Real Stories from Real Users
“Making the transition from our previous system to OpenSpecimen has been a game changer for us. OpenSpecimen has significantly improved the way we track and manage the entire blood processing workflow in our laboratory, from Ficoll isolation to the storage of PBMC cells in our nitrogen tanks, as well as the serum and plasma storage at our -80°C freezers. It tracks each step, acting as a protocol guide, so we always know exactly where we stand in the process. It also generates labels and calculates necessary data, making everything more efficient and reducing the risk of errors. It has become an essential tool for ensuring accuracy, consistency, and traceability in our workflow. And finally, OpenSpecimen provides the user flexibility in how to use the system.”
— Liesbeth Niemans, UMC Utrecht (Netherlands)
“OpenSpecimen’s flexible user interface (UI) works very well for the different biorepositories and workflows at our institution. The ability to easily configure the user interface creates streamlined ‘screens’ so technicians spend less time entering data.”
— David Mulvihill, Washington University (St. Louis, USA)
“We use OpenSpecimen to track sample use and to find specimens for UC Davis researchers. With its extensive configurability and ability to create whatever custom data entry forms are needed, OpenSpecimen is just perfect for us.”
— Irmgard Feldman, University of California (Davis, USA)
“At Amsterdam UMC Biobank, OpenSpecimen is becoming more and more the central thread of all processes – from sample management to business operations.”
— Jörg Hamann, UMC Amsterdam
“OpenSpecimen is now live, serving the demands of biobank.cy. It helps to perform data management effectively and audit every action in the system. All this while simultaneously minimizing time costs and preventing human errors. OpenSpecimen contributed significantly in building a robust world-class biobank.”
— Dr. Nantia Iakovidou, Cyprus biobank
“The biobank.cy is a Center of Excellence for research and innovation, aimed to prepare Cyprus for the next generation of biomedical research. The Biobank, as a medical research infrastructure, is already changing the prospects for precision medicine in Cyprus. A major milestone has been accomplished with the preparation of CYPROME, the Cypriot human genome project, based on the first 1000 exomes. The implementation of OpenSpecimen was an instrumental investment in obtaining high-quality management of valuable data and biosamples.”
— Prof. Constantinos Deltas, Director General of Cyprus Biobank
“We collected data in Excel spreadsheets; some data was in REDCap. The data was accurate, but it was incredibly difficult to extract the data from it. Now that we have shifted to OpenSpecimen, we can pull any type of data easily.”
— Nina D’Vaz, Biobank Manager, The ORIGINS Biobank
“The Krishagni team was very helpful, patient, and responsive, taking the time to understand our needs and always keeping us informed during the implementation process. They were also able to build a custom edit checks module to our requirements, and the recent upgrade has allowed us to integrate our specimen catalogue into our website. OpenSpecimen has met our expectations, and we have happily recommended it to other biobanks.”
— Maggie Ling, Data Systems Manager, Victorian Cancer Biobank (VCB)