Chemsearch
Chemsearch manages chemical compound libraries and associated data files and provides search and similarity-based structural queries to support compound identification and analysis.
Key Features:
- Library management: Manages chemical compound libraries along with associated data files and metadata.
- Search functionality: Supports browsing and searching libraries by various criteria to retrieve specific compounds.
- Similarity search: Identifies structurally similar compounds for comparison and selection.
- Structural-property queries: Locates compounds that match desired structural properties.
- Access control: Provides provisions for access control to secure and manage data access.
- Centralized data storage: Centralizes document and data storage for chemical datasets.
- Google Workspace integration: Integrates with Google Workspace accounts for account-based integration.
- Flask implementation: Implemented as a Flask web application.
Scientific Applications:
- Compound identification: Enables precise identification and retrieval of chemical compounds from libraries.
- Structure-based selection: Supports selection of compounds based on structural similarity or properties.
- Chemical informatics data management: Facilitates organization and secure storage of chemical datasets for large-scale bioinformatics projects.
- Bioinformatics workflows: Supports bioinformatics research workflows that require curated compound libraries and structural queries.
Methodology:
Implemented as a Flask web application that provides search and similarity-based queries, integrates with Google Workspace accounts, centralizes document and data storage, and enforces access control.
Topics
Details
- License:
- GPL-3.0
- Cost:
- Free of charge
- Tool Type:
- desktop application, web application
- Operating Systems:
- Mac, Linux, Windows
- Programming Languages:
- Python
- Added:
- 12/18/2023
- Last Updated:
- 12/18/2023
Operations
Publications
Gaffney SG, Smaga S, Schepartz A, Townsend JP. Chemsearch: collaborative compound libraries with structure-aware browsing. Bioinformatics Advances. 2021;1(1). doi:10.1093/bioadv/vbab008. PMID:36700113. PMCID:PMC9710581.
PMID: 36700113
PMCID: PMC9710581
Funding: - Center for Genetically Encoded Materials, an NSF Center for Chemical Innovation: NSF CHE-2002182
Downloads
- Container filehttps://hub.docker.com/r/cgemcci/chemsearch