Migrating to an All-in-One Cloud Solution Saves Time on Data Management
Customer Company Size
SME
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Benchling
Tech Stack
- Cloud Computing
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Healthcare & Hospitals
- Life Sciences
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
About The Customer
Jounce Therapeutics is a pioneer of precision immunotherapies for cancer. The company uses a number of different analytical techniques to identify biomarkers in the tumor microenvironment (TME) that can help them match their drug candidates with the right patients. The company is based in Cambridge, MA and has between 51 to 250 employees. Prior to implementing Benchling, Jounce Therapeutics used multiple software platforms that did not communicate well with each other. This led to productivity loss as wet lab and informatics groups had to spend time transferring files and copying/pasting data across these platforms. The informatics group also had to spend valuable time maintaining and connecting these multiple software ‘solutions’. The company was looking for a new lab information software solution that could streamline their operations and improve productivity.
The Challenge
Jounce Therapeutics, a pioneer of precision immunotherapies for cancer, was facing challenges in managing all the assay and antibody data from concept to IND across different teams. They were using multiple software platforms that did not communicate well with each other, leading to productivity loss as wet lab and informatics groups had to spend time transferring files and copying/pasting data across these platforms. The informatics group also had to spend valuable time maintaining and connecting these multiple software ‘solutions’. Critical data was stored in multiple software applications across different servers, complicating report generation, insight generation, and regulatory compliance. The friction of multiple logins and the need for specific training on how to best use each different software platform frustrated scientists and impacted productivity.
The Solution
Jounce Therapeutics implemented Benchling, an all-in-one cloud solution that tracks all characterization data for a given sample from concept to clinic. The implementation and migration to Benchling was tailored to Jounce’s needs and executed as a seamless process. The Implementation Manager from Benchling created a custom data model for Jounce and led multiple scientist training sessions. At the same time, the Jounce team prepared their users and their legacy data for a transition into Benchling. Their strategy of creating a superuser group to evangelize the change to their own teams helped drive acceptance and adoption. Scientists enthusiastically adopted Benchling as they recognized the value that an integrated platform could provide. Because the Benchling Notebook automatically pulls and integrates data from Inventory and Registry, it became much easier for scientists to document their experiment details in real-time, rather than type it up after-the-fact.
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