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SiLA Implementation Partner Qualification
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements on September 16, 2009
SiLA Companies deciding for implementation of the SiLA Interface Standard can now qualify as SiLA Implementation Partner by joining the SiLA Consortium and passing the Basic Training for the SiLA Device Interface Standard. Implementations cover development of drivers, interface converters up to native embedded SiLA device interfaces.
SiLA General Interface Specification v1.0 released
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements, Projects, Publications on September 4, 2009
SiLA has released the first version of the General Interface Specification. SiLA members can request a registered copy free of charge (Observing membership required as minimum).
BMG LABTECH joins SiLA
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements on August 6, 2009
SiLA welcomes BMG LABTECH (Offenburg, Germany) as supporting member.
SiLA News Update JUNE
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements on July 3, 2009
A lot of activities have been going on during the last weeks. The General Interface Standard Specification is currently under review. The review will be closed by mid July so we can expect the first release of this spec already in August.
The first device class interface spec for incubators has been finalized as well and will be reviewed shortly.
After the vacation break in July, activities will focus on dispensers, readers and labware specifications. These workgroups are still open for additional members, so call us to join in !
Corning and RTS join SiLA
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements on June 29, 2009
SiLA welcomes RTS Group (Manchester, UK) and Corning Life Sciences Europe (Amsterdam, Netherlands) as new supporting members.
Design Review of SiLA General Interface Specification (Part I)
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements on June 15, 2009
SiLA General Interface Specification (Part I) has been submitted today to the SiLA Membership for review. A team of 12 specialists from 8 different SiLA member companies have joined their efforts to develop this specification within a relatively short timeframe. The General Interface Specification covers all 7 ISO/OSI levels from physical connection up to the application layer. Part II will cover basic and complex data types and be ready for review in just a few weeks.
Cybio and CTC Analytics join SiLA
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements on June 12, 2009
SiLA welcomes Cybio AG (Jena, Germany) and CTC Analytics AG (Zwingen, Switzerland) as new supporting members.
Toolpoint CEO Event 2009 at Novartis in Basel
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements, Events on June 3, 2009
Toolpoint’s annual CEO Event at Novartis Campus in Basel on 29.05.2009, was dominated by the SiLA standardisation project. Novartis was hosting 35 attendees, mostly CEOs or top management representatives of Toolpoint member companies and -this year for the first time- guests from the SiLA members circle.
Novartis’ global head of the Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Sylvain Cottens and Peter Fürst, Head of Lead Finding Platform Basel, were pointing out the criticalityof standardisation allowing rapid integration and flexibility in adaptation to new application or workflow requirements. Looking at the complexity and the high number of different lab automation systems Novartis was building for their lead finding platform, the need for standardisation becomes more than obvious.
Fürst and Cottens both appealed to the managers of lab automation equipment manufacturing companies to strongly support the SiLA project and thereby making sure that new products will meet the true needs of the pharma industry for being able to build and maintain reliable, flexible and cost effective systems.
Peter Schleiffer, managing director of Toolpoint and SiLA’s president, and Dieter Speidel, CTO of SiLA, promised Novartis to keep up and even increase the strong pace in which SiLA is moving forward towards establishing the global standard for rapid integration.
Thermo Fisher joins SiLA
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements on May 22, 2009
SiLA is happy to announce that Thermo Fisher decided to sign up for Core Membership with SiLA and join SiLA’s first technical work groups.
The SiLA consortium has grown up to 21 member companies since January 2009, further companies have shown interest during the last weeks, so we are expecting further growth.
SiLA presents at Toolpoint CEO Meeting 2009
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements on May 22, 2009
SiLA will present the status of the consortium’s standardisation efforts and current projects at the annual Toolpoint CEO Event on May 29 at Novartis Campus in Basel.
SiLA presentation at SBS 2009 in Lille
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements, Events on May 11, 2009
SiLA’s scope and actual work-in-progress status were presented and discussed April 27 on the 15th annual SBS conference in Lille during a session organized by the Special Interest Group Automation Quality Control. The presentation was held by Dr. Carsten Etzold, Director Marketing and Customized Solutions at Hamilton Bonaduz and Board Member / Chair Supplier Committee of SiLA.
More than 60 attendees were informed about SiLA’s mission, scope, roadmap and current work-in-progress status.
Participants confirmed the need for standardisation in lab automation and appreciated the fact that competitors like e.g. Tecan and Hamilton can cooperate in SiLA supporting a future common standard without losing their unique product features.
Representatives of applier (pharma) companies requested SiLA shall foster the interface standardisation specifically for devices providing new technologies.
All comments and suggestions collected through this meeting were reported and discussed on SiLA’s recent core team meeting May 09. We like to thank the SBS organisators for having provided us with this forum.
Draft SiLA General Interface Standard ready for review
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements, Events, Projects, Publications on May 1, 2009
The draft specification on the SiLA General Interface Standard will be ready for review by June 12 2009. All SiLA members are invited to participate in this review. A Review Kick-Off Meeting was held on May 28, 15:00 (GMT+1) via WebEx.
SiLA’s first technical workgroups initiated
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements on February 24, 2009
During the last few weeks SiLA initiated several technical workgroups for the specification of the general interface and for the definition of common command sets for different device classes such as microplate washers, dispensers, readers, and incubators. Several supplier companies are involved in these activities, first drafts can be expected by end of may.
SiLA Consortium 2009 starts activities
Posted by dspeidel in Announcements on January 19, 2009
With a total of 14 official member companies, the SiLA consortium started its activities with the first core team and board meeting on Jan 13th 2009. The first technical, marketing and management work groups have been initiated and are starting their work now. Read the rest of this entry »
SiLA Standardisation in Lab Automation
Posted by driedel in Announcements on October 19, 2008
Automated laboratory systems have become an integral part of Drug Discovery since more and more lab processes are being automated. To cope with the pace of innovation, users of automated systems within the pharmaceutical industry as well as system integration companies are demanding for more flexibility and easier integratability.
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