What is SciNote

SciNote is an open source electronic lab notebook (ELN) specifically designed for life science students, researchers, laboratory managers and group leaders. It helps scientists to manage and organize their scientific data. SciNote can run on a cloud or be installed on a local server or computer. Every change within SciNote is timestamped, therefore all user activity can be seen and all data entries can be traceable. Users can upload different types of files such as .txt, .xls, .jpeg, .pdf, etc. and can easily make changes to them. All data is automatically backed up in SciNote and can be downloaded at anytime from anywhere. Since SciNote is compatible with smartphone and tablet, it can be used from anywhere and being on a cloud makes it a perfect tool for collaboration. SciNote users can choose freely who they want to assign to individual projects and which experiments or specific data they want to share with fellow colleagues. It is suitable for laboratories of any size, since it offers an unlimited number of users.

How it works

SciNote is designed to be very intuitive so you can start using it immediately. It runs as a cloud application or you can install it locally. There is no limitation for the number of users so it is suitable for labs of any size. Everything you change in SciNote is time stamped, so full traceability is guaranteed. Here is how the main parts of the SciNote work:

Dashboard

SciNote keeps your work organized in projects to which you can assign people, add tags and set due dates. Each project has tabs, where you can see the latest notifications, activities and comments from other participants.

Experiment

Within each project all experiments can be viewed in a tree structure. Each experiment can consist of a single or multiple modules. This gives you an overview of work and enables you to create workflows, either for laboratory work or data analysis. Each module has tabs for adding files, protocols, tables, tags, delegating work to others and setting due dates.

Protocol

In a module you can create steps of a protocol. You can upload files, write your comments and add checklists. Each step can be marked when completed, so you will know exactly when it was done.

Results

In the Results tab you can write down your observations, create and edit tables and upload any file such as .txt, .xls, .pdf, .jpeg, OpenDocument etc.

Report

Whether you want to export only a few results for a meeting or create a full project report, SciNote can make that for you in just a few clicks. Simply select experiments of interest, the content you want and the report will be created automatically. You can download your report as a PDF file or you can save it in SciNote to review and modify it later.

Keyword search

SciNote has a powerful keyword search function, that searches through all of your projects, including content of the attached files.

Tutorials

Watch short video tutorials that take you step by step through SciNote features and demonstrate how SciNote works on Tutorials page of SciNote website.

More information

For more informations please visit SciNote website.