Swift, sure sample survey

Launched earlier this year, Titian Software's Mosaic sample management software suite tracks compounds and reagents, and manages the processes that prepare them for drug screening.

Primary and secondary screening are highly complex and expensive procedures, with compounds and reagents needing to be retrieved from disparate stores and then taken through numerous manual and automated processing stages such as weighing and liquid handling, before the screening assay can take place.

Mosaic is a web-based software package that controls all of these activities. Put simply, Mosaic tells the producer what it has, where it is and what needs to be done to it. By providing a sample management system with an easy-to-use interface, Mosaic can reduce errors, decrease sample usage, increase efficiency and speed up each iteration of the screening cycle.

Edmund Wilson, Titian's technical director said: 'With the launch of the full Mosaic system, Titian offers drug discovery companies a software solution that didn't exist previously - the combination of inventory tracking, workflow management, sample ordering and integration of all robotic equipment involved in sample processing.'

Integration modules are available for robotic platforms and the system has interfaces to provide connectivity with existing IT systems.