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What are the Laboratory Technology Maturity Levels?

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The levels identified in this LTML framework go from a technical maturity level of essentially zero, to the highest level achievable:

Level 1 - Paper based and Paper Notebook based data collection and management.
Level 2 - Office and general SaaS based applications to manage laboratory data in an ad-hoc way.
Level 3 - LIMS/ELN with instrument and/or 3rd-party application integrations.
Level 4 - LIMS/ELN with automated processes and devices such as robotics, liquid handlers, automated data workflows, and more.
Level 5 - The application of AI and ML to lab processes to eliminate more manual steps than can be accomplished through hard coded automated processes in level 4.

Where does your lab sit in this hierarchy? Where would you like it to be?