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Yasmin Chau Principal Scientist, Double Rainbow
Overall Goal
Enhancing security and creating a searchable system allowing researchers to access a growing catalog of foundational data.
Approach
Investing in a secure lab management solution from Labguru.
Results
- Gain of 40% of the company’s working hours every month by eliminating the need to dig through notebooks, Google Drive folders, and physical storage rooms.
- Labguru enables consistent experiment conduction and documentation and increases the searchability of Double Rainbow’s ever-growing data troves.
- Labguru’s highly engaged support team are always quick to respond to Double Rainbow scientists, saving them time and tailoring solutions to their unique needs.
Yasmin Chau
Principal Scientist, Double Rainbow
Double Rainbow Biosciences is a biotech startup aiming to create new therapeutics that meaningfully improve survival and quality of life for people living with cancers and neurological disorders. The company’s scientists work to harness the power of glycosylation to revolutionize bioengineering, ensuring human health and the sustainability of our planet.
We interviewed Dr. Yasmin Chau, Principal Scientist at Double Rainbow, and asked her about her team’s experience with Labguru as a secure data management solution.
Choosing Labguru
When the Double Rainbow lab was founded, scientists used paper lab notebooks and Google Drive folders to record notes from experiments. But as the company grew, the team recognized the need to shift to a more secure, searchable system that would allow researchers to access their growing catalog of foundational data. Dr. Chau and her colleagues researched a variety of ELNs, scheduled demos with multiple vendors, and had many internal discussions about which system would best suit their needs both currently and as a growing company. The team unanimously chose Labguru because in addition to its fantastic platform with customizable capabilities, interacting with Labguru representatives was always an amazing experience. Dr. Chau describes the Labguru Application Scientists as very friendly, engaged, and actively interested in helping Double Rainbow succeed, even to the point of creating tailored solutions. Dr. Chau and her colleagues also loved Labguru’s straightforward transparency regarding pricing.
Effortless data recording and searching
Thanks to Labguru, Double Rainbow scientists can easily search data that others have logged and see each other’s experiments at all times, even when working from home. They regularly use Labguru’s protocols as templates to ensure that each experiment is performed correctly and that all necessary information is logged. According to Dr. Chau, recording experimental data and finding it later has become much, much easier.
Protocols and Inventory
Dr. Chau’s favorite Labguru feature is Protocols. She reports using it very often because science is all about repeating experiments, and loves the ability to link into a database, which allows her to review all of the data later. Her team also enjoys the option of logging the equipment and the specific samples being used in each experiment, as well as the ability to subtract the used amount from samples. Inventory tools are regularly used to track stock usage and set up alerts for when stocks are running low, and the equipment module, which Dr. Chau describes as a life saver, is used to schedule alerts for equipment maintenance and document all relevant information.
Labguru saves us 40% of our working hours every month because its consistency and powerful search function eliminate the need to dig through notebooks, Google Drive folders, and physical storage rooms.
Collaboration
Dr. Chau uses Labguru’s comments feature extensively to add insights to experimental data and tag colleagues. She loves how easy it is to assign tasks and monitor progress through Labguru, and reports using the signing and witnessing feature to improve accountability and lay the groundwork for future compliance procedures.
ROI from Labguru
According to Dr. Chau, Labguru saves 40% of the company’s working hours every month because its consistency and powerful search function eliminate the need to dig through notebooks, Google Drive folders, and physical storage rooms. She recommends Labguru to startups due to its useful features, great setup, and amazing customer service. In fact, Dr. Chau is thrilled to report that her team always receives quick, helpful and friendly responses from Labguru’s Application Scientists.