Features

LIMS*Nucleus falls into the “systems” category of LIMS development. LIMS*Nucleus contains a limited set of features and is designed to be integrated into a larger system.

Goal

Comprehensive but limitted feature set (multi-well plate sample management) with well defined inputs and outputs designed to be incorporated into a larger system.

Implemented features

Create project, plate set, plates, wells with and without samples
Group plate sets into a new plate set
Subset plates from a plate set into a new plate set
Reformat plates from 96 into 384 well plates and 384 into 1536 well plates
Apply assay data to plate sets
Visually or algoritnmlically evaluate assay data
Identify hits as samples surpassing a threshold; create hit lists
Create worklists for liquid handling robots
Rearray hits from a hit list into a new plate set
Apply user generated barcodes to plates
Apply user generated accession IDs to samples

Next>> Canonical workflow

Entities

LIMS*Nucleus defines a hierarchy of 5 entities.

A project contains plate sets, each of which contains plates etc. Projects can only be created by an administrator. Plate Sets can be created by users. Other entities are created automatically as needed. Plates, wells, samples are created at the time of plate set creation.
Plates and wells are created automatically during rearraying operations.

Retrieve License Key

Wallet ID:
License key:

Once the license key is available, navigate to Utilities/Register menu item in the software and enter customer ID, license key and your email. These will be registered in a local database. This is a one time process.

Click ‘Register’ to update the local database and confirm validity of the license key.

Problems?: info@labsolns.com Note that internet access is required for the licensing mechanism to work. If Blockchain.info is down, please try again at a later time.

Configuration

Configuration of LIMS*Nucleus is achieved by editing either /etc/artanis/artanis.conf or $HOME/.config/limsn/artanis.conf, depending on how LIMS*Nucleus was installed. LIMS*Nucleus specific parameters are listed below:

Database

These parameter will need to be edited if you utilize a cloud provider. These are the parameters that comprise the connection string. PostgreSQL is the only database with which LIMS*Nucleus is compatible.

Parameter Description Default
db.addr database address:port 127.0.0.1:5432
db.username database username ln_admin
db.passwd database password welcome
db.name database name lndb

Web Server

Parameter Description Default
host.addr Host address - the web server 127.0.0.1
host.port web server port 3000

LIMS*Nucleus specific

Parameter Description Default
cookie.expires Cookie expiration time in seconds; Expiration of the session cookie will require a user to re-login 21600
cookie.maxplates* Maximum number of plates per plate set; Modifications ignored unless registered 10
  • Note that the ‘maxplates’ parameter is in the cookie group only for convenience. A maxplates cookie is never set. The only cookie utilized by LIMS*Nucleus is the session id ‘sid’.

Create a Plate Set

  1. Click the ‘Projects’ hyperlink on the global navigation pane. Navigate into the project that will contain the plate set. Note that the ‘Plate Set For…’ link now indicates the default working project.

  2. Select the check box near the plate set into which you would like to add a new plate set. Click the tools icon and select add to project…

  1. Fill in the required information and click submit.
Item Notes
Type Choose a descriptive type that can later be used for sorting
Layout Check the Layout viewer to learn about the different layout options

Available layouts are presented in the dropdown appropriate to the plate format/type:

Once complete, the new plate set will be visible in the client window.

Import Barcode IDs

Barcode IDs are imported by plate number. The files page provides details on the file format, with a 10 plate sample file available. Navigate into the project of interest and highlight the plate set of interest. From the menu select Utilities/Import Barcodes:

The import barcode form will appear - select file. A truncated sample of file contents will appear belwo the ‘Submit’ button for confirmation:

The example barcode import file looks like:

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plate 	barcode.id
1 LN000001
2 LN000002
3 LN000003
4 LN000004
5 LN000005
6 LN000006
7 LN000007
8 LN000008
9 LN000009
10 LN000010

Once imported, barcode ids will appear in the plate table:

Example barcode ID import file:

File name Description
barcodes.txt Ten 96 well plates in PRJ-10
barcodes1000.txt 1000 barcodes

Canonical Workflow

Below is the canonical workflow that LIMS*Nucleus is designed to handle.

  1. Create a plate set.
    1.5 Possibly reformat the plate set into higher density plates for assay.
  2. Create assay plates and run an assay. Apply assay data to the assay plate set.
  3. Identify hits
  4. Rearray hits into a new plate set
  5. (Reformat hits into higher density plates), run hits in a secondary assay, identify hits, rearray, etc.

Tutorial 1 will walk you through this workflow.

Next>> Evaluate

Request for Invoice

Thank you for your request.

An invoice in the amount of $5000 for a LIMS*Nucleus license key will be emailed to:

info@labsolns.com

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