wellmap

wellmap provides a standardized text-based file format to annotate microplate layouts and integrate layout metadata into computational analyses.

Key Features:

• Text-Based Format: A text-based file format that captures the spatial arrangement of samples and associated metadata for microplate wells.
• Universal Layout Description: A schema capable of describing arbitrary microplate layouts and experimental designs across plate formats.
• Visualization Tool: A component that renders layout files into graphical representations of plate well positions.
• API for Data Parsing: An API providing parsers to import wellmap annotations into analysis scripts written in Python and R.

Scientific Applications:

• qPCR: Annotating well identities and experimental conditions for quantitative PCR (qPCR) experiments.
• Flow cytometry: Recording plate-based sample layouts and metadata for flow cytometry assays.
• High-throughput microplate experiments: Standardizing annotations for high-throughput microplate assays to support downstream computational analysis.

Methodology:

Defines a standardized text-based format to capture the spatial arrangement of samples within microplates and provides visualization tools and an API for parsing layout files.