The National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) has chosen the Biotracker system developed by the Hyderabad-based Ocimum Biosolutions to be installed as Lab Information Management System (LIMS) in its DNA sequencing facility at Halifax.

Biotracker is a multi-platform GLP compliant LIMS for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. The software enables life sciences and pharmaceutical labs to keep an accurate track of samples, reagents, instruments, processes and output, from the time these samples or resources are acquired, right through to the final stage of research. Biotracker comes with multi-level user configurable security feature. Biotracker also provides easy and low-cost instrument and application interfacing. This software is a comprehensive lab information and knowledge management system compliant with GLP and based on guidelines set forth by US FDA 21 CFR Part 11.

According to Anuradha Acharya, CEO, Ocimum Biosolutions the NRCC deal represents an affirmation of Biotracker as one of the leading LIMS solutions in the world for the pharmaceutical and life sciences community.

The National Research Council is the government of Canada's premier organization for research and development. The IMB lab in Halifax where the solution will be deployed houses the most active DNA sequencing facility in Canada, with a steadily increasing capacity to generate and analyze sequence data. The state-of-the-art facility performs automated sequencing of complete, and partial, genomes related to fish and shellfish health and nutrition. Current research also includes sequencing of several bacterial genomes including pathogens of fish and mammals.