Research Across Europe and Africa 
      (B3Africa) Consortium.
AD  - 3 National Health Laboratory Services, Tygerberg Hospital , Cape Town, South 
      Africa .
AD  - 4 Division of Haematology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and 
      Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Tygerberg, South Africa .
AD  - 5 Human, Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Consortium .
FAU - Christoffels, Alan
AU  - Christoffels A
AD  - 1 South African National Bioinformatics Institute, SA Medical Research Council 
      Unit, University of the Western Cape , Bellville, South Africa .
AD  - 2 Bridging Biobanking and Biomolecular Research Across Europe and Africa 
      (B3Africa) Consortium.
AD  - 5 Human, Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Consortium .
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170404
PL  - United States
TA  - Biopreserv Biobank
JT  - Biopreservation and biobanking
JID - 101507284
SB  - IM
MH  - *Biological Specimen Banks
MH  - *Information Management
MH  - *Laboratories
MH  - Software
MH  - Transportation
PMC - PMC5397207
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Baobab
OT  - LIMS
OT  - Plone
OT  - biobank
OT  - open source
COIS- No conflicting financial interests exist.
EDAT- 2017/04/05 06:00
MHDA- 2017/04/25 06:00
PMCR- 2017/04/01
CRDT- 2017/04/05 06:00
PHST- 2017/04/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/04/25 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/04/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1089/bio.2017.0014 [pii]
AID - 10.1089/bio.2017.0014 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Biopreserv Biobank. 2017 Apr;15(2):116-120. doi: 10.1089/bio.2017.0014. Epub 2017 
      Apr 4.