title: xtalPiMS: a PiMS-based web application for the management and monitoring of crystallization trials.
abstract: A major advance in protein structure determination has been the advent of nanolitre-scale crystallization and (in a high-throughput environment) the development of robotic systems for storing and imaging crystallization trials. Most of these trials are carried out in 96-well (or higher density) plates and managing them is a significant information management challenge. We describe xtalPiMS, a web-based application for the management and monitoring of crystallization trials. xtalPiMS has a user-interface layer based on the standards of the Protein Information Management System (PiMS) and a database layer which links the crystallization trial images to the meta-data associated with a particular crystallization trial. The user interface has been optimized for the efficient monitoring of high-throughput environments with three different automated imagers and work to support a fourth imager is in progress, but it can even be of use without robotics. The database can either be a PiMS database or a legacy database for which a suitable mapping layer has been developed.
authors: CSED, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington WA44AD, UK.
authors: Ed
authors: E
authors: Daniel
authors: Bill
authors: B
authors: Lin
authors: Jonathan M
authors: JM
authors: Diprose
authors: Susanne L
authors: SL
authors: Griffiths
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: Morris
authors: Ian M
authors: IM
authors: Berry
authors: Raymond J
authors: RJ
authors: Owens
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Blake
authors: Keith S
authors: KS
authors: Wilson
authors: David I
authors: DI
authors: Stuart
authors: Robert M
authors: RM
authors: Esnouf
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