A Comprehensive IT Infrastructure for an Enzymatic Product Development in a Digitalized Biotechnological Laboratory

Abstract

Typical product development in biotechnological laboratories is a distributed and versatile process. Today’s biotechnological laboratory devices are usually equipped with multiple sensors and a variety of interfaces. The existing software for biotechnological research and development is often specialized on specific tasks and thus generates task-specific information. Scientific personnel is confronted with an abundance of information from a variety of sources. Hence a comprehensive software backbone that structures the developmental process and maintains data from various sources is missing. Thus, it is not possible to maintain data access, documentation, reporting, availability, and proper data exchange. This chapter envisions a comprehensive digital infrastructure handling the data throughout an enzymatic product development process in a laboratory. The platform integrates a variety of software products, databases, and devices to make all product development life cycle (PDLC) data available and accessible to the scientific staff.