
quattro/LJ
Electronic laboratory notebook for secure, collaborative experiment documentation with customizable templates, full-text search, and integration with chemistry databases and LIMS systems.
Overview
quattro/LJ is an electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) developed by Quattro Research, designed for the digital recording and documentation of scientific experiments. It is applicable across a variety of scientific fields and enables researchers to access, manage, and collaborate on laboratory records from any location at any time.
The platform combines an intuitive user interface with robust security features, making it suitable for organisations that need to protect sensitive data and intellectual property while maintaining efficient, collaborative workflows.
Templates and Productivity
- Create custom templates to generate laboratory entries with just a few clicks, ideal for quick documentation of standard methods
- Create and manage your own templates tailored to individual needs using the built-in Entry Designer
- Choose from a selection of modules including free text, chemical reactions with automatic stoichiometric calculations, image files, time tracking, and more
- More complex templates can be created on request by the Quattro Research team
Ease of Use
- Intuitive, time-saving documentation of experiments with minimal effort
- Option to store test data directly within the journal
- Smart search functionality for browsing all entries and attachments
- Simple review and finalisation process for completed entries
- Access to laboratory journal entries from any location
- Interfaces with other external systems for seamless data exchange
Attachments
- Files can be easily attached to each laboratory journal entry, keeping experiment documentation and results in one place
- Support for large amounts of data and a variety of file formats
- Attachments are stored securely within the database
- Content of attachments can be searched by keywords or specific data points
- Check-in/check-out mechanism available for controlled editing of attachments
Security and Compliance
- Complex security management with individual access control per laboratory notebook
- Adaptable to customer-specific security requirements
- Monitoring of read and write permissions
- Full audit trail support
- Protection of intellectual property
- Version control and electronic signature capabilities
Search and Data Retrieval
- Full text search across all entries and attachments
- Specific filtering by experiment, keyword, project, author, and chemical structures or substructures
- Search results can be grouped and filtered to quickly locate relevant information
System Integrations
- Chemistry databases
- Compound management and registration systems
- Substance logistics systems, including Quattro Research's own quattro/CM
- LIMS systems
- Company-wide user management solutions such as Active Directory and LDAP
quattro/LJ is part of the broader Quattro Research product suite, which also includes quattro/CM for sample and inventory management and quattro/BR for sequence-based bio-registration. The platform is designed to integrate into existing laboratory IT infrastructures and can be tailored to meet the specific compliance and operational requirements of life sciences organisations.
