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Investigator role

luissian edited this page Mar 25, 2019 · 10 revisions

Investigator Activities

Investigator is responsible for preparing the inputs, that later the wetlab Manager, will be used to load the run inside iSkyLIMS.

These inputs are:

  • Define Library name used in BaseSpace
  • Upload index Kit Library
  • Sample Sheet preparation

Define Library name used in BaseSpace

To define a new Library Kit select Run Preparation--> Add Library Kit from the top menu.

Then, a form is displayed to allow the investigator to add a new Library Kit.

On the right side of the form it is showed the Library Kits that are already in the system.

Enter the new Library Kit Name and submit the button .

Upload index Kit Library

Investigator has to define in advance the index adapters that his/her experiment must use, when using the commercial kit.

To define a new Library Kit select Run Preparation--> Add Index Library from the top menu.

To upload these indexes on iSkyLIMS, a text file has to be prepared with the following format:

[Version]
1
[Name]
Nextera XT Index Kit (96 Indexes, 384 Samples)
[PlateExtension]
nexxt96
[Settings]
Adapter	CTGTCTCTTATACACATCT
[I7]
N701	TAAGGCGA
N702	CGTACTAG
[I5]
S501	TAGATCGC
S502	CTCTCTAT
.......

More information about the indexes can be found at Illumina Experiment Manager (IEM) on Create Custom Library Prep Kit chapter.


NOTE You can find these files after you installed IEM on your laptop under

C:\Program Files (x86)\Illumina\Illumina Experiment Manager\IndexKits directory

As an example use the following link to download Nextera2_XT_Index_Kit index file


Sample Sheet preparation