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Qualitative and Quantitative Schemes with Cequator's Standardized Templates
Cequator is a powerful software tool that simplifies the reporting process for both qualitative and quantitative EQA schemes. By providing standardized templates aligned with best practices, Cequator ensures consistency and clarity in reporting across diverse EQA schemes allowing EQA providers to gain deeper insights into the performance of participating laboratories.
As an international company, QuoData is committed to creating an open, inclusive, and integrated working environment for all employees. Since 2024, QuoData has proudly become a part of the Wirtschaft für ein Weltoffenes Sachsen (Welcome Saxony).
QuoData is pleased to be part of the KI MOD PEM project (AI-based modular mapping of the PEMFC-MEA manufacturing process for quality control of intermediate and end products). This project is supported by the Central Innovation Program for SMEs (ZIM), a nationwide, technology- and industry-open funding program. KI MOD PEM has a duration of 2.5 years and runs until April 30, 2026.
Overview and Aim of the Study
QuoData is excited to announce the collaborative study on the characterization of soil invertebrate communities using DNA metabarcoding.
This study aims to validate genetic methods for soil invertebrate community characterization, focusing on DNA extraction and metabarcoding PCRs. These methods will be used for soil quality assessment. The validated methods will be submitted to ISO for preparation of new ISO standards.
An exciting opportunity for laboratories as the 2024 Interlaboratory Study for effect-based in vitro methods to detect hormonal activity in aqueous samples is set to launch this autumn. We invite you to participate in this study to enhance your laboratory's performance. Let's take a brief look at the first interlaboratory trial organized in 2021.
Interlaboratory Trial 2021:
Fostering dialog - QuoData Welcomes New DAAD Interns!
QuoData warmly welcomes the new DAAD interns! This year, QuoData is delighted to have three interns supported by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) RISE program join the team.
QuoData is excited to announce a powerful new addition to its clinical EQA software-as-a-service suite Cequator – a powerful Homogeneity & Stability Testing module. This feature allows EQA providers to analyze homogeneity and stability data of EQA/PT samples as required by ISO 17043.
Homogeneity and stability are critical factors in ensuring accurate and reproducible results when using EQA/PT samples. The new module followst he protocols of ISO 13528 and streamlines the analysis process with:
On June 5, 2024, QuoData successfully hosted a web-seminar on "Implementing ISO 17043:2023 - Guidelines for Laboratory PT Sample Production and Distribution." Martin Jähne, QuoData's Head of Laboratory, guided participants through the critical updates and changes in the ISO 17043:2023 standard.
The ISO 17043 standard, updated in 2023, includes several significant changes:
Incorporation of inspection and sampling as further conformity assessment activities in the standard
- QuoData GmbH is proud to join forces with the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN), Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME (Fraunhofer IME), and SME partners – Institut Dr. Nowak GmbH & Co. KG, in the MetaInvert-ISO project.
The "biosaxony vor Ort – AI for SMEs" event held on March 14, 2024, at the QuoData headquarters, was a resounding success. Filled with vibrant energy from enthusiastic participants and insights shared by esteemed speakers, it was an enriching experience.
The event kicked off with a brief opening by Conny Lerche, followed by Anja Rösler's introduction to biosaxony and its current initiatives. Continuing the program, QuoData’s Senior Data Scientist, Kapil Nichani, delved into "Embracing AI: Transforming measurement data into insights and actions".
Exploring AI in Life Sciences: QuoData hosts "biosaxony vor Ort"
QuoData is honored and excited to take the lead in hosting the upcoming "biosaxony vor Ort" event on March 14, 2024, from 4 pm to 6:25 pm at our headquarters on Prellerstrasse 14.
The Emergence of Maia - An open-source tool for video analysis of iPSC-CMs
There's a tremendous growth noticed in the studies of induced pluripotent stem-cells derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs). Biomedical image & signal processing techniques are increasingly used in the analysis of stem cell studies, regenerative & therapeutic medicines, organ-on-chip studies, etc.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) and the U.S. National Institue of Standards and Technology (NIST) put their trust in QuoData's Analytical Quality Assurance Solutions
Since its foundation in 1995, QuoData has acquired a wide range of customers and partners around the world through its reliability and expertise. Among them influential policy-making and standard-setting bodies in the United States like the U.S. FDA and NIST.
- QuoData showcases innovative solutions at MEDLab Middle East 2024 in Dubai, presenting Cequator for external quality assurance programs and PROLab MED for interlaboratory studies. Discover our cutting-edge offerings for the medical industry. Visit us at the German Pavilion!
- SmartGrape - AI-based MIR measuring system for determining quality in viticulture With the „SmartGrape“ project, QuoData and the partner institutes aim to analyze the quality determining characteristics of grapes by combining a miniaturized infrared spectrometer with an artificial intelligence (AI) approach.
- "Estrogenic Effects" is the first EQA scheme in the new QuoData external quality assurance program for in vitro methods for effect-based analysis.
- The symposium "Data Science / Labor 4.0 – die digitale Transformation" organized by the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, BVL) took place on 6th October 2020. This year’s BVL symposium was organized in a hybrid online format.
QuoData Web-Seminars 2021: Quality assurance in food microbiology, evaluation of proficiency tests and in-house validation
The popular QuoData web-seminars will take place again in 2021. The events, in which participation will only be possible online, deal with various topics of quality assurance.
Validation, verification and determination of measurement uncertainty for Microbiologists -a QuoData webinar series providing expert knowledge for analytical quality assurance.
In recent years, a number of norms and standards have been developed to define approaches and procedures for quality assurance of microbiological test methods.
The highly relevant series of standards ISO 16140 and ISO 19036, are intricately examined in a comprehensive webinar series curated by QuoData, specifically tailered for laboratories in the field of food microbiology.
The novel coronavirus has directly or indirectly affected everyone’s lives forcing people to embrace a new normal. Many experts predict that the pandemic is likely to have a continued impact, far beyond the ongoing distancing restrictions. Moving forward, QuoData believes that adapting and tweaking everyone’s personal and business decision-making process, by factoring different socio-economic aspects is the key.
QuoData‘s Data Scientists have launched a blog that biostatistically evaluates the situation regarding the spread of the coronavirus in an international context. There are regular updates on the development of the pandemic, including QuoData’s tailored prognoses: https://corona.quodata.de/index.php#english
Via Twitter the channel @QuoData_en QuoData also informs about updates of the Corona blog.