that promote reproducibility of biological experiments and reuse of experimental data.
Here instead of form filling or workflow building, researchers can
emulate
their real life laboratory activities and based on the emulation, the
design of the experiment
is automatically drawn on the canvas as a
map
.
This map can be shared with collaborators and
navigating
through this interactive map another researcher can not only
access
experimental details but also can
assess
and identify activity variation - a fundamental requirement for
reproducibility
.
Moreover visualising experimental data within the map improves
provenance
and contextualisation which in turn facilitates data
reuse
. Temporal scaling and pictorial representation of activities facilitate collaborators from other disciplines to overcome the disciplinary jargons - a core barrier for
The development of ProtocolNavigator was done under a research grant of the European Union (Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship "Cellular Informatics").
Additional funding and support for the ProtocolNavigator project has been provided by:
