Electronic lab notebook for LIV scientists

Use Labfolder with your group at LIV

For ordering new licenses, the group leader or a person authorized by the group leader can either write an email to labfolder@leibniz-liv.de.

Invite your colleagues

Group administrators have the capability to invite their team members, regardless of whether the team member has created their own accounts at the time of invitation. Once invited, your colleagues will receive an email providing instructions on how to register and/or join the group.

To invite your colleagues, please follow the steps below:

Step 1: Navigate to “Groups” using the navigation panel on the left side.

Step 2: Select the Group to which you would like to invite new members.

Step 3: Click the “+ Add” button and select “Invite user”.

Step 4: Enter the member’s email address and choose the (Sub-)Group you would like the member to be invited to. Then click “Invite”.

Step 5: After receiving the confirmation message, click “OK”.

Step 6: You can view the status of your group invitations in the group menu at any time.

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Join your group

After joining your group, you can use your electronic laboratory notebook to collaborate with your colleagues in real-time. Together, you can add entries to common projects, create a shared repository of protocols, comment on each other’s data to improve troubleshooting, and even assign and receive tasks to improve lab efficiency.

‍Step 1: Open the email titled “You have been invited to join a Labfolder group!” from cloud@labforward.app. Click on the “Accept invitation” button in the middle of the message. The link to the Labforward login page will automatically open in a new tab.

Login with your existing credentials. If you don’t have an account yet, simply create one using the button provided. Once signed in, navigate to “Groups” using the left-side navigation panel.

Step 2: Click on “Invitation pending” on the top panel.

Step 3: The admin who invited you and the group that you will join is stated in the dropdown window. A warning message will also be displayed if the admin of the group prevents private projects. Confirm by clicking the “Join Group” button.

Get Started with Labfolder: Watch Our Video Tutorials

To get familiar with Labfolder, we recommend visiting our video tutorials page. There, you’ll find short videos with step-by-step explanations demonstrating the key features and workflows Labfolder offers.

Watch the Labfolder Video Tutorials

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Visit Our Knowledge Base for FAQs & Support

Our website also features a comprehensive Knowledge Base where you can browse frequently asked questions organized by topic. For quicker access, you can use the search bar at the top of the page to find specific answers and guidance.

Go to the helpdesk

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Available Training Types

Labfolder Training: Learn all ELN functionalities

‍Are you ready to optimize your data, improve collaboration, effortlessly comply with laboratory standards, and make your day-to-day lab work easier overall? Then schedule a Labfolder training session to successfully implement your ELN.

This training consists of two parts:

• a 30-minute administrator training, in which all administrative functions of the Labfolder ELN are explained, including the management of Labfolder groups and projects
• a 60-minute user training, providing a comprehensive introduction to all ELN features so you can use Labfolder efficiently

During this interactive training, you can ask any questions you may have about your ELN!

Schedule a Labfolder training workshop

Labregister Training: Learn how to benefit from our integrated inventory system

‍Every scientist works with a variety of materials, such as antibodies, chemicals, or plasmids. You may also wish to catalog the equipment used in your laboratory.

With the integrated inventory system, you can organize your inventory lists into categories and manage access rights accordingly. In addition, you can link inventory items directly in your lab notes, helping you improve the traceability and reproducibility of your experiments.

Interested in managing your inventory with Labregister? Then book this session.

Schedule a Labregister training workshop

Q&A Session

‍When getting started with new software, it is usually helpful to familiarize yourself with all available features or go through tutorials. However, the truly challenging questions often arise only once you start actively using your ELN. Feel free to contact us via the support button in the ELN, or collect all the questions you (and your entire team) have and book a personal Q&A session.

Schedule a Q&A session

Latest Cloud Updates

To keep yourself up to date on any updates, such as new features and bug fixes made Labfolder, please take a look at our cloud release notes.

Release notes

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Labfolder’s Support Team

Labfolder’s support team is entirely composed of former scientists, understanding the struggles in the laboratory. We are happy to help you with any questions you may have about using our ELN. In order to quickly address any problems you are experiencing, we would kindly ask you to send a short description together with some screenshots to feedback@labfolder.com.

We are also the right people to contact if you have any suggestions for features that you think are missing in Labfolder. Again, please explain want functionality you are looking for and what you are trying to achieve with this.

LIV Project Team

If you have any specific questions about the structure of your Labfolder group or any administrative issues as well as genereal questions about Labfolder at LIV, please send an email to labfolder@leibniz-liv.de.
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