

A demonstration version of the application can be viewed at. This site also contains installation instructions and a user guide. The source code and database setup script can be downloaded from. Conclusions Protein Tracker is an open-source web-based application that provides organizations with the ability to track key data involved in the production and purification of proteins and may be modified to meet the specific needs of an organization. Protein Tracker makes extensive use of existing open-source libraries and is designed to track essential data related to the production and purification of proteins. In addition, a request system was added that includes a means of prioritizing requests to help manage the high demand of protein production resources at most organizations. Findings This web-application allows small to medium-sized protein production groups to track data related to plasmid DNA, conditioned media samples (supes), cell lines used for expression, and purified protein information, including method of purification and quality control results. Commercial LIMS often include additional modules that may be paid for but not actually used, and often require software expertise to truly customize them for a given environment. Furthermore, there is no simple way to query the data if/when questions arise. Managing reagent data stored in files is challenging because files are often copied, moved, and reformatted.

spreadsheets and notebooks), or commit the time and effort to install, configure and maintain a more complex laboratory information management system (LIMS). Protein Tracker: an application for managing protein production and purificationīackground Laboratories that produce protein reagents for research and development face the challenge of deciding whether to track batch-related data using simple file based storage mechanisms (e.g. BenMAP-CE is free and open source software, and the source code is available upon request. Download configuration and aggregation/pooling/valuation files to estimate benefits. Novel features include symbolic links to maintain a sane directory structure, checksums for validating file integrity during transfer and storage, and flexible use of server-provided metadata.ĭownload the current and legacy versions of the BenMAP program. It uses existing standards for obtaining the files, and uses efficient techniques for storing the files. It can subscribe to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and Atom feeds containing arbitrary metadata, and maintains a local content addressable data store. This software is capable of downloading and organizing files as an OpenSearch client. Downloading and organizing large amounts of files is challenging, and often done using ad hoc methods.
