Logistic flow of ArrayCore Data Processing Pipeline:

Data Management and Analysis Facilitaed by a centralized mangagement system, users of the microarray facility can acess and share (when permitted by the data owner) their data through internet. Internet access to data analysis software installed on our central server will also be provided. Passwords are required to login to the data management and analysis system. Guests are welcomed to browse gene lists and public data via our online webserver.

Logistically, Data from microarray experiments are stored centrally on a database server for retrieval and analysis though a web interface. You can download data to your local system in Excel for local processing and analysis, or process and analyze it directly on the ArrayCore server.

Data from slides processed through the ArrayCore facility are automatically loaded into the server. Existing data from a variety of array technologies, such as Affymetrix, glass slides from other facilities, or nylon membrane can be loaded. Because of the variations in data formats, please contact us for assistance with loading your existing data.

With data stored centrally, it can be reanalyzed as new methods become available that may provide improved sensitivity in detecting differentially expressed genes. Collaborating laboratories can exchange and share data from different experiments.

Our database server is based on the GeNet Expression Data Management system, in complimentry of our main data analysis interface, GeneSpring, both are developed by Silicon Genetics.