computer science

Starlims

Starlims is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Starlims rather than just read about it. In short: STARLIMS Corporation (STARLIMS) is a portfolio company of Turn/River Capital that provides web-based laboratory information management systems. History The company was founded by Itschak Friedman and Dinu Toiba in Israel in 1986, and developed and sold LIMS software.

Key takeaways

Starlims belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Starlims to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Starlims from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

STARLIMS Corporation (STARLIMS) is a portfolio company of Turn/River Capital that provides web-based laboratory information management systems.

History The company was founded by Itschak Friedman and Dinu Toiba in Israel in 1986, and developed and sold LIMS software. The company was renamed to STARLIMS. By 2005, the company's software was installed at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in systems of state health authorities in 12 US states. The company held its IPO in the US in 2007. Friedman was CEO until the company was acquired by Abbott Laboratories in 2009 for $123 million; at that time the company had 160 employees and most of its operations and sales were in the US, the UK, and Hong Kong. By the time of the sale, STARLIMS was offered as a web application. Abbott intended to fold STARLIMS' products offerings into its other health information technology businesses in an effort to improve its clinical diagnostics business. In 2014, Abbott changed the subsidiary's name from STARLIMS to Abbott Informatics. In July 2021 Abbott sold STARLIMS to Francisco Partners. In August 2023, it was announced STARLIMS had acquired the London-based R&D Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) platform, Labstep for an undisclosed amount. In January 2026, it was announced that Francisco Partners had sold Starlims to private-equity firm Turn/River Capital for an undisclosed amount.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Starlims

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Starlims claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Starlims before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Starlims ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Starlims

In research: Starlims appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Starlims in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Starlims is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1986 establishments in Israel, 2021 mergers and acquisitions, American companies established in 1986, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Starlims outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Starlims in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Starlims means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Starlims out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Starlims in simple terms?

STARLIMS Corporation (STARLIMS) is a portfolio company of Turn/River Capital that provides web-based laboratory information management systems. History The company was founded by Itschak Friedman and Dinu Toiba in Israel in 1986, and developed and sold LIMS software.

Why does Starlims matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Starlims?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Starlims.