About Data Management

The Facility maintains a secure and highly redundant computer system for manageing  expermental data and making it accessible over the Internet.

When you run an experiment on one of the instruments using DiVa software, the experiment needs to be exported out of DiVa into the C:Export folder.  Running the FACS Check-in from the Desktop moves the experiment oveer to data management system, where it is stored an securely backed up. Within 30 days, the original experiment will be deleted from the flow cytometer computer.

If you are using one of the CellQuest systems (LSR,Scanford, or Vantoo), then store your data files in separate folders for each run in your Experiments subdirectory. The Check-In script, which can be accessed from the Dock, works the same as the Windows one for DiVa data.

When the data is checked in, the system will send an email with FlowJo workspaces attached that will directly access the data over the internet. The email also contains two web links at the end - one to directly download all the data files and one to view the experiment in a browser, so selected files can be downloaded.

You can also store PDF files along with your data. This is most useful when you are doing sorting and want to save the sort gating for documentation. If you are working on the DiVa system, save the worksheet as a PDF in "My Douments" folder. If you are working on Vantoo using CellQuest Pro, save the layout as a PDF into the folder which you are storing your data.

The Archive of all your stored experiments can be viewed by clicking on the Data Archive link at left.

last update: 08/28/09