Overview
SBEAMS - Microarray provides MIAME-compliant Affymetrix GeneChip microarray
database functionality under the SBEAMS framework. Researchers can enter their
experimental design and sample information into the database prior to or after
an experiment. Labeling, hybridization, scanning, and measurement steps are
performed by the researcher or by core facility staff, and information about
each step and data products of the assays from GCOS are automatically ingested
into the database. SBEAMS - Microarray provides a simple query tool allows quick
access to data for known genes of interest, plus a full web-based interface based
on the BioConductor web interface package webbioc to provide normalization
and analysis functionality. Output from the analysis pipeline is loaded into the
database from which researchers may perform analysis queries or export to other
analysis packages.
Test Drive
We have set up a public instance of SBEAMS here at sbeams.org. This has
both the Microarray and Proteomics modules enabled. You may
log in
with a demo account and explore. (Demo accounts are any of demo01,demo02,
... through demo10 using password 'sbeamsdemo'.)
You may also want to follow along with our
SBEAMS - Microarray Demo Tutorial
(473k pdf).
Download
SBEAMS - Microarray can be downloaded either as an official versioned
release tarball at our download page or the
latest development version may be checked out from our
Subversion repository.
Publication/Documentation
Marzolf, B, Deutsch, EW, Moss, P, Campbell, D, Johnson, M, & Galitski, T,
(2006) BMC Bioinformatics 7:286
SBEAMS - Microarray User Guide
(796k pdf)
General SBEAMS - Microarray on-line documentation
Help
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