User Guide

1. Access the MIAME interface by
clicking on MIAME under Inventories.
2. If MIAME isn’t present, turn it on under
Preferences.
3. Under Preferences > General, turn
MIAME on.
4. A list of all the MIAME Extraction,
Labeling and Sample Treatment
protocols created are shown under
MIAME >> Inventories.
5. Create a new MIAME protocol by
selecting the appropriate type in
Create New.
6. Provide a title for the MIAME protocol
(the protocol in this case PCR
Protocol is the title).
7. Provide information about the protocol
by selecting values in the pull-down
menus. If a suitable value is not in a
menu list, it can be created in the
other text box. This value will become
part of the menu list when the protocol
is created.
MIAME
MIAME is the Minimum Information
About a Microarray Experiment that
should be associated with public
microarray data. Genesifter can store
MIAME, by providing information
through a user-friendly interface. The
Genesifter V1.5 MIAME interface is
designed for extraction and labeling
protocols. Subsequent versions will
have an interface where more MIAME
can be provided.
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