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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2010

Screensaver: an open source lab information management system (LIMS) for high throughput screening facilities.

Andrew N Tolopko, John P Sullivan, Sean D Erickson, David Wrobel, Su L Chiang, Katrina Rudnicki, Stewart Rudnicki, Jennifer Nale, Laura M Selfors, Dara Greenhouse and 2 more

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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12 authors.

Andrew N TolopkoICCB-Longwood/NSRB Screening Facility, Harvard Medical School, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. andrew_tolopko@hms.harvard.edu
John P Sullivan
Sean D Erickson
David Wrobel
Su L Chiang
Katrina Rudnicki
Stewart Rudnicki
Jennifer Nale
Laura M Selfors
Dara Greenhouse
Jeremy L Muhlich
Caroline E Shamu

Funding

Treatments for Nipah Virus InfectionU54AI057159 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI KASPER, DENNIS L. · 2003 to 2013
$113.7M
SMART ASSAYS FOR LIGANDS TO STUDY AND TREAT CANCERP01CA078048 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI TALLARICO, JOHN A · 1998 to 2008
$16.6M
Genetic screens for IR resistanceU19AI067751 · NIAID · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI D'ANDREA, ALAN D. · 2005 to 2009
$9.9M
of Natural Product based Drugs and Bioenergetic Materials from Costa Rican BiotaU01TW007404 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SHERMAN, DAVID H · 2005 to 2013
$7.6M
Project 2 - Effects of Herb Fractions on Cell Function/Regulation:U19CA128534 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CLARDY, JON · 2006 to 2009
$1.8M
FIC NIH HHS U01 TW007404NCI NIH HHS P01 CA078048NCI NIH HHS P01 CA78048NCI NIH HHS U19 CA128534NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI067751NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundShared-usage high throughput screening (HTS) facilities are becoming more common in academe as large-scale small molecule and genome-scale RNAi screening strategies are adopted for basic research purposes. These shared facilities require a unique informatics infrastructure that must not only provide access to and analysis of screening data, but must also manage the administrative and technical challenges associated with conducting numerous, interleaved screening efforts run by multiple independent research groups.

resultsWe have developed Screensaver, a free, open source, web-based lab information management system (LIMS), to address the informatics needs of our small molecule and RNAi screening facility. Screensaver supports the storage and comparison of screening data sets, as well as the management of information about screens, screeners, libraries, and laboratory work requests. To our knowledge, Screensaver is one of the first applications to support the storage and analysis of data from both genome-scale RNAi screening projects and small molecule screening projects.

conclusionsThe informatics and administrative needs of an HTS facility may be best managed by a single, integrated, web-accessible application such as Screensaver. Screensaver has proven useful in meeting the requirements of the ICCB-Longwood/NSRB Screening Facility at Harvard Medical School, and has provided similar benefits to other HTS facilities.

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Database Management SystemsSoftwareDrug DiscoveryGenomeRNA InterferenceUser-Computer Interface

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PMID20482787
PMCPMC3001403

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