[GUSDEV] MR_Ti: batch loading microarray annotation data into GUS

[Junmin L. <ju...@pc...>]

Hi, there,

We just start to work on a project called MR_Ti, a meta data loader, which 
can load annotation data for microarray experiment. Basically it will 
replace many, if not all, of manual steps involved in RAD-SA forms with 
this single data loading scripts.

Currently it can accept MAGE docs, like spreadsheet tab2mage or MAGE-TAB
(http://tab2mage.sourceforge.net/), or MAGE-ML
http://www.mged.org/Workgroups/MAGE/mage-ml.html. Later on we can load
SOFT format from GEO.

The tab2mage or MAGE-TAB format is very useful for in-house data loading,
you only need to give PI three piece of spreadsheets, they fill it out
with experiment infor. sample preparation, scanning protocol, and etc.

The code are in iterative release cycles, accept one or two channel data. 
We are seeking the users to try it, and give us feedback so we can better 
develop this.

Let me know if you like this idea, and if you like, I can give you further 
details.

Thanks,
---junmin

Programmer Analyst
CBIL
UPenn, Center for Bioinformatics