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A Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) is a tool to manage many types of sample information which a lab would like to store. LIMS come in many types, ranging from simple sample meta-data storage (like MetaLIMS) to those which record and track NGS sequencing pipelines and perform and store sample analysis (even some electronic lab notebooks overlap into what may be called a LIMS). Because science is so diverse, there are further division of LIMS from function to specificity for research and medical.
A comprehensive list of LIMS can be found at:
https://omictools.com/lims-category
MetaLIMS is capable of storing sample meta-data for sample collection and downstream processing. It is unique in that it is not specific to NGS sequencing pipelines or analysis, but rather is a LIMS to be used for small labs that collect data prior to sending it out to other labs for sequencing. Users can store and retrieve data for sample collection, DNA/RNA extraction, and custom fields specific to your own lab (this latter accomplish by an admin creating these fields). MetaLIMS can also record information for read submission to public databases as well as recording and creating a sample sheet for downstream processing in sequencing pipeline*.
*at this time, is specific to Clarity LIMS run manager
- To start, please use the following documentation to decide which installation manual to use Installation Decision Tree
If you are wanting to quickly view a MetaLIMS demo, please consider MetaLIMS v2.0 Hosted Installation (via AWS Lightsail) and choose to install MetaLIMS demo when prompted.
Default logins for demo:
Username:
admin@metalims.com
Password:
admin
Username:
newuser@metalims.com
Password:
user
- Follow the MetaLIMS v2.0 Manual For Admin to start setting up the LIMS.
- Follow the MetaLIMS v2.0 Manual For Basic Usage to begin recording samples
Originally Developed and Deployed:
Development: XAMPP v3.2.1 - Apache 2.4.10, MySQL 5.6.20 (no STRICT_TRANS_TABLES mode), PHP 5.5.15 (with mysqli module), phpmyadmin 4.2.7.1
Production: LAMPP - Apache 2.2.15 , MySQL 5.5.43 (no STRICT_TRANS_TABLES mode), PHP 5.5.25 (with mysqli module), phpmyadmin 4.4.9
##Authors/Contact Info
Cassie Heinle
Singapore Center For Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Email bugs and feature requests to: cheinle@ntu.edu.sg
##License [Read LICENSE] (https://github.com/cheinle/MetaLIMS/blob/master/license.md)