Project Registration
To register a new project the following steps have to be taken:
- Trigger the project creation dialog
- Provide the minimal required information for the following steps within the dialog:
You can start the project registration process by clicking the create button on top of your project list within your personal landing page. This will open the project registration dialog which will guide you through the individual steps necessary to successfully register a new project.
Following is a detailed guide for each of these steps:
Project Design
The information provided in this step serves as the basic outline of your project.
Therefore, it is mandatory that you provide a concise project title and project description in this step.
Project code
Each created project will be assigned a unique 5 letter project code, distinguishing it from other projects within the system.
Once all the required information has been provided you can navigate to the next step via the "next" button below
Funding Information
In this step provide the grant label and identifier if your project has been funded by a third party sponsor. If this is not applicable for your project, you can go directly to the next step via the "next" button below. If you want change any adde information, previous steps in the dialog can always be reached by clicking the "back" button.
Project Collaborators
In this step you are able to specify the collaborating parties associated with your project. The minimum required information consists of declaring the name and email address of the principal investigator instigating the project and the project manager handling the projects' execution. Finally, you can optionally define the name and email address of the responsible party, which should be contacted should project specific questions arise. For each of these roles you can of course also assign yourself via a press of the checkbox above each role.
Once all the required information has been provided you can navigate to the next step via the "next" button below or go to the previous step via the "back" button.
Experimental Information
The final step during project creation consists of creating the basic outline of your first experiment associated with your project. For this you need to specify the name of the experiment, and species, specimen and analyte information of the involved organisms. To provide these details you can select one or more entries via the provided search fields. Start by providing at least 2 letters of your species, specimen or analyte in their respective inputs fields and possible selection options will appear. You are also able to select icons for the main species and specimen in your experiment. Otherwise, default icons will be shown.
Ontology id
Behind each selectable option within the species, specimen and analyte input fields , the unique ontology identifier from one of several ontologies is stored.
Once all the required information has been provided you can create your project via the "confirm" button below or go to the previous step via the "back" button.
After successful project creation, your project should appear in the project listing on your landing page. To navigate into your project, you can follow the steps outlined in project navigation
Finally, after successful project registration you can also upload project related files such as quality control and offers as outlined in project edit