Supported platforms & technologies¶

The following assay types are supported out-of-the-box

Sequencing
- Illumina sequencing
- Nanopore sequencing
Light Microscopy (LM)
- Light Miscroscopy
- Light Miscroscopy Screens
Electron Microscopy (EM)
- Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Volume Electron Microscopy
Generic

Basic assay description (name, date, owner, etc.).

Do not misuse the generic type

The generic assay type is not to be used as a lazy alternative to register an assay without providing the necessary domain-specific information. The generic type is solely meant to be used to describe either very simple assays or other not yet supported domain-specific ones.

When a your assay belongs to one of the already supported types, do use the appropriate type. The additional information is required when depositing your data to a public repository, so record it as soon as possible.

Assays consume specific sample types¶

The sample model aims at describing how a biological sample was obtained from its original specimen (conditions, etc.). A base Sample model is provided to capture elementary sample information. In addition, we've designed domain-specific sample types, which aim - when necessary - at capturing the additional bits of information.

Domain-specific samples allow to record technology-specific information mandatory when publishing to public repositories

Certain scientific domain (sequencing, microscopy) require recording at a finer grain information about how a sample was obtained. This information often follows international standards, and has to be handed out when submitting the data to public repositories.

To enforce the proper recording of the information, assays restrict the sample type they accept:

Sequencing

Sequencing Library
Light Microscopy (LM)

Base sample
Electron Microscopy (EM)

Electron Microscopy (EM) Sample

Support of other platform and technologies¶

We are aware of the other platform and technologies heavily used in life science. We do want to further develop the current offer to support also:

Proteomics
Metabolomics
Flow Cytometry

We are also looking into how to better support multi-omics assays.

Contact us to help us support your technology of choice

Each integration of a new technology and/or platform takes time. One of the most important aspect is to develop specifications that make sense on a bigger scale. This usually involves collaboration with specialists in their field who help us grasping the different aspect and specificities of a cutting-edge technology.

If you are willing to see your tehcnology of choice integrated into LabID, please contact us