Scitara DLX: Pioneering the Future of Lab Connectivity and Automation

Unlocking the full potential of scientific data through unified connectivity, automation, and AI integration

In today’s fast-evolving scientific landscape, the integration and automation of laboratory assets are more essential than ever. Scitara DLX leads this transformation, offering a secure, robust connectivity platform that bridges the gap between diverse lab instruments, from benchtop devices to advanced systems like LIMS and ELNs, enabling cohesive workflows in a modern cloud environment. Scitara DLX provides lab with a digital core that can be leveraged to supercharge informatics systems, create adaptable labs and 10X scientists, harmonize scientific data across the enterprise, and use AI and Analytics tools on FAIR data sets to help accelerate science.

The Connectivity Layer: Unifying Lab Assets

At the heart of Scitara DLX is its powerful connectivity layer, which bridges the gap between on-premises devices and cloud-based applications. By offering a simple and secure solution, DLX ensures that every asset in the lab can communicate effectively within a unified framework.

This connectivity layer achieves:

• Unified, Accessible Control Plane: Centralizes control and monitoring of all lab assets, simplifying management and enhancing operational efficiency.
• Consistent, Secure On-Prem to Cloud Connection: Provides a standardized method to securely connect on-premises instruments and applications to cloud platforms, mitigating security risks.
• Integration with Broader Enterprise Networks: Facilitates seamless interaction between lab IT systems and the wider enterprise infrastructure, enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Imagine a scenario where analytical instruments and ELNs seamlessly exchange real-time data—DLX ensures this integration is effortless, improving both efficiency and data integrity.

Orchestrations: Streamlining Automation

Building upon the connectivity layer, Scitara introduces Orchestrations—an automation platform that leverages this connectivity to construct workflows effortlessly. With Orchestrations, lab processes are no longer constrained by manual workflows or IT bottlenecks. Through an intuitive interface, users can design complex, automated workflows that reduce errors and improve operational speed. Orchestrations empower users to create both autonomous processes and those requiring user interaction, all without the need for deep technical expertise.

Key features include:

• Ease of Use: Design complex workflows through a user-friendly interface, reducing reliance on specialized IT personnel.
• Flexibility with Transforms: Experienced developers can insert code snippets called “Transforms” to customize and enhance workflows further.
• Powerful Workflow Management: Handle data transformations, conditional logic, and integration with various lab systems, streamlining operations and reducing manual errors.

Future Roadmap: Workspaces and Strands

As we look ahead, Scitara is committed to expanding the DLX platform with innovative features that further leverage our connectivity base.

Workspaces: Visual Interaction Canvas

Workspaces provide a dynamic visual canvas where users can build interactive dashboards and applications. Leveraging the DLX connectivity, Workspaces enable:

• Data Visualization and Action Execution: Create interfaces to visualize data from connected lab assets and execute actions based on user input.
• Low/No-Code Development: Construct custom applications without extensive programming knowledge, making innovation accessible to all lab personnel.

Use Case Example with LIMS Integration:

Workspaces allow lab personnel to build interactive dashboards for data visualization and control, eliminating the need for deep technical expertise. For example, users can quickly filter samples from a LIMS, perform analyses, and update records—all in one streamlined environment.”

This example illustrates how Workspaces and Orchestrations collaborate to manage complex workflows across various devices, instruments, applications, and user interactions—all within a low/no-code environment.

Strands: Agentic AI Interface

Introducing Strands, our agentic AI interface designed to revolutionize lab interactions. By harnessing the power of AI and the DLX connectivity layer, Strands allows users to co-pilot their lab operations using natural language commands.

Features of Strands include:

• Natural Language Interface: Interact with any asset connected to DLX through conversational language, simplifying complex tasks.
• Enhanced Productivity: Streamline operations by reducing the time and effort required to perform routine tasks.

Illustrative Examples:

• ELN Integration: Starting from an ELN notebook, a user can use Strands to add a table row and then create a sample set in a chromatography system directly from the table.
• Bioreactor Monitoring: A user might instruct Strands, “Monitor bioreactor XR-45 every ten minutes. If the pH drops below 7.2, email me with a summary of the bioreactor conditions.” Strands interprets the command and automates the monitoring and notification process.

Strands represents the future of lab interaction, where users can command lab systems using natural language. This AI-driven interface accelerates workflows and empowers scientists to focus on discovery, not routine tasks.

Containers: Simplifying Deployment and Compliance

DLX Containers offer a robust solution for developing, packaging, and deploying multiple Orchestrations, Workspaces, and Strands profiles that function cohesively. Features include:

• Shared Data Store: Containers utilize a common Data Store, ensuring seamless data access and exchange among included components.
• Ease of Development and Deployment: Facilitate the creation of packaged applications that can be developed, tested, and deployed efficiently.
• Quick-Start Deployments: The Scitara services team will provide Containers for common applications, enabling customers to implement solutions rapidly.
• Regulatory Compliance Management: Customers can manage the development, testing, versioning, and deployment of solutions through various compliance stages—critical in regulated industries like Pharma.

Containers simplify compliance and deployment processes, a critical need in regulated industries like Pharma. By enabling the seamless packaging of workflows, labs can rapidly implement solutions while maintaining regulatory standards.

Conclusion

Scitara is pioneering the future of lab connectivity and automation with its robust, secure, and extensible DLX platform. By unifying lab assets through the connectivity layer, simplifying automation with Orchestrations, and enhancing user interaction with upcoming features like Workspaces and Strands, we empower laboratories to operate more efficiently and intelligently.

Looking ahead to 2025, we are excited to expand our toolset with Workspaces and Strands, providing innovative solutions in a low/no-code environment. The addition of Containers will further streamline development, management, and deployment processes, ensuring compliance and fostering innovation.

Scitara DLX is not just a tool—it’s a comprehensive platform that redefines how labs operate, helping them to achieve a digital core. Whether it’s achieving operational efficiency, simplifying automation, or embracing AI-driven workflows, DLX empowers labs to unlock the full potential of their data. Join us in pioneering this exciting future of lab innovation.