Mbook
Cloud-based electronic laboratory notebook with integrated analytical data management and inventory tracking for chemistry labs.
Overview
Mbook is a cloud-based Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) developed by Mestrelab Research and designed specifically by chemists for chemists. It enables research and manufacturing laboratories to manage projects, experiments, and analytical data within a single, unified platform. With built-in raw analytical data support and automatic structure confirmation capabilities powered by Mnova integration, Mbook is suited for academic, government, and industrial environments alike.
The platform allows teams to collaborate in real time, manage laboratory inventory including stockroom tracking, and generate customized reports to streamline day-to-day lab workflows. A 45-day free trial is available with no credit card required, and both cloud-hosted and optional in-house installation options are offered.
Key Benefits
- Intuitive interface: User-friendly design with configurable roles and permissions, streamlined workflows, and one-click customized reports for projects, inventory, and teams.
- Seamless collaboration: Experiment supervision, synchronized inventory, advanced search and filter tools, integrated in-app messaging, and real-time notifications.
- Cloud-based accessibility: Secure cloud-hosted solution requiring no local installation, accessible anytime and anywhere on PC, tablet, or smartphone, with automatic updates and maintenance.
Core Features
- Cloud-based deployment with an optional in-house installation (installation fees apply)
- Accessible on PCs, tablets, and smartphones
- Configurable user roles and permissions tailored to organizational needs
- Efficient inventory management and intelligent stockroom management for locating chemicals
- Customizable experiment descriptions with support for images, links, tables, and a rich text editor
- Comprehensive reports for projects, experiments, teams, and inventory, including a bottles stock report
- COSHH assessment for safety compliance
- Seamless analytical data integration with Mnova, processed in the background
- Easy import and export of experiments
- ChemDraw-compatible reaction schemes import
- 10 GB of cloud storage per user
10 Reasons to Choose Mbook
- Designed, developed, and tested by scientists
- Web-based — use Mbook anytime, anywhere
- Accessible on PC, tablet, and smartphone
- Analytical data integration using the power of Mnova
- Experiment witnessing and approval workflows
- More than 2,500 compounds in a preloaded database, with health and safety sheets and supplier inventory
- Fully integrated inventory system
- Configurable stockroom to locate your chemicals
- Suitable for both research and manufacturing environments
- Backed by the same responsive support and innovation services as Mnova
Latest Updates — Mbook 4.0
- Modern, refreshed user interface
- Advanced search filters for improved data discovery
- Improved experiment setup and configuration
- Streamlined inventory management for a more efficient lab workflow
Mbook integrates directly with Mestrelab's Mnova suite of analytical chemistry tools, including NMR processing, LC-MS and GC-MS chromatography, and electronic and vibrational spectroscopy analysis. The platform is trusted by customers across academic, government, and industrial sectors, with case studies including pharmaceutical companies such as Helsinn, who highlight Mbook's open environment and Mestrelab's responsiveness to customer-driven development.
