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- Submit a New Sample – This takes you to a form for creating a sample in the caNanoLab database. For more information, see 3 - Managing Samples in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT.
- Copy an Existing Sample – This enables you to copy a sample with all its annotation and/or publications, making it easier to create and submit similar samples. For more information, see Copying an Exisiting Sample.
- Search Exisiting Existing Samples – This takes you to a form for launching a search for an existing sample. For more information, see 3 - Managing Samples in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT.
- Advanced Sample Search – This takes you to a page where you can build search criteria based on data values or ranges. For more information, see 3 - Managing Samples in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT.
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Submitting Data
Any user who logs into the system can submit data; however, only the curator can make the data public.
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The Update Sample page opens when you click any of the hypertext links in the Sample Name column on To update a sample, perform a search, and click the Edit link in the first column of the the 3 - Managing Samples in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT page. The Update Sample page opens. This page also opens when you, as a curator, choose to edit a sample while you are reviewing data prior to public release.
The page that displays is the same Sample page on which the sample was submitted. On this page, only after login and with appropriate permissions, you can edit the sample information. Details are described in the following table. An asterisk indicates a required field. Click Update when you are done editing the sample.
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Sample Name* | The name assigned to the sample. |
Point of Contact* | The site that is source of the sample. Click View Details for more information. Click Edit to edit current information. Click Add to add another point of contact. |
Keywords | Keyword(s) the submitter selected to associate with the selected sample. |
Access to the Sample | The group(s) which have access to the selected sample. Click Add to add access Information for the sample in the expanded section of the page. |
Data Availability Metrics | Click Generate to create the Data Availability Metrics table, as described in . |
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Publications can be associated with a sample using two caNanoLab features.
- If you work from the Publications menu option, you can associate multiple samples with a publication. See Publications Overview for more information
- If you add documents from within an open sample, you can use the copy feature to associate the document with other samples. See Submitting a Publication for more information.
Deleting a Sample
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This action deletes the sample from the caNanoLab database, executed behind the scenes at a scheduled time. |
To delete a sample, perform a search, and click the Edit link in the first column of the the To delete a sample, open the sample in the Update Sample page, described in 3 - Managing Samples in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT. In this page. The Update Sample page opens. This page also opens when you, as a curator, choose to edit a sample while you are reviewing data prior to public release. From the Update Sample page, click the Delete button in the lower right of the browser window. Confirm the deletion. This action deletes the sample from the caNanoLab database, executed behind the scenes at a scheduled time.
Data Availability Metrics
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- To launch a basic search for a sample, continue from step 2 described in 3 - Managing Samples in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT.
Enter text or select options as appropriate (described in the following table) in the search form.
When defining search criteria, there are no "required" fields. You can add only those parameters that you consider essential to the search.Info title "Other" option Some fields may contain the [Other] option. Click Other to enter an alternative to the selections listed. At that point, your entry is enclosed in [new entry] brackets, indicating that your entry is temporary. Once you click Submit (or Update), your entry is persisted and the brackets disappear.
Sample Search Options Description Keywords
Enter one or more keywords by which samples could be identified in this search. caNanoLab can search for characterization or publication keywords, as well as text describing characterizations.
Sample Name
Enter text for the name of a sample. Select Contains (for search using partial text) or Equals (for exact text search).
Sample Point of Contact
Enter text for the name or organization point of contact. Select Contains (for search using partial text) or Equals (for exact text search).
Composition
Select from the scroll list the nanoparticle category to which the nanomaterial entity targeted by the search belongs. Example: Dendrimer
Functionalizing Entity
Select from the scroll list the functionalizing category to which the sample targeted by the search belongs.*Select from the drop-down list the function type category which best fits the sample targeted by the search:
*You may see terms in caNanoLab that are not defined in the help glossary. These have been added by curators as [other]; they may be reviewed and defined at a later time.
Characterization Type/Characterization Click from the drop-down list on the left, the characterization type that applies to the sample to be searched: Physico-Chemical, In Vitro or In Vivo. Your selection determines the sub-categories that display in the Characterization field to the right.
Select one or more of the items in the Characterization list.* (CTRL + click to select more than one.)
Physico-Chemical Characterizations:In Vitro Characterizations:
- Blood Contact
- Cytotoxicity
- Enzyme Induction
- Immune Cell Function
- Oxidative Stress
- Sterility
- Targeting
- Transfection
In Vivo Characterizations:
*You may see terms in caNanoLab that are not defined in the help glossary. These have been added by curators as [other]; they may be reviewed and defined at a later time.
To execute the search, click the Search button.
Info title No parameters? Include Page No parameter search No parameter search - To clear all fields and start again, click the Reset button.
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