We are interested in utilizing Drupal as a platform for building applications for use in laboratory science. These applications are typically either built from the ground up, or licensed as expensive vertical market software. We believe that with Drupal, we can change that situation and make it less expensive for laboratories to introduce automation to their procedures.
Our current project, in its early stages, is to develop a LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) in Drupal that can be used in both professional and education-oriented laboratories. We are conceptualizing this system as being built entirely, or mostly, from contributed and core modules, but it may eventually incorporate some custom modules and/or evolve into a distribution profile.
We established this group in order to create a place for us, and others who may be interested in building a LIMS or other science applications with Drupal, to discuss approaches and compare notes. If you are interested in this use for Drupal, please join us!
Note: This is not a general or jobs-oriented group, but we invite job posts as long as they are directly related to science (and, of course, Drupal). Please post non-science related jobs in other locations. Thank you!
Drupal Based Electronic Lab Notebook
The source code and installation instructions for a fairly robust example of a Drupal based Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) has been posted on GitHub at https://github.com/MyLabBook/mylabbook. An associated community site has also been updated at https://mylabbook.org with a video describing the installation, documentation, screenshots and other background material. Plans are to continue to improve this platform and continue to utilize the robust capabilities of Drupal to provide a low cost and capable ELN that matches or exceeds the capabilities of many commercial ELN packages.
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Publishing data from sensor measurements
The major challenge when using Drupal for publishing data from sensor measurements is how to adopt its data model which is content based to information that consists of many fields collected over prolonged periods of time. I'm interested if anyone in this group has implemented or is aware of solutions where several millions of records with tens to hundreds of fields are imported and visualized or exported to common formats using integration with third party technologies. I have implemented such a solution and I would like to share knowledge with others.
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Science on Drupal: Survey on our direction and focus for 2017
Hi everyone,
We're working to set our direction for 2017 and beyond - to ensure we're well aligned to help with your day-to-day needs and plans for the future, please do fill out our short survey at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XBPDWSD
It's very brief and would be helpful to understand the landscape of how Drupal is used, focus areas of relevance to you, and whether our mission should target a niche rather than a single technology - along with any other thoughts or suggestions you have.
Thanks! David
Read moreScience on Drupal: Focus, strategy & direction discussion today at 3pm ET + survey!
Hi everyone,
We'll be meeting today at 3pm ET to continue discussing direction and focus for 2017 - see connection details below. Here are some of the questions and ideas we've been grappling with, but we're open to any new ideas or comments too!
Please post your thoughts, or any other comments you have, to our brief survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XBPDWSD - either ahead of or after the meeting.
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Science On Drupal: Strategy and Visioneering Meeting
Hi Science Drupalists,
We're holding an open strategy and visioneering meeting tomorrow Wednesday, February 22nd @3pm ET.
Join us with your reflections on 2016 and your inspiration for where the group should be headed in 2017. Any feedback, thoughts or ideas are welcome - please do come along and chip in anything you feel would be useful, no matter how small or crazily ambitious! We're here to listen.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Best wishes - David
Telecon Details
Date: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Time: 3pm EST, 12 noon PST
Science on Drupal Webinar: DKAN Data Portal this Friday 1/13 @9am ET
Hi Science Drupalists,
Join us for our DKAN Data Portal rundown presented by NuCivic founder Andrew Hoppin - this Friday 1/13 at 9am ET, either online or at the ESIP Winter Meeting in Forest Glen.
DKAN is an open data portal built in Drupal. DKAN is designed to be feature-compatible with CKAN, the Open Data portal built by the Open Knowledge Foundation. With DKAN, you can:
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No hosted Science on Drupal Office Hours tomorrow
Hi Science Drupalists,
Tomorrow is our scheduled date for Office Hours but we won't be holding an officially hosted session tomorrow - because of parallel commitments during the ESIP Winter Meeting. However please feel free to check in and post questions on Slack at any time and we'll get back to you as soon as we can!
If you aren't familiar with ESIP, it's our key supporter and an awesome community of Earth science organizations which meets twice a year - see http://esipfed.org for more information.
Read moreScienceOnDrupal Office Hours - tomorrow 12/14 @2pm ET
Hi Science Drupalists,
Join us for Office Hours tomorrow!
Do you have an idea, use case or problem using Drupal for Science? Want to pitch in building shared solutions to common science problems on the web? Find out more about using Drupal? Or just chat with like-minded folks?
Find us on https://scienceondrupal.slack.com tomorrow Wednesday 12/14 @2pm ET. To sign up, go to https://slackinvite.me/to/scienceondrupal or email davidATbluedotlab.org or ashepherdATwhoi.edu.
See you there! David
Read moreScienceOnDrupal Office Hours - tomorrow 11/9 @2pm ET
Do you have an idea, use case or problem using Drupal for Science? Want to pitch in building shared solutions to common science problems on the web? Find out more about using Drupal? Or just chat with like-minded folks?
Drop in for Science on Drupal Office Hours on https://scienceondrupal.slack.com tomorrow @2pm ET. To sign up, go to https://slackinvite.me/to/scienceondrupal or email davidATbluedotlab.org or ashepherdATwhoi.edu.
Read moreScience on Drupal Telecon: BADCamp Recap and Discussion
Hi Science Drupalists,
We'll be meeting tomorrow Wednesday, October 26th @3pm ET to recap on learnings and ideas from last weekend's Bay Area Drupal Camp (BADCamp). You're also welcome to bring your own topics for discussion to the table, as we'll have some spare time.
Look forward to seeing you there! David
Telecon Details
Date: Wednesday October 26th
Time: 3:00 pm EST, noon PST
GoToMeeting URL: https://www.gotomeeting.com/join/948993637 (test your system at http://support.citrixonline.com/en_US/meeting/all_files/G2M050001)
ScienceOnDrupal Office Hours today @2pm ET
Do you have an idea, use case or problem using Drupal for Science? Want to pitch in building shared solutions to common science problems on the web? Find out more about using Drupal? Or just chat with like-minded folks?
Drop in for Science on Drupal Office Hours on https://scienceondrupal.slack.com today @2pm ET. To sign up, go to https://slackinvite.me/to/scienceondrupal or email davidATbluedotlab.org or ashepherdATwhoi.edu.
Read moreScience on Drupal Webinar: Indexing Drupal documents with ElasticSearch
Hi Science Drupalists,
Join us for our next webinar on indexing Drupal documents in ElasticSearch next Wednesday, September 28th at 3-4pm ET, presented by David Bassendine of BlueDotLab (this webinar was rescheduled from the original date of August 24th).
Read moreScienceonDrupal Office Hours - 8/17 @2-4pm ET
Do you have an idea, use case or problem using Drupal for Science? Want to pitch in building shared solutions to common science problems on the web? Find out more about using Drupal? Or just chat with like-minded folks?
Drop in for Science on Drupal Office Hours on https://scienceondrupal.slack.com on Wednesday 8/17 @2-4pm ET. Note that, due to an unavoidable commitment, we are running on the third Wednesday of the month, but will return to the usual second Wednesday in September.
Read moreScienceOnDrupal Summer Lab today @2pm ET - Drupal 8 Intro, REST and ElasticSearch
Hi Science Drupalistas,
We're really excited for our Science on Drupal sessions this afternoon at the ESIP Summer Meeting, from 2-5:30pm, and look forward to meeting many of you there once again!
Read moreScienceonDrupal Drupalcon BoF 2:15 CT and Office Hours 2-4pm ET tomorrow
Do you have an idea, use case or problem using Drupal for Science? Want to pitch in building shared solutions to common science problems on the web? Find out more about using Drupal? Or just chat with like-minded folks?
Join us for our annual DrupalCon BoF, or online at Office Hours, to discuss how Drupal and science can work together!
- Drupalcon BoF @2:15pm CT - join Adam in room 288, more at https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016/bofs/science-drupal
ScienceonDrupal Office Hours Wed 4/13 @2pm ET ft/ Architecture review for Citations & DOIs for Drupal @3pm
Do you have an idea, use case or problem using Drupal for Science? Want to pitch in building shared solutions to common science problems on the web? Find out more about using Drupal? Or just chat with like-minded folks?
Drop in for Science on Drupal Office Hours on https://scienceondrupal.slack.com next Wednesday 13th April @2-4pm ET. To sign up, send us your Slack email - by emailing davidATbluedotlab.org or ashepherdATwhoi.edu or pinging us on IRC #drupal-science
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BoF @ DrupalCon New Orlenas
ScienceonDrupal - Improving esipfed.org sites & DOIs for Drupal - Wednesday March 23 @3pm ET
Hi Science Drupalistas,
We’re excited to be hosting a two-part discussion on improving esipfed.org sites and DOIs for Drupal for our next telecon next Wednesday March 23 @3pm ET.
Read moreScience on Drupal Office Hours tomorrow Wednesday March 9th @3pm ET
Do you have an idea, use case or problem using Drupal for Science? Want to pitch in building shared solutions to common science problems on the web? Find out more about using Drupal? Or just chat with like-minded folks?
Drop in for our second Science on Drupal Office Hours on https://scienceondrupal.slack.com next Wednesday 9th March @3-5pm ET. To sign up, send us your Slack email - by emailing davidATbluedotlab.org or ashepherdATwhoi.edu or pinging us on IRC #drupal-science or ESIP's Slack #Drupal channel.
Read moreInaugural Office Hours next Wednesday
Do you have an idea, use case or problem using Drupal for science? Want to pitch in building shared solutions to common science problems on the web? Find out more about using Drupal? Or just chat with like-minded folks?
Drop in for our inaugural Science on Drupal Office Hours on https://scienceondrupal.slack.com next Wednesday 10th February @3-5pm ET. To sign up, send us your Slack email - by emailing david@bluedotlab.org or ashepherd@whoi.edu or pinging us on IRC #drupal-science.
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