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==Product history==
==Product history==


The origins of LabKey Server trace back to 2003, where at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (located in Seattle, Washington) Professor Martin McIntosh saw a need for robust software that would facilitate cooperative proteomics and cancer research, with projects such as the Human Genome Project and the [[National Cancer Institute|National Cancer Institute's]] (NCI's) [[caBIG]] as inspiration.<ref name="FHCRC_NewsJan06">{{cite web |url=http://www.fhcrc.org/content/public/en/news/center-news/2006/01/proteomics-software.html |title=Center, NCI launch open-source software for proteomics analysis |publisher=Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |date=5 January 2006 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="LKBlog_Jan11">{{cite web |url=http://labkey.com/blog/2011/01/tools-‹-labkey-blog-—-wordpress/ |title=A Seattle Version of the Silicon Valley Garage |author=Nelson, Elizabeth |publisher=LabKey Corporation |date=2 January 2011 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref> By October 2003, McIntosh had recruited three former Microsoft programmers — Mark Igra, Matthew Bellew, and Adam Rauch — to begin development on the core of an open-source application that would later be called the Computational Proteomics Analysis System or CPAS.<ref name="LKBlog_Jan11" /> Initial development was partially funded by the NCI and nonprofit organization The Canary Fund.<ref name="FHCRC_NewsJan06" />
The origins of LabKey Server trace back to 2003, where at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) (located in Seattle, Washington) Professor Martin McIntosh saw a need for robust software that would facilitate cooperative proteomics and cancer research, with projects such as the Human Genome Project and the [[National Cancer Institute|National Cancer Institute's]] (NCI's) [[caBIG]] as inspiration.<ref name="FHCRC_NewsJan06">{{cite web |url=http://www.fhcrc.org/content/public/en/news/center-news/2006/01/proteomics-software.html |title=Center, NCI launch open-source software for proteomics analysis |publisher=Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |date=5 January 2006 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="LKBlog_Jan11">{{cite web |url=http://labkey.com/blog/2011/01/tools-%E2%80%B9-labkey-blog-%E2%80%94-wordpress |title=A Seattle Version of the Silicon Valley Garage |author=Nelson, Elizabeth |publisher=LabKey Corporation |date=2 January 2011 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref> By October 2003, McIntosh had recruited three former Microsoft programmers — Mark Igra, Matthew Bellew, and Adam Rauch — to begin development on the core of an open-source application that would later be called the Computational Portal and Analysis System or CPAS.<ref name="CPASArchive">{{cite web |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20051124131402/http://cpas.fhcrc.org/Project/home/home.view |url=http://cpas.fhcrc.org/Project/home/home.view |title=CPAS - Computational Portal and Analysis System |publisher=Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |archivedate=24 November 2005 |date=23 November 2005 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="LKBlog_Jan11" /><ref name="FHCRC_NewsMar05">{{cite web |url=http://www.fhcrc.org/content/public/en/news/center-news/2005/03/wizards-computational-science.html |title='Wizards' of computational science |author=Berg, Barbara |publisher=Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |date=17 March 2005 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref> Initial development was funded by the NCI and the nonprofit organization Canary Foundation.<ref name="FHCRC_NewsJan06" /><ref name="CPASOver">{{cite web |url=https://www.labkey.org/Project/home/CPAS/begin.view |title=LabKey CPAS Overview |publisher=LabKey Software Foundation |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref>


As early beta versions of the program floated around the Research Center, popularity grew, necessitating more resources. Another cohort of former Microsoft developers joined the team in early 2005, with
As early beta versions of the program floated around the Research Center, popularity grew, necessitating more resources. With the help of the FHCRC, Janaury 2005 saw the creation of a new entity called LabKey Software to better focus on the development of the software and to better support other institutions that would go on to utilize it. Additionally, another cohort of three former Microsoft developers joined the team to aid with development: George Snelling, Peter Hussey and Brendan MacLean.<ref name="LKBlog_Jan11" /><ref name="FHCRC_NewsMar05" /> The first public release of the software came on November 23, 2005, in the form of CPAS 1.1.<ref name="CPASArchive" /><ref name="LKAnnounce" /> A few weeks later the team released the source code to coincide with the the January 1, 2006 print publication of the groups corresponding paper in the ''Journal of Proteome Research'', making it officially an open-source release.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.labkey.org/announcements/home/thread.view?rowId=35 |title=CPAS 1.1 Source Code Released |author=Snelling, George |publisher=LabKey Software Foundation |date=8 December 2005 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref> At that time, key features of the application included multiple standard-file formats, protein database search functionality, comprehensive experiment annotation, data sharing, and several proteomic-friendly analytic tools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://proteomics.fhcrc.org/CPL/_docs/CPAS_media_backgrounder.doc |title=Hutchinson Center and NCI launch open-source software for proteomics analysis |publisher=Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |date=8 December 2005 |accessdate=20 April 2012 |format=DOC}}</ref>


Over the next year CPAS went through several iterations, including an update to a more specific name of Computational Proteomics Analysis System. The software held the name up to version 1.7, released in December 2006. With version 2.0, released on April 16, 2007, came a renaming of the product to what is still known today as LabKey Server.<ref name="LKAnnounce" /><ref name="CPASOver" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://proteomics.fhcrc.org/CPL/home.html |title=Computational Proteomics Laboratory |publisher=Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref> In May 2007, the Canary Foundation announced the fifteen grant recipients of their $225,000 Bioinformatics Platform Dissemination Award, all of which would go towards the future design, development, and support of LabKey's software.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canaryfoundation.org/newsroom/press-releases/grant-awardees-standardize-software-platform-for-early-cancer-detection/ |title=Grant Awardees Standardize Software Platform for Early Cancer Detection |publisher=Canary Foundation |date=22 May 2007 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref>
The 2.x incrementation ended with version 2.3 in February 2008.<ref name="LKAnnounce" /> The subsequent release after version 2.3 was 8.1 on May 1, 2008, though the increment jump was never publicly explained.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.labkey.org/project/home/Documentation/Archive/8.1/begin.view? |title=Get Started With LabKey Server 8.1 |publisher=LabKey Software Foundation |date=1 May 2008 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref>
Shortly after release of 8.1, several news releases indicated LabKey would be lending support to Seattle businesses Insilicos and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in an effort port proteomics software tools like LabKey Server through Amazon's cloud servers, allowing potential research groups with IT budgets to utilize the proteomics applications, scaling up web service as demand grows.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://insilicos.com/news/insilicos-awarded-grant-for-life-science-computing |title=Insilicos Awarded Grant for Life Science Computing |publisher=Insilicos LLC |date=5 May 2008 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.genomeweb.com/informatics/insilicos-partners-labkey-isb-port-proteomics-software-tools-amazon’s-cloud |title=Insilicos Partners with LabKey, ISB to Port Proteomics Software Tools to Amazon’s Cloud |author=Toner, Bernadette |publisher=Genomeweb LLC |date=9 May 2008 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref>


==Features==
==Features==

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LabKey Server
Developer(s) LabKey Corporation and the LabKey Software Foundation
Initial release April 16, 2007 (2007-04-16)[1]
Stable release

24.3.0  (March 25, 2024; 7 months ago (2024-03-25))

[±]
Preview release 20.11 [±]
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Laboratory informatics software
License(s) Apache Software License[2]
Website LabKey.org

LabKey Server is a free open-source laboratory informatics solution released under an Apache license. LabKey acts primarily as a web-based data management platform, though through its use of application programming interfaces (APIs), the software remains highly extensible. LabKey has been adapted to a variety of disciplines, including proteomics, flow cytometry, and observational study management.[3]

LabKey Corporation, the company the develops the software, also sells a number of professional services, including installations and upgrade assistance, training programs, customization, consulting, and support.[4]

Product history

The origins of LabKey Server trace back to 2003, where at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) (located in Seattle, Washington) Professor Martin McIntosh saw a need for robust software that would facilitate cooperative proteomics and cancer research, with projects such as the Human Genome Project and the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) caBIG as inspiration.[5][6] By October 2003, McIntosh had recruited three former Microsoft programmers — Mark Igra, Matthew Bellew, and Adam Rauch — to begin development on the core of an open-source application that would later be called the Computational Portal and Analysis System or CPAS.[7][6][8] Initial development was funded by the NCI and the nonprofit organization Canary Foundation.[5][9]

As early beta versions of the program floated around the Research Center, popularity grew, necessitating more resources. With the help of the FHCRC, Janaury 2005 saw the creation of a new entity called LabKey Software to better focus on the development of the software and to better support other institutions that would go on to utilize it. Additionally, another cohort of three former Microsoft developers joined the team to aid with development: George Snelling, Peter Hussey and Brendan MacLean.[6][8] The first public release of the software came on November 23, 2005, in the form of CPAS 1.1.[7][1] A few weeks later the team released the source code to coincide with the the January 1, 2006 print publication of the groups corresponding paper in the Journal of Proteome Research, making it officially an open-source release.[10] At that time, key features of the application included multiple standard-file formats, protein database search functionality, comprehensive experiment annotation, data sharing, and several proteomic-friendly analytic tools.[11]

Over the next year CPAS went through several iterations, including an update to a more specific name of Computational Proteomics Analysis System. The software held the name up to version 1.7, released in December 2006. With version 2.0, released on April 16, 2007, came a renaming of the product to what is still known today as LabKey Server.[1][9][12] In May 2007, the Canary Foundation announced the fifteen grant recipients of their $225,000 Bioinformatics Platform Dissemination Award, all of which would go towards the future design, development, and support of LabKey's software.[13]

The 2.x incrementation ended with version 2.3 in February 2008.[1] The subsequent release after version 2.3 was 8.1 on May 1, 2008, though the increment jump was never publicly explained.[14]

Shortly after release of 8.1, several news releases indicated LabKey would be lending support to Seattle businesses Insilicos and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in an effort port proteomics software tools like LabKey Server through Amazon's cloud servers, allowing potential research groups with IT budgets to utilize the proteomics applications, scaling up web service as demand grows.[15][16]

Features

Hardware/software requirements

Videos, screenshots, and other media

Entities using LabKey Server

See also

Further reading

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "LabKey Software Foundation - News". LabKey Software Foundation. https://www.labkey.org/announcements/home/begin.view. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  2. ↑ "LabKey Frequently Asked Questions". LabKey Software Foundation. https://www.labkey.org/wiki/home/page.view?name=HomeFAQ. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  3. ↑ "LabKey Server". LabKey Corporation. http://labkey.com/server/labkey-server. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Center, NCI launch open-source software for proteomics analysis". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. 5 January 2006. http://www.fhcrc.org/content/public/en/news/center-news/2006/01/proteomics-software.html. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Nelson, Elizabeth (2 January 2011). "A Seattle Version of the Silicon Valley Garage". LabKey Corporation. http://labkey.com/blog/2011/01/tools-%E2%80%B9-labkey-blog-%E2%80%94-wordpress. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "CPAS - Computational Portal and Analysis System". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. 23 November 2005. Archived from the original on 24 November 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051124131402/http://cpas.fhcrc.org/Project/home/home.view. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Berg, Barbara (17 March 2005). "'Wizards' of computational science". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. http://www.fhcrc.org/content/public/en/news/center-news/2005/03/wizards-computational-science.html. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "LabKey CPAS Overview". LabKey Software Foundation. https://www.labkey.org/Project/home/CPAS/begin.view. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  10. ↑ Snelling, George (8 December 2005). "CPAS 1.1 Source Code Released". LabKey Software Foundation. https://www.labkey.org/announcements/home/thread.view?rowId=35. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  11. ↑ "Hutchinson Center and NCI launch open-source software for proteomics analysis" (DOC). Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. 8 December 2005. http://proteomics.fhcrc.org/CPL/_docs/CPAS_media_backgrounder.doc. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Computational Proteomics Laboratory". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. http://proteomics.fhcrc.org/CPL/home.html. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  13. ↑ "Grant Awardees Standardize Software Platform for Early Cancer Detection". Canary Foundation. 22 May 2007. http://www.canaryfoundation.org/newsroom/press-releases/grant-awardees-standardize-software-platform-for-early-cancer-detection/. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  14. ↑ "Get Started With LabKey Server 8.1". LabKey Software Foundation. 1 May 2008. https://www.labkey.org/project/home/Documentation/Archive/8.1/begin.view?. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  15. ↑ "Insilicos Awarded Grant for Life Science Computing". Insilicos LLC. 5 May 2008. http://insilicos.com/news/insilicos-awarded-grant-for-life-science-computing. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
  16. ↑ Toner, Bernadette (9 May 2008). "Insilicos Partners with LabKey, ISB to Port Proteomics Software Tools to Amazon’s Cloud". Genomeweb LLC. http://www.genomeweb.com/informatics/insilicos-partners-labkey-isb-port-proteomics-software-tools-amazon’s-cloud. Retrieved 20 April 2012. 
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