13 March 2024
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
Europe/Berlin timezone

Scientific Programme

  • Labfolder Kick Off Training Course … Getting started with digital lab notebooks

  • 1. Opening and Welcome

    o Speaker: Kai Sundmacher
    o Importance of digital transformation in lab environments.

  • 2. Introduction to Digital Lab Notebooks

    o Speaker: Anne Kriegel
    o Fundamentals of digital lab notebooks.
    o Advantages over traditional methods.
    o Detailed insights into labfolders features. o How to integrate it into daily lab work.
    o Successful Offboarding and Onboarding with Labfolder:
    Strategies for smooth transitions when team members leave or join.
    o Metadata standards
    o Serial Interfaces (e.g. Connection to publications) o Persistent Identifer

  • 4. Best Practices for Using Labfolde

    o Guest Speakers: 2-3 volunteers (5-10 minutes each)
    o Sharing experiences and tips for maximizing efficiency with Labfolder

  • 5. Michael Franke’s Insight from MPDL

    o Speaker: Michael Franke
    1. Local vs. Cloud Instance of MPDL: Comparing the advantages and considerations of local and cloud-based solutions.
    2. Data Migration Strategies: Best practices and challenges in transferring data to digital lab notebooks.
    3. Interoperability with other RDM Tools of MPDL and MPG.PuRe

  • 6. Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

    o Featuring all speakers.
    o Featuring all Speakers.
    o Addressing queries and discussing potential challenges in the transition to digital notebooks.