Overview
Chempion, a web-based inventory management system developed by the G-INCPM for its Drug Discovery unit.
Chempion’s only focus is inventory management. It integrates with and complements other applications used by the lab for compound registration, analysis, etc.
Chempion git repositroy is located here:
https://bitbucket.org/incpm/chempion/src/master/
Key Concepts
Inventory
A location system that can store plates and tubes in various location types (room, freezer, shelf, etc.)
Compound
Represents a single compound which can be stored in Tubes and Plates.
Plate
Dry Vial
DMSO = Liquid Vial
Job
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A matrix representation of a plate which can store compounds in its different wells.
Dry Tube
A tube storing a dry compound.
Liquid Tube
A tube storing a liquid compound.
Job
Representation of an atomic action in Chempion which holds info regarding the user, date, action, inputs and outputs,
Performing atomic actions
An atomic action - register, clone, etc.
3 ways:
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- Manual input - just enter the input on an interactive table form.
- Input from CSV - save input as csv, then import it to the app.
- Subsequent job - redirecting some/all of job objects to the next desired action.
Note: In all actions, fields will be painted with a red border if the value is not what we expect, an informative error message will be shown while hovering the field.