Lynda Wright

Laboratory Information Management System Administrator - CSIRO

Graduated in:

2003

Course completed:

Bachelor of Computing majoring in programming

Currently working for:

CSIRO

How long have you been working for this organisation?

8 years

Position title and short job description:

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Administrator

Working highlight so far:

Diversity of my job including travel to South East Asian countries working on AUSAID projects.

What are the things you enjoy most about your job?

Diversity of my job including working in the laboratory, configuring various types of instrumentation and linking that to my LIMS system. Travel to international venues and conferences.

An area in which you have needed assistance:

Different obscure computer languages.

What do you intend to do in the future?

Stay with CSIRO and expand LIMS system to communicate with other LIMS systems at state levels and learn more thoroughly java and C# languages interfacing systems using XML.

#1 tip for current students studying your course:

Learn the basics of a few computer languages and interfacing different systems through networks.