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Next-Generation Animal Research Information Technologies
• Get into the cloud: You focus on your research and we solve your IT headaches.
• Teamwork: Share among your group members, collaborators, and managers.
• Real-time: Get real-time statistics and reminders, never miss any events.
• Automated: You enter data and mLIMS generates reports, reminders, and plots.
• Low cost: Monitor your costs in real-time, only pay for what you need.
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mLIMS is a web-based mouse/rat colony information and research data management system. mLIMS provides a ready-to-use and long-term solution for tracking animal-related information without being affected by personnel changes or laboratory relocation.

mLIMS comes with real-time summaries, daily reminders, and powerful data plotting tools. It helps individual researchers as well as the entire laboratory record and share information accurately, save cost and improve efficiency dramatically.

• Get started instantly
• Access 24/7 anywhere

• Manage all information online
• Real-time, secure, permanent

• Save cost dramatically
• Improve efficiency greatly
  • No software installation, no server computer setup, no daily maintenance.
  • Access the system from any computer, smart phones, or tablets with internet connection.
  • Share information securely with group members; PI or Lab Manager can add or remove group members instantly.
  • Always have comprehensive and up-to-date information, no synchronization needed.
  • Input, track and manage animal colony information and related research data all within one system.
  • Data is securely stored with daily backup.
  • Minimize effect of personnel changes or laboratory relocation.
  • Reduce your cost by removing extra cages or animals. Get information in real-time.
  • Advanced tools substantially reduce amount of time spent on daily record-keeping.
  • Convenient reminders with e-mail options help manage information more efficiently.

Video Demo: Mouse in the Cloud

1. mLIMS Overview
2. Setup mLIMS
3. Animals Tools
4. mLIMS Cage Tools
 

Keep your data safe and handy
 

mLIMS is truly cloud-based, you can start instantly, access your data anywhere any time, no IT headaches, no maintenance, and your data are permanently and securely stored.
     
 

Improve efficiency, reduce cost
 

The powerful tools within mLIMS help you to streamline your animal research; daily operation is simple and fast, real-time statistics help reduce number of cages and animals; reminders prevent missing important animal tasks. Click here to see how mLIMS can help you save $10,000+ per year.
     

Here are some examples from real mLIMS users:
 
Case Study 1: Extra Rack

"We have mice in two separate animal facilities. We didn't realize that we had a full rack of animals not being used until we received a big bill from the animal facility. Now that we have started mLIMS, we know in real-time how many cages we have and where they are, and we never have to pay for unnecessary cages."

 
Case Study 2: Empty Cage

"A technician forgot to discard a cage after the animals had been transferred to other cages. We got billed five times for that empty cage before we discovered and discarded that cage. Now with mLIMS, we can see warnings for empty cages right at the home screen, and we will never get billed for empty cages again."
 

Here is how mLIMS can save your lab $10,000+ a year. Essentially, mLIMS helps your lab eliminate the following costs:
 
  • One computer with backup for software installation and data management, ~$1000.
  • Extra time working on paper or Excel spreadsheet. At 2 hours saving per week per person, a lab with three animal technicians can save 300 hours a year, or ~$3000.
  • Cages wasted due to inefficient or non real-time information management. If on average three cages were reduced, savings for annual animal care cost is about $365*3=$1095.
  • Time and money wasted to re-generate animal colony and data when someone leaves the lab. On average $500-$5000.
Key Features   -   Comparison Chart   -   Screenshots   -   Demo Videos   -   Manual

Key Features
 

Easily Accessible Web-Based System
 

No setup or installation, no maintenance or synchronization needed; accessible anywhere, 24/7 from any internet enabled device (PC, Mac, mobile devices). Easily import existing data from Excel spreadsheets.

   
 

Permanent and Secure Data Storage
 

Keep track of all animal information and operations; data permanently stored online with daily backup; secure and encrypted server; full audit trail of user actions.
   
 

Dynamic Summaries and Daily Reminders
 

Display real-time summary statistics for animals and cages. Get daily reminders for mating, tagging, weaning, overcrowded cages and other events.
   
 

User-Friendly Workflow
 

Display and search for animals and cages; generate cage cards with barcodes; show pedigree information; batch name option when adding new animals/litters; straightforward workflow for mating and litter setup; easily setup reminders for future tagging, weaning and other tasks; define experiments, record measurements and generate data plot.
   
 

Group Tools
 

Easily share animal information within the research group; track all animals in the lab at a single page; group manager can configure access rights for individual accounts.

Comparison Chart

Comparison of mLIMS features with other products
 
  Spreadsheet Most Standalone Programs mLIMS
Record animal and cage information ✓ ✓ ✓
Record experiments and measurements, plot data automatically ✗ ✗ ✓
100% web-based, no software installation ✗ ✗ ✓
Mobile ready, support iPhone, iPad, Android and other smart phones and tablets. ✗ ✗ ✓
Access the data anywhere, anytime ✗ ✗ ✓
Automatic daily backup, permanent and safe storage ✗ ✗ ✓
Easy data sharing between group members using multiple computers ✗ ✗ ✓
Real time summary and synchronization ✗ ✗ ✓
Event notifications and warnings ✗ ✗ ✓
Pedigree tracking and display ✗ ✓ ✓
Assign unlimited genotypes ✓ ✗ ✓
Get started instantly, no need for database and network knowledge ✓ ✗ ✓
Store and search all animal information easily ✗ ✓ ✓
Add or remove users, full audit trail ✗ ✗ ✓
Cage card printing ✗ ✓ ✓

Screenshots

(Please click the following images to read the details)
 
 
Once you have a mLIMS account, you can access the system from any computer or mobile device that have internet access.
  • Dynamic summaries such as total mice cages, number of pups, average mice per cage, and more.
  • Reminders: mice breeding cages, overcrowded cages, recent mice events, and more.
  • Generate cage cards with barcodes for unique identification, facilitates automation.
  • Animal family history of each mouse (pedigree tree) displayed in real-time.
  • Convenient data import mouse data, export mouse data, and easily print it all out.
  • Track any types of data defined by you.
  • Record and plot routine measurements, e.g. weight.
 
It is easy to share information securely with group members; PI or Lab Manager can add or remove group members instantly.
 
Once you log into mLIMS, it is easy to see all your animal related data in real time.
 
And it is easy to find animals or cages with the convenient search tools.
 
With mLIMS, you can track animal colony information and related research data all within one system.
   
   
       

Demo Videos

Video Demo: Mouse in the Cloud

1. mLIMS Overview
2. Setup mLIMS
3. Animals Tools
4. mLIMS Cage Tools

We recommend to watch this video using 1080p (HD) and view it on full screen.

» Product Manual (PDF)

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Who Is Using mLIMS?

Pioneer Researchers

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Labs:

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United States

Cornell University

Duke University

Harvard Medical School

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Johns Hopkins Medical School

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UCLA

UC San Deigo

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University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh

Washington University in St. Louis

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Amgen

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Testimonials

"...there are very few programs available like mLIMS, and these other few are either too complicated or simple..."

Haluk Yuzugullu, PhD,

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University

"We have been using mLIMS for over a year and are very pleased with our choice. The user-friendly features of this software program have been especially helpful in the transition from our old mouse colony maintenance system. Also, the customer service from BioInfoRx has been excellent!"

Chan Bouribon

Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University School of Medicine

"We have more than three transgenic mice colonies in our lab. We had a hard time managing each colony well. It is a challenge for us to consistently record data. In the last 5 months, we have been using mLIMS mouse colony software. It is very easy to enter and display mice data. The developer responded very promptly to resolve our questions. I love to use it every day. Thank you for mLIMS; my colonies are secure."

Sung-Hyeok Hong, DVM, PhD,

Georgetown University

"I tried different colony management software and it was extremely difficult to manage. I am very happy with the services from mLIMS and the customer service."

Cassandra Roeske,

University of Ottawa Heart Institute

"BioInfoRx mLIMS is simply the best mouse colony management program that we have ever used. It has a simple structure and intuitive interface that are in accordance with real environments in a research laboratory. It is also cloud based, and provides easy access and team collaboration. While there are still more features to expect, I believe mLIMS has the potential to become the best program of its type on the market."

Yuhang Zhang, PhD,

University of Cincinnati

"As our lab and animal colony grew, it became clear we needed to get organized and mobile, with users at multiple sites. mLIMS has an easy user interface, great on-the-go updating ability, and helpful output in the form of printable cage cards and facility maps. Most importantly, Derrick at mLIMS has helped us so much - from entering and importing data to tweaking the database to best fit our needs. mLIMS is a great organizational and time-saving tool!"

Martha Zeeman

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

New Features

Since its creation in 2005, we have continually made improvements to mLIMS. We release new features regularly, based on the feedback of our users. Since mLIMS is web-based, our users do not need to install any updates, patches, service packes etc. They simply log in to mLIMS and enjoy the new features.

Unlike other products, all new features of mLIMS are available immediately at no additional cost to paid users, and trial users have full access to all the features.

Here are a list of new features we've released since the beginning of 2011.

December 6, 2011: IACUC Protocol Management, Sacrifice/Disgard Tools

We've made several improvements on mLIMS, including:

  • A new tool to manage IACUC Protocols - Easy to keep track the quota for each protocol,
  • A new tool to sacrifice animals and disgard cages - Sacrifice and disgard cages in one step,
  • New user permissions available:
    1. Access Gene and Genotypoes Management
    2. Access Protocol Management
  • Enhancement on the nagivation menu.
October 31, 2011: Review Animals by Gene, and Sort by Any Columns (Including Gene and Genotypes)

Now you can update all animals in selected cages. In cage review, simple select the cages and click the "Update Animals" button.

October 31, 2011: Review Animals by Gene, and Sort by Any Columns (Including Gene and Genotypes)

We are so happy to announce the following exciting features that our users have been waiting for:

  • Review animals by gene.
  • Sort the search result by any columns, such as gene, genotypes, and number of animals in the cage!
September 28, 2011: Selection List Improvement

We've made several improvements on mLIMS, including:

  • Overall Performance: Now mLIMS runs even faster.
  • Selection List (a.k.a. Shopping Cart): Now you can keep the selected records in the selection list. The unselected records will be removed from the list.
  • Many other features
September 14, 2011: Bulk Update Mating and Litter Records

The bulk update feature is now available in both mating and litter tools. You can update multiple mating/litter records at the same time.

August 26, 2011: Major Update (New Mating, Litter, Animal Tools)

We have added a number of new features, which make mLIMS easier, faster and better! New features include:

  • Automatically assign the animal name based on the animal identification (e.g., eat tag, ear punch etc).
  • New mating, litter and add pups tools to make the breeding and weaning a lot easier.
  • Email reminders on special dates during breeding and weaning.
  • When adding pups, you can specify each pup with different values, such as ear tag, colors, parents, genotypes etc.
  • Review records by strains (animals) and owners (animals, cages, mating and litter)
  • New animal transfer tool
  • We have a new field to store date of death instead of using status date.
  • Access mating information when reviewing cage records
  • Parent information is available when reviewing mating records in the mating summary / mating search.
  • Both parent and pups information are available when reviewing litter records in the litter summary / litter search.
  • Many other features
July 14, 2011: We made importing animals and cage data much much easier

We have out a new tool to import the animal and cage information. If your data is already stored in spreadsheet (e.g., Excel), you can start importing your data right the way. No work is required.

June 13, 2011: New Age Format for Animal Records

mLIMS now supports displaying ages of animals in the following ways:

  • Year/Month/Day: 1y2m27d
  • Week: 64w4d
  • Day: 452d
June 12, 2011: Supporting Unlimited Number of Genes and Genotypes

mLIMS now supports unlimited number of genes and genotypes per animals.

June 11, 2011: User Permissions

We develop a new tool to manage user permissions. Now you can set different access permission for different users, including creating/update records, adding new values into the pull down menu, accessing the system tools etc. By default, you need to login as a group manager to access this tool.

June 10, 2011: Search Selections (a.k.a. Animal Shopping Cart)

Whenever you search for the any records, you can add the selected records into the selection list for later uses. It's like shopping carts on Amazon.

June 09, 2011: Betting Mating Workflow

You can select the animals you want to be included in a mating. The system will automatically assign them as dam or sire according to their genders. Also, we include two additions dates, Plug Date and Anticipated Delivery Date to match your workflow.

June 08, 2011: Cage Map

Now you can visualize the layout of your cages on mLIMS.

May 18, 2011: Support iPhone, Android, iPad and other smart phones

We've included a special barcode on the cage card. If you use your smart phone to scan the cage card, the cage and animal information will be available to you.

March 11, 2011: mLIMS Upgrade

We performed a major upgrade on mLIMS, including:

  • Performance. Now mLIMS runs up to 5 times faster than before.
  • New interfaces for Event, Experiment and Measurements Tools.
  • Better connections between modules. Now you can do more on the Search Animals / Cages pages, including:
    • Add event / experiment based on selected animals
    • Add event /experiment based on selected cages (In this case, all animals inside the cages will be selected)
    • Run animal statistics based on selected cages (i.e., all animals inside the cages will be selected)
  • Measurements. When you review the measurement record, you will see other related measurement records including:
    • All measurements belong to the same experiment
    • All measurements belong to the same animal
February 5, 2011 - Import JCMS Data

mLIMS now supports importing data from JCMS.

January 27, 2011 - Animal Statistics

Now you can review a statistical summary based on your selected animals, such as the percentage of the genotypes, strain, sex etc.

"A technician forgot to discard a cage after the animals had been transferred to other cages. We got billed five times for that empty cage before we discovered and discarded that cage.

Now with mLIMS, we can see warnings for empty cages right at the home screen, and we will never get billed for empty cages again."

 

Steve C.,

Harvard University

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mLIMS costs as low as $29.99 per month!

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mLIMS Price Plans (Monthly):

This price is good for academic users only. For commercial users, please contact us for details.

Category * Regular Promotion ** Cost Per User Per Day Cost Per User Per Year
Single User $49.99 $29.99 $1.00 $359.88
Group (Up to 5 Users) $69.99 $49.99 $0.33 $119.98
Group (Up to 10 Users) $89.99 $69.99 $0.23 $83.99
Group (Up to 20 Users) $109.99 $89.99 $0.15 $53.99
Group (Up to 30 Users) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Group (Up to 50 Users) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

* Single User: In this mode, only one user can access the system at a time. It is good for labs with only one researcher responsible for animal information tracking. It is not advised to share single user account with multiple group members, because there will be no way to track who performed specific animal tasks and recorded data.

* Group User: In this mode, multiple users can access the system simultaneously. Each user has an independent account. Whenever a record is updated, the system will show who made the last change. Also, the system can summarize the number of cages and animals for each user. It is perfect for team work.

** Promotion: This promotional monthly price quote will expire on March 1, 2012
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