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Genomics Facility Projects LIMSUser Guide

Overview

Welcome to the Genomics Facility Project's Laboratory Information and Management System (SLIMS)!

 

SLIMS connects all of your project-related information and provides an integrated platform for communicating with the lab, submitting and tracking samples, and receiving raw and analyzed DNA sequence data.   Please take a few minutes to browse the User Guide, as many of your questions will be answered here.

For general information on our current services and pricing please visit our website: http://www.biotech.cornell.edu/brc/genomics-facility.  Thank you for registering with SLIMS and we look forward to learning more about your project.

 


User Menu

Interaction with our LIMS is accomplished via the User Menu, which is accessed by selecting “User: [user@domain]” from the main menu at the top of the page.  The following pages are accessed through the User Menu:

1. The Account Profile page displays user and billing information. If necessary, this information may be updated by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.

2. The Conversations page provides access to SLIMS internal messaging system.   To send a message click “New Conversation”, enter your project name and subject, type the message in the designated field and press “Submit Message” at the bottom of the page.  Files or images may be attached to the message by clicking the “Attach File” button.

3. The Projects page displays a list of all projects that you have created.  New projects are also initiated here.  To create a project, click the “New project” button.  To view an existing project, click on the project name.

4. The Plates page lists the plate names for all registered projects. 

5. The Data Files page contains links to raw DNA sequence data generated for your projects.

6. The Change Password page will take you the Institute of Biotechnology Customer Registration page to reset your password.  After entering your email address, a confirmation message containing a link to reset your password will be issued by e-mail.  Please note that the password reset link is time-sensitive.


Version 3 updated 2017-05-03