PWIMS 2.0: Proteomics Workflow and Information Management System
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PWIMS is a software package that can systematically manage data in a proteomic laboratory setup. It is implemented in the LAMPP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-Perl/PHP) environment as a three-tier architecture. The client-tier is a web-browser that uses a thin-client HTTP to request resources and display responses to the user. The middle tier consists of an Apache web server, PHP scripting language, the Zend (PHP script) engine. The database tier uses MySQL RDBMS. Data Models and Entity-Relationships have been defined for handling data at various levels.
Some of the features of PWIMS are:
User Management: Multiple user settings, password authentication and access restriction depending on user role Project Management: Project tracking, online availability of experiment status, experiment results, coordinators information, timeline and date records of the project. Scheduling & Workflow Control: Tracks the workflow using unique codes for gels and target plates, controls workflow step-skipping and erroneous data entry, systematically schedules next step in the process, lists pending jobs Data Capture: Form-based data entry, automatic mapping and transfer of large project files using FTP protocols, data can also be entered in a simple EXCEL sheet and uploaded Data Integration & Analysis: Mass spec results are integrated to gels and projects. Protein hits can be filtered and exported for future reference or any other software, e.g., PDQuest. External links to UniProt, PUBMED, etc. are automatically provided Data Mining & Presentation: Sequence motif search, functional keyword search and advanced queries can be specified. Results are made available for presentation and sharing |