Method and system for cell operations using the internet of things

A cell laboratory data collection method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of sensors including at least one sensor for sensing ambient conditions in a laboratory, at least one sensor for sensing the identity of a cell operation supply material held in a container and used in a cell operation in an instrument, and at least one sensor for sensing a state of container of the cell operation supply material;
• configuring a controller to receive data from the plurality of sensors and cell data relating to the status of cell being operated on;
• archiving the cell data and the date from the plurality of sensors in a database;
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• in response to determining that the status of cells in a current cell operation differs from the status of cells of a past operation that has been archived, providing to the user a comparison of data from the plurality of sensors from the past operation and the current operation to account for the difference.