title: Using Laboratory Information Management Systems as central part of a proteomics data workflow.
abstract: The organization and storage of proteomics data are challenging issues today and even more for the rising amount of information in the future. This review article describes the advantages of using Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) in proteomics laboratories. Seven typical LIMS are explored in detail to describe their role in an even bigger interrelation. They are a central part of the proteomics data workflow, starting with data generation and ending with the publication in journals and repositories. Therefore, they enable community-wide data utilization and further Systems Biology discoveries.
authors.affiliation: Medizinisches Proteom-Center, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bochum, Germany. christian.stephan@rub.de
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stephan
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohl
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turewicz
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Podwojski
authors.forename: Helmut E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eisenacher
mesh_terms: D057205:Automation, Laboratory; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D019295:Computational Biology; D003628:Database Management Systems; D030562:Databases, Protein; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface