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ELN and LIMS integration

One sample ID, carried across every system.

Every lab system is good at one thing, and the gaps between them are filled by people retyping IDs. We join them through their published APIs, carry one sample ID across all of them, and log every sync, so your scientists stop being the integration layer.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

Registered once

A sample created in one system appears in the others, with the same ID.

Results back to the record

Instrument results and analyses written back to the right experiment and sample.

Every sync logged

What moved, when and why, with failures flagged before anyone notices a gap.

Built on published APIs

We use each vendor's published API and check yours before we quote.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

Example projectAPI

A hub between your lab systems

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A contract research lab runs an electronic lab notebook, a LIMS, a freezer inventory and a handful of instruments, and every hand-off between them is a person retyping IDs.

// What we would build

An internal integration hub that joins your notebook, LIMS, inventory and instruments through their published APIs, so a sample registered once appears everywhere it is needed, results flow back to the right record, and every sync is logged. We check each system's API before we quote.

// What is in it

Connectors for your ELN, LIMS, inventory and instrument software
One sample ID carried across every system
Results written back to the right experiment and sample
Webhooks so each system hears about changes as they happen
A log of every sync, with failures flagged to your team
Documented with OpenAPI, so your own staff can extend it

// Stack

Node.js
PostgreSQL
OpenAPI
Benchling API
AWS Canada (Central)

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$62,300 to US$95,200, delivered within 15 weeksCAD 88,700 to 135,600
Hosting: ≈ US$176 a monthCAD 250 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

API contract agreed: 2.9 to 3.9 weeks
Core resources built: 2.9 to 4.9 weeks
Security, gateway and connections: 1.9 to 2.9 weeks
Docs, SDKs and load tests: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Launch and first callers: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

Test access to your ELN or LIMS: 1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 17,740 to 27,120
API contract agreed 8.7%: CAD 7,716.90 to 11,797.20
Core resources built 26.2%: CAD 23,239.40 to 35,527.20
Security, gateway and connections 17.5%: CAD 15,522.50 to 23,730.00
Docs, SDKs and load tests 8.7%: CAD 7,716.90 to 11,797.20
Launch and first callers 8.9%: CAD 7,894.30 to 12,068.40
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 8,870 to 13,560

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Example projectWeb app

Instrument data pipeline and assay dashboards

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A screening lab's plate readers and analysers write files to a shared drive, and a scientist copies the numbers into a spreadsheet before anyone can see a dose response curve.

// What we would build

Instrument files picked up as they are written, stored in managed cloud storage, parsed into one database with the plate map and the sample IDs, and shown as assay dashboards your team and your board can read. We run the pipeline for you, with monitoring and backups.

// What is in it

Files collected from each instrument as they are written, with nothing copied by hand
Parsers for each instrument's export format, checked against your own past runs
Plate maps and sample IDs joined to every result
Assay dashboards with curves, controls and run history
A board and grant pack drawn from the same data each quarter
Managed hosting with monitoring, backups and alerts

// Stack

Python
PostgreSQL
Amazon S3
Metabase
AWS Canada (Central)
Terraform

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$75,600 to US$116,000, delivered within 17 weeksCAD 107,600 to 164,500
Hosting: ≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
Support: ≈ US$5,010 a monthCAD 7,135 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Design approved: 2.4 to 3.4 weeks
Instrument file formats confirmed with your lab: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Core features: 2.4 to 3.9 weeks
Full build: 1.4 to 2.9 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

Test access to your ELN or LIMS: 1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 21,520 to 32,900
Discovery 6.8%: CAD 7,316.80 to 11,186.00
Design approved 6.8%: CAD 7,316.80 to 11,186.00
Instrument file formats confirmed with your lab 8.7%: CAD 9,361.20 to 14,311.50
Core features 20.4%: CAD 21,950.40 to 33,558.00
Full build 13.6%: CAD 14,633.60 to 22,372.00
Testing and fixes 6.8%: CAD 7,316.80 to 11,186.00
Launch 6.9%: CAD 7,424.40 to 11,350.50
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 10,760 to 16,450

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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Can you connect Benchling to our LIMS and freezer inventory?

Usually, yes, through their published APIs. We check each one before we quote.

What happens to a lab sync when one system is down?

Changes wait in a queue and are sent when it is back, and your team is told if anything fails.

Can our own staff extend the lab integration hub later?

Yes. It is documented with OpenAPI, and the code is yours.

Back to the industry: Biotech and life-science research About the service: Integrations and automation

// next

Not quite your project?

Tell us what you have in mind. We will come back to you with a range and the questions that would narrow it. Or book a call and talk it through.

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