Bendou Hocine, Sizani Lunga, Reid Tim, Swanepoel Carmen, Ademuyiwa Toluwaleke, Merino-Martinez Roxana, Meuller Heimo, Abayomi Akin, Christoffels Alan
1 South African National Bioinformatics Institute, SA Medical Research Council Unit, University of the Western Cape , Bellville, South Africa .
2 Bridging Biobanking and Biomolecular Research Across Europe and Africa (B3Africa) Consortium.
Biopreserv Biobank. 2017 Apr;15(2):116-120. doi: 10.1089/bio.2017.0014. Epub 2017 Apr 4.
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.
实验室信息管理系统（LIMS）是生物样本库活动基础信息学基础设施的核心。迄今为止，有各种各样的商业和开源LIMS可供选择，选择一种LIMS而非另一种的决定通常受生物样本库客户和研究人员的需求以及可用财政资源的影响。猴面包树LIMS是通过定制比卡LIMS软件（www.bikalims.org）开发的，以满足生物样本库最佳实践的要求。实施生物样本库标准操作程序以及促进生物样本库数据表示标准的使用的需求推动了猴面包树LIMS的实施，这是一种用于生物样本库的开源LIMS。猴面包树LIMS包括生物样本试剂盒组装、生物样本试剂盒运输、存储管理、分析请求、报告和开具发票等模块。猴面包树LIMS基于Plone网络内容管理框架。Plone的所有系统要求都适用于猴面包树LIMS，包括需要一台至少有8GB内存和120GB硬盘空间的服务器。猴面包树LIMS是一个基于服务器-客户端的系统，最终用户能够通过标准网络浏览器在互联网上安全地访问该系统，从而无需在所有机器上进行独立安装。
