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Table 1 Resources in Brunn

From: Brunn: An open source laboratory information system for microplates with a graphical plate layout design process

PlateType

A PlateType defines the size of a plate.

PlateLayout

A PlateLayout defines which wells are used for dilution series, blank and controls. It also defines all calculation functions.

MasterPlate

A MasterPlate defines which substances with which concentrations are in which wells.

Compound

A Compound is a substance whose effects are of interest.

Cell Line

A Cell Line represents a cultured cell type that is grown outside the body. Can be bred for specific properties such as drug resistance

Patient Cell

A Patient Cell represents tissue samples from a patient.

Plate

A Plate corresponds to a real life plate and is what result data is coupled to.

  1. Plates in Brunn are built in a stepwise process where the result of each step is stored in the database as one resource type.