About LECIS...
LECIS (Laboratory Equipment Control Interface Specification) defines a uniform, device vendor-neutral remote control interface for laboratory instruments. In 1998, LECIS became an ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) standard. The official ASTM standard designation for LECIS is ASTM E1989-98. Information on how to obtain a copy of the official ASTM standard document can be found under Reference Materials in the Downloads section.
Over the last six years or so, the laboratory automation industry has moved more and more towards a network-aware, object-oriented device control paradigm. As a result, an effort to develop a distributed, object-oriented version of LECIS was started in 2000. This effort was spearheaded by OMG's (Object Management Group) Life Sciences Research Domain Taskforce. In 2002, this OMG standardization effort resulted in a CORBA-based (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) version of LECIS. Besides allowing for distributed, deterministic, computing platform-independent, vendor-neutral, object-oriented control of any type of laboratory device, the OMG LECIS standard was also expected to address some of the shortcomings of the older ASTM LECIS standard. In Q4 of 2002, the OMG LECIS Finalization Taskforce completed its work on the CORBA LECIS standard. This new standard is currently undergoing a final editorial review within the OMG. We expect that the OMG CORBA LECIS standard will be officially released in Q2 of 2003. In the meanwhile, a pre-release version of this upcoming OMG CORBA LECIS standard can be downloaded here. The original OMG LECIS RFP is available here.
LECIS Special Interest Group
The following list shows the
companies/institutions that have expressed their interest in the LECIS
standard. See the Contacts section for more
information on how the subscribe to our free mailing list service.
Last List Update: February 23, 2004
ABBOTT GmbH Diagnostika, Germany
ABBOTT Laboratories, USA
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., Canada
Advanced ChemTech, USA
AEA Technology Products & Systems, UK
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Germany
Amgen, USA
Applied Biosystems, USA
Aurora, USA
Aventis, USA
Axys Pharmaceuticals, USA
Beckman Coulter, Inc., USA
Becton Dickinson, USA
BIO RAD Laboratories, USA, Israel
Bioreason, USA
Boehringer Ingelheim, Austria
Bohdan Automation, USA
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, USA
British Biotech, UK
BSSN, Germany
California Computer Research, Inc.
Cambridge Antibody Technology, UK
Casey Laboratory Application Software Solutions, Netherlands
CCS Packard, USA
CENAM, Mexico
CENSA, USA
CERA, USA
CHIRON, USA
CIMTEC, USA
COMPAQ, USA
Coyote Software, USA
CREON-LabControl, Germany
CSols, Inc., USA
CST Logic Softwareentwicklung GmbH, Germany
Data Innovations, Inc., USA
DATECT, Inc., USA
Dawning Technologies, Inc., USA
Deere & Company, USA
DMSO, USA
Eastman Kodak Company, USA
EDS, USA
European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
Ergotech Systems, Inc., USA
Fachhochschule Wiesbaden - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Fraunhofer Institut Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung, Germany
Free Range Enterprises, USA
Galactic Industries Corporation, USA
Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, USA
Gene Tec Corporation, USA
Hewlett Packard, USA
Hitachi, Ltd. Instrument Division, Japan
Immunos, USA
Incyte Genomics, Inc., USA
INGENIUM Pharmaceuticals, Germany
Interface Engineering Co., Ltd., South Korea
Invetech, Australia
JENOPTIK Software Solutions GmbH, Germany
J.P. Reardon, USA
LabInterlink, USA
Labman Automation, UK
Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
LIMS Technologies, Inc., USA
LJL BioSystems, Inc., USA
Lockheed Martin, USA
LS Lab Services, Netherlands
Luminex Corporatioin, USA
MDL Information Systems, Inc., USA
Medical Laboratory Automation, Inc., USA
MERCK Research Laboratories, USA
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA
Mitre, USA
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., Yokohama Research Center, Japan
Molecular Devices Corp., USA
Molecumetics, USA
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
NetGenics, USA
NIST, USA
Novell, USA
Novo Nordisk Engineering A/S, Denmark
Olympus America Inc., USA
OSM, USA
PA Consulting Group, USA
Packard Instrument Company, USA
Pascal GILLÈS de PÉLICHY, France
PE Applied Biosystems, USA
PerSeptive Biosystems, Inc., USA
Persistence Software, USA
Pfizer, USA, UK
Pharmacia & Upjohn Diagnostics, USA
Phoenix International Life Sciences, Inc., USA
Process Analysis and Automation Ltd., UK
Process Technology, USA
Psychiatric Genomics, Inc., USA
Qiagen Corporation, Germany
REMP AG, Switzerland
ReTiSoft, Canada
Rheodyne, USA
RoboCart, USA
Robocon Labor- und Industrieroboter Ges.m.b.H., Austria
Rosetta Inpharmatics, USA
Sagian, Inc., USA
San Diego Supercomputer Center, USA
SCC Clinical Information Systems, USA
Scientific Computing and Automation, USA
Schering-Plough, USA
SCYNEXIS Chemistry & Automation, Inc., USA
Siemens AG, Germany, USA
SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, USA, Spain
Spyder Instruments, Inc., USA
Sun Microsystems, USA
System Design & Manufacturing, USA
TeamScience, Inc., USA
TECAN, USA, CH
TekCel Corporation, USA
TELIK, Inc., USA
The Automation Partnership, USA, UK
The Electric Laboratory Company Limited, UK
Thermo BioAnalysis Companies, USA
Thermo CRS, Canada
The Technology Integration Group, USA
The Technology Partnership, UK
THRU-PUT Systems, Inc., USA
Transition Labs Inc., USA
TRUE Technology, Inc., USA
UCLA, USA
Umeå University, Sweden
Union Carbide Corporation, USA
Union Switch & Signal, USA
Universal Imaging Corporation, USA
VistaLab Technologies, USA
VizXlabs, USA
Wyeth-Ayerst International Inc., USA
Xerox, USA
ZEISS Jena GmbH, Germany
Zymark Corporation, USA
3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA
Note: If you would like to add or remove your company or institution to/from this list, then please send an e-mail to Torsten Staab (tstaab@lanl.gov)
