Screensaver HTS LIMS
| Original author(s) | John Sullivan, Andrew Tolopko[1] |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Sean Erickson, others |
| Initial release | September 16, 2009[2] |
| Stable release |
2017-11-09 (November 9, 2017) [±] |
| Preview release | none [±] |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Laboratory informatics software |
| License(s) | GNU GPL v2 |
| Website | github.com/hmsiccbl/screensaver |
Screensaver HTS LIMS is a free web-based open-source laboratory information management system (LIMS) developed by researchers at Harvard Medical School. The LIMS is primarily designed for high-throughput screening of small molecule and RNAi biological assays.
Product history
Screensaver HTS was created by Harvard "to address the informatics needs of our small molecule and RNAi screening facility."[3] Development began on the idea in 2006 as a replacement to legacy systems at Harvard Medical School. John Sullivan and Andrew Tolopko were the primary authors for the first several years of the project.[1]
Version 1.0 of the software appeared in 2007 and was implemented as a replacement to a previous system that shared the same name. In July 2008, version 1.7 was released internally, adding functionality from yet another legacy system, and thus replacing it.[1] Additional iterations of the software arrived (as local open-source) up to version 1.7.4.[4] On April 4, 2008, John Sullivan left the project, with Sean Sullivan coming on as a supporting developer in November 2008.
On April 29, 2008, a SourceForge project was started, and a little over a year later, the first public open-source version was made available as version 2009.09.16.[2] Since then work has continued on the project, with releases arriving in 2010 and again in early 2012. On January 17, 2012, Tolopko left his position with Harvard's ICCB-Longwood program, and with it his role as lead developer of Screensaver.[5][1]
Features
A list of features can be found on the Screensaver wiki.
Hardware/software requirements
Hardware and software requirements as well as installation help can be found in the installation guide.
Videos, screenshots, and other media
A demo of the software can be arranged by sending an e-mail to screensaver-feedback@hms.harvard.edu.
Entities using Screensaver HTS LIMS
Entities using Screensaver include[6]:
- Cellular Screening Center at the Institute for Genomics & Systems Biology, University of Chicago
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- ICCB-Longwood/NSRB, Harvard Medical School
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology and Bioinformatics Institute
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Further reading
- "Screensaver HTS LIMS Wiki". Harvard Medical School. https://wiki.med.harvard.edu/ICCBL/Screensaver/.
- Tolopko, Andrew N.; John P. Sullivan; Sean D. Erickson; David Wrobel; Su L. Chiang; Katrina Rudnicki; Stewart Rudnicki; Jennifer Nale; Laura M. Selfors; Dara Greenhouse; Jeremy L Muhlich; Caroline E. Shamu (2010). "Screensaver: an open source lab information management system (LIMS) for high throughput screening facilities". BMC Bioinformatics 11: 260. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-11-260. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/260.
External links
- Screensaver HTS LIMS on GitHub
- Screensaver HTS LIMS on Harvard ABCD Forge
- The ICCB-Longwood Investigator Initiated Screening Program
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Screensaver History". Harvard Medical School. https://wiki.med.harvard.edu/ICCBL/Screensaver/ProjectHistory. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Screensaver HTS LIMS - Home/archive". SourceForge. 16 September 2009. http://sourceforge.net/projects/screensaver/files/archive/. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ Tolopko, Andrew N.; John P. Sullivan; Sean D. Erickson; David Wrobel; Su L. Chiang; Katrina Rudnicki; Stewart Rudnicki; Jennifer Nale; Laura M. Selfors; Dara Greenhouse; Jeremy L Muhlich; Caroline E. Shamu (2010). "Screensaver: an open source lab information management system (LIMS) for high throughput screening facilities". BMC Bioinformatics 11: 260. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-11-260. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/260.
- ↑ "Screensaver HTS LIMS Blog". Harvard Medical School. http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/screensaver/news/. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ Tolopko, Andrew (13 January 2012). "Departure". Harvard Medical School. http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/screensaver/news/?id=55. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ "Screensaver HTS LIMS Software". Harvard Medical School. https://wiki.med.harvard.edu/ICCBL/Screensaver/. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
