This topic is under construction for the 23.3 (March 2023) release of LabKey Biologics LIMS. For the previous version of this documentation, click here.
Managing the contents of your freezers and other storage is an essential component of sample management in a biologics research lab. There are endless ways to organize your sample materials, in a wide variety of freezers on the market. With LabKey
Freezer Management, create an exact virtual match of your physical storage system, and then track where each sample can be found.
- Match your digital storage to your physical storage.
- Represent your exact physical storage system, with shelves, racks, boxes, canes, bags, plates, etc.
- Track available capacity across systems, helping you decide where to store new samples.
- Answer questions about overall volume of samples by type and source; i.e. is there enough material from experiment A to complete the series of assays I want to run.
- Find specific samples and know if they are available.
- Assign samples to storage locations in groups of any size you need, including across multiple locations.
- Move samples as needed and track each location change, including updating freeze/thaw counts when appropriate and tracking amounts used.
- Control which users can perform these actions using Storage Roles.
Topics
Learn more about creating, customizing, and using storage in the Sample Manager documentation here: