Nova BioProfile FLEX2 to LIMS and bioreactor integration

Seal connects BioProfile FLEX2 measurements to the culture that produced the sample. Bring chemistry and cell results together with Ambr or bioreactor study records, giving scientists an accessible view of culture performance and the evidence behind each comparison.

An offline lactate result joins an Ambr study

Illustrative study and sample records for a configured connection.

  1. Culture

    PD-066 / vessel 8

    Resolve the vessel within its experiment.

  2. Collection

    S-066-8-36 / culture hour 36

    Keep the collection event as the comparison time.

  3. Analysis

    FLEX2-07 / analysis 9182

    Retain analytes, units, flags and measurement time.

  4. Study view

    PD-066 / lactate comparison

    Link each plotted value to its sample and analyzer evidence.

Put offline chemistry on the culture timeline.

Seal brings sample collection, analyzer results and culture records together, so scientists can compare study conditions without reconstructing vessel identities in every worksheet. The configured workflow keeps analyte names, units and reported flags with the results your team uses.

neil can help compare the connected glucose, lactate or viability records and prepare an evidence-linked study summary. Your team can inspect the collection times and source analyses behind the comparison before deciding what to investigate or change.

With the records connected, try asking neil:

Compare glucose and lactate across these Ambr cultures at the scheduled sampling points. Show source analyses, collection times and any missing or qualified results.

Account for the growing monthly result file.

Nova documents historical CSV result exports and an Auto Export mode that appends sample results to a monthly file. Sample and QC results are exported separately. A reliable Seal handoff can use completed snapshots of the selected sample-result output.

Configure the import around individual source analyses. When a later snapshot includes earlier rows, reconcile those analyses with existing records and add the newly delivered ones. This lets routine collection continue without multiplying old results each time the file grows.

Link the result to the collection event.

Resolve the experiment, vessel and sample collection event before placing the analyzer result on a culture trend. Store the analysis time separately from the sampling time. If elapsed culture time is needed, use the study's agreed reference event.

Keep repeated analyses of one sample as related measurements so the scientist can see which value is used in a comparison. Seal's connected sample record gives reviewers the route from the selected result to the measurement evidence and the original culture.

Compare values with their units and flags intact.

Select the analytes needed by the study and map their reported units, dilution context and result flags. A missing measurement and a reported numeric zero have different meanings. Preserve the source qualifier so the laboratory can decide how a result should be used.

Build comparison views around matched sampling events and compatible units. This makes the study more useful to the process team and gives neil a clear set of records to summarize, including the analyses that require attention before a comparison is complete.

Vendor references for this workflow

Test it with your data.

Use these cases to agree and test the connection’s behaviour. They are proposed acceptance checks, not completed tests or automatic connector features.

A monthly export repeats the first fifty analyses

The second snapshot contains fifty analyses already imported and three new analyses.

Expected behaviour
Reconcile the fifty existing analyses and create only the three newly delivered records.
Evidence to keep
Both snapshots, source analysis identities and the import reconciliation.

A chemistry result is measured after the sampling window

A culture sample collected at hour 36 is analyzed at hour 37.5.

Expected behaviour
Use hour 36 for the culture comparison and retain 37.5 as the analysis time.
Evidence to keep
The collection record, analyzer timestamp and configured elapsed-time reference.
More checks for this connection
  • Import overlapping snapshots of the monthly file and reconcile individual analyses.
  • Compare samples measured at different times after collection.
  • Check a qualified result and a missing analyte in the study view.

Before you connect

Can Seal connect BioProfile FLEX2 results to Ambr studies?

Yes. Configure the sample mapping around the experiment, vessel and collection event, then connect selected FLEX2 results to that sample. Seal can bring these offline analyses together with the culture records used in the study.

How should a growing FLEX2 CSV file be imported?

Use a controlled handoff and reconcile rows by source analysis identity. The import can retain earlier analyses while adding new results from later snapshots of the monthly file.

Can neil compare culture chemistry across vessels?

Yes. With the sample references and results connected in Seal, neil can help compare analytes across the selected cultures and show the source evidence, units and gaps behind its summary.

Check your system’s connection options.

Confirm the installed version, available exports and permissions. These pages cover the source interface and link to setup instructions.

For configuration: Seal Scripts and local-file collection.

Build the workflow around your lab.

Start with a Seal blueprint, then connect the source evidence and records your team uses.

Start with one export.

Bring the source evidence and the records it needs to connect to. For this workflow, a useful starting pack is:

  • Two successive snapshots of a BioProfile FLEX2 sample-results CSV.
  • The vessel map and sample collection log for one culture experiment.
  • Representative analyzer results with units, dilution context and reported flags.
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