Creating and managing experiments with Scispot can be streamlined through a series of methodical steps. This guide outlines a straightforward process to enhance your experimental workflow.
Follow these steps:
Organize Your Inventory
Log in to your Scispot account.
Go to your left navigation bar.
Select 'Labsheets'.
Click 'Create New'.
Choose 'From Templates'.
Choose the right template for you.
Open the newly created Labsheet.
Click the 'Add new' button to add information, or use the 'Import' option to upload your Google Sheets or CSV. To use the 'Import' option, go to the Labsheet homepage, click 'Create New', and opt for 'Import'.
2. Create Protocol Templates
Go to your left navigation bar.
Select 'Template Library'.
Click '+ New Template'.
Select the Protocol/Experiment template option and curate your templates. You can also use the Scispot Library to have your starting template. To avail that, scroll down and go to 'Scispot Originals'.
Then click on your preferred Protocol template, select 'Preview', and opt for 'Use this template'.
Either select Labspace/Template Library as the destination.
Name your template and hit the confirm button.
3. Create Assay Plate Templates
Utilize the 'Manifest' feature in Scispot.
Go to your left navigation bar.
Select 'Manifest'.
Click '+ Manifest Template'.
Name your template and select 'Next'.
Select your manifest type, from either 'Well Plates' or 'Boxes'.
Select the manifest type depending on Well Plate (eg. 96-well plate) or Box (9x9 box).
Hit the "Create Template" button.
Once you have created your templates, you can create your daily executable assay plates from them.
Stay on the 'Manifest' homepage.
Click 'Create New'.
Click 'Create Manifest'.
Select your template.
Select the Labsheet under the 'Manager' tab to assign your samples to this assay plate.
Name your Assay Plate (Manifest).
You may or may not assign this to a Location.
Check out the ID.
Hit the 'Save' button.
You can assign samples to your Assay plate (manifest) both from the Labsheet and your respective Assay plate (manifest) itself.
4. Design Your Experiment
Go to your left navigation bar.
Select 'Labspace'.
Click 'Create New'.
Enter the name of your Labspace.
Open your Labspace by clicking on it.
Click the 'Create New' tab.
Create 'Folders' to organize and sort your different projects.
Within your 'Folder', create 'Experiments' to curate the end-to-end process that will bundle up your protocols. You can create Experiments from Templates or scratch.
Once created, enter your objective.
Bring your Inventory Labsheets by doing '\Labsheet', then select the preferred Labsheet followed by specific rows.
Under the 'Protocol' section, bring your already created Protocol templates by doing '\Protocol', then by typing the name of the Protocol and selecting the specific one.
This will create a copy of your Protocol template so that if you make any changes to this embedded Protocol, it will not modify your original template.
Once done, go to the result section and embed images/graphs/output Labsheet table by doing '\image', '\analytics', or '\Labsheet' respectively.
You can also embed your Google/One Drive by doing '\Google Drive'.
You can also perform calculations on a Sheet by doing '\Sheet'.
Even you can implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) within your 'Folders' as needed. This ensures that team members have appropriate access levels, safeguarding sensitive data and processes. To learn more, check here.
By organizing inventory, creating templates, and centralizing data, you can easily monitor and adjust experiments. This structured approach saves time and improves reproducibility, driving scientific discovery forward with precision and clarity.