LAMA
| Developer(s) | Marko Milisavljevic |
|---|---|
| Initial release | July 8, 2009[1] |
| Stable release |
1.0 (July 8, 2009) [±] |
| Written in | PHP, Javascript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Laboratory informatics software |
| License(s) | GNU General Public License v3 |
| Website | launchpad.net/mousedb |
LAMA — or the Laboratory Animal Management Assistant — is a free, open-source browser-based application used to track large laboratory mouse colonies. It boasts a simple user interface with robust search capabilities to make tracking breeding cages and weaning litters an easier process.
Product history
In need of a more streamlined solution to tracking new mouse strains, researchers at the Pleiades Promoter Project developed LAMA for their large functional genomics program. Development occurred in close collaboration with the facility's mouse technicians "to ease the transition from paper- or Excel-based management systems to computerized tracking, allowing data export in a popular spreadsheet format and automatic printing of cage cards."[2]
A project was set up on Launchpad by developer and researcher Marko Milisavljevic on February 26, 2009. The first — and only — public release occurred as version 1.0 on July 8, 2009.[1] It's not known if further development will ever be done on the project, and thus its status is unknown.
Features
Basic features include[2]:
- user accounts
- user-based security
- user-indicated preferences,
- saved searches
- comments
- tags
- reports
- cage cards
- automatic tracking of lineage and pedigree data
- customizable naming scheme
- export to Excel
Hardware/software requirements
According to the research paper associated with LAMA, the installation requirements are[2]:
- Apache version 2.2.3
- MySQL version 5.0.45
- PHP version 5.1.6
- Zend Framework version 1.7.4
- Dojo Toolkit version 1.2.3
Videos, screenshots, and other media
Entities using LAMA
Further reading
- Milisavljevic, Marko; Taryn Hearty; Tony Y. T. Wong; Elodie Portales-Casamar; Elizabeth M. Simpson; Wyeth W. Wasserman (2010). "Laboratory Animal Management Assistant (LAMA): a LIMS for active research colonies" (PDF). Mammalian Genome 21 (5–6): 224–230. doi:10.1007/s00335-010-9258-6. http://www.pleiades.org/pubs/Milisavljevic_2010.pdf.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "LAMA 1.0 series". Launchpad. 8 July 2009. https://launchpad.net/mousedb/1.0. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Milisavljevic, Marko; Taryn Hearty; Tony Y. T. Wong; Elodie Portales-Casamar; Elizabeth M. Simpson; Wyeth W. Wasserman (2010). "Laboratory Animal Management Assistant (LAMA): a LIMS for active research colonies" (PDF). Mammalian Genome 21 (5–6): 224–230. doi:10.1007/s00335-010-9258-6. http://www.pleiades.org/pubs/Milisavljevic_2010.pdf.
