About us

Our history

From two Stanford classmates to the leading LIMS solution for accredited laboratories in Germany, Austria and Switzerland – growing step by step with our team, in close collaboration with our customers and their everyday laboratory requirements.

2009 Founded
230 Laboratories
5,300 Users
9 Countries
2026
Today
MCP LDB-LIMS Claude
AI Phase 5

Model Context Protocol (MCP) – Support for the open standard that connects AI applications with LDB. Presented in the Fall Release 2026 user call

Labordatenbank TISAX certification
TISAX certification

TISAX assessment passed – the automotive industry’s information security standard confirms that sensitive data is safe with us.

AI becomes part of quality management
AI Phase 4

With Audit Assistant, Document Explorer and dual AI model validation, our AI integration introduces new tools for quality management

Labordatenbank LIMS team at analytica 2026
analytica Munich

24–27 March: analytica. We are already preparing for the LIMS Forum on 11–12 November 2026 .

Sebastian Boesel
Sebastian Boesel Biotechnologist

Our team grows: Sebastian supported laboratory mergers as a LIMS project manager, which is how we met. He has been part of our team since July.

2025
Growth
Labordatenbank ISO 9001 certification
ISO 9001 certification

Certification of our quality management system (QMS) by TÜV Rheinland.

Ramona Bünte
Ramona Bünte Chemical biologist

Previously the manager of an accredited environmental laboratory, Ramona now uses demos and onboardingto show how laboratories digitalise their processes with AI today.

Dr. Anne Borowski
Dr. Anne Borowski

Chemist and former laboratory manager who successfully achieved her laboratory’s initial accreditation – our growing team gains further expert support.

Digital Lab Day & company trip to South Tyrol
Digital Lab Day & LIMS Forum Mainz

We present LDB to 2,375 participants from 93 countries at Digital Lab Day. We are also back at the LIMS Forum, this time in Mainz.

Labordatenbank company trip to South Tyrol
Company trip to South Tyrol

Alongside plenty of action in the mountains, the agenda includes AI, quality management and our upcoming international expansion.

2024
Infrastructure & reach
LDB cloud infrastructure
Infrastructure expansion

A third availability zone in Frankfurt provides additional redundancy.

LIMS Forum Mannheim 2024
LIMS Forum Mannheim & analytica Munich

19–20 November: LIMS Forum in Mannheim; 9–12 April: analytica in Munich.

Susanne Letsch-Praxmarer
Susanne Letsch-Praxmarer Microbiologist

Susanne strengthens our team with her quality management expertise in certifications and audits.

2023
Certification & ELN
ISO 27001 certification
ISO 27001 certification

Confidentiality, integrity and availability: A certified standard for our information security management system (ISMS).

Screenshot of the LDB Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN)
ELN goes live

LDB launches the Electronic Lab Notebook.

Company trip to the Kitzbühel Alps
Skiing and quality management – for beginners and advanced participants

Safety on the slopes and in the system – data security training for the team

LIMS Forum Cologne 2023
LIMS Forum Cologne

13–15 November 2023.

Caroline Harlander
Caroline Harlander Microbiologist

Caroline strengthens our team, particularly in technical areas such as data analyses and interfaces.

2022
Team, trade fairs & a company trip
LIMS Forum Cologne 2022
LIMS Forum Cologne & analytica Munich

11–12 October: LIMS Forum in Cologne; 21–24 June: analytica in Munich.

Company trip to Binenwalde
Company trip to the lake

A week of sunshine, sport and swimming in Binenwalde.

Axel Böcher
Axel Böcher Biotechnologist

Additional expertise in medicine and medical technology.

Katharina Inschlag
Katharina Inschlag Bioinformatician

Quality management representative – the certification process begins

2020
User calls & COVID-19
First user call
First user call

November 2020 – a lasting tradition: Our developers personally present every new LDB release during a user call .

Mass PCR testing
School testing

Several million PCR tests – daily, including school testing in Austria (2020–2022).

Miriam Weyden
Miriam Weyden Chemical laboratory technician

Additional expertise in materials testing.

Daniel Khalil
Daniel Khalil Computer scientist

More capacity for LDB development

Stefanie Bergauer
Stefanie Bergauer Industrial supervisor

Stefanie brings expertise in accreditation and environmental testing to the team.

2019
LIMS Forum in Jülich & team growth
LIMS Forum in Jülich 2019
LIMS Forum Jülich

At Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Ines Weiher, Labordatenbank team lead
Ines Weiher Food chemist

Responsibility for the team, customer support and quality management.

2018
LIMS Forum in Jülich
LIMS Forum in Jülich 2018
LIMS Forum in Jülich

Back at the research centre.

2017
Team growth and the LIMS Forum
Christoph Riegler
Christoph Riegler Chemical laboratory technician

After selling his accredited laboratory to a laboratory group, Christoph moves to the other side and joins our team.

LIMS Forum in Jülich 2017
Start of annual participation Every year since

Participation in the LIMS Forum organised by Dr. Klinkner und Partner.

2016
Product development
Quality management module for the ISO 17025 revision
Quality management module for the ISO 17025 revision

The new edition of ISO 17025 is announced. We develop the quality management module in close collaboration with auditors.

2012
Team growth
Julia Liebergesell
Julia Liebergesell Microbiologist

Part of the team since 2012 – growth supported by expert knowledge.

2010
The foundation of our infrastructure
Redundant server infrastructure on AWS
Redundant server infrastructure on AWS

Backups every second and redundancy from the start.

2009
Founding
Meeting at Stanford
Meeting at Stanford

Konrad M. Wagner and Patrick Öhlinger found Labordatenbank. First participation in the LIMS Forum.

And the story continues …

With every new release, every certification and every new team member.

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