Developing an accurate and reproducible protocol is crucial for the success of an experiment but is also a complex task. Scientists reference and annotate paper protocols at the bench, only to later transcribe these notes into an electronic lab notebook or other content management system. This manual process is inefficient, error-prone, and frequently leads to incomplete documentation, making it difficult to reproduce many experiments. Even within the same lab, insufficiently documented experiments can hamper scientific progress, as a recent small scale study revealed. Only 1% of the participants believed that a new starter in their lab would easily be able to find the supporting information associated with their experimental steps.
In this pilot project, Springer Nature's Digital Life Science solutions Team and Labforward's voice powered digital platform Labtwin will collaborate with a cohort of corporate researchers from ten life science organizations. The project will explore solutions that allow real-time data capture, using Springer Nature protocols in a voice-friendly way, including metadata, while avoiding master data duplication.
The unique approach to open innovation between Springer Nature and Labforward is the latest in a series of innovative partnerships Springer Nature’s Digital Life Science Solutions Team is engaging in to leverage new groundbreaking technologies for the benefit of reproducible and efficient research (learn more about our projects with Citeab and protocols.io).
We look forward to translating the key insights of this pilot project with Labforward into innovative solution concepts that advance experimental excellence in the life sciences.
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