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When you open caNanoLab, the public home page displaysappears. From that page, any user can search publicly-available protocols, samples, and publications in the caNanoLab database.

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Click the hyperlinked Public Results to return search results in a table

or Search Publications.

caNanoLab Home page

For details, refer to the following pages:

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Perform a search across all types of items

Enter search criteria in the Search box to perform a keyword search across protocols, samples, and publications. Only The system returns only publicly-accessible items are returned if you are not logged in. For details, refer to Performing a caNanoLab Keyword Search.

Keyword Search on Public home page

Access online help

Click Help or Glossary on any caNanoLab page, or in the Features panel, click FAQ or Online Help.

Open related web sites

Click NCI or External web sites for related information.

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Browse public data

Search publicly-available In the Browse caNanoLab panel, click Search Protocols, Search Samples, and Publications from the Browse caNanoLab panel.

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Log into caNanoLab

Log in from User Actions. To request a login account, refer to Registering for a caNanoLab Login Account.
Ask a questionReview the How To questions, the Features, FAQ link, or contact Application Support, NCIAppSupport@mail.nih.gov caNanoLab-Support@ISB-CGC.org.
Download caNanoLab

Under What's New, click download. Technical information is included in the Release Notes.

What's New Download link

Review changes to caNanoLab

Under Keeping up with caNanoLab, click What's New with caNanoLab.

What's New link


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From the public caNanoLab home page, you can log into caNanolab caNanoLab under User Actions to save samples, protocols, and publications and share them with collaboration groups and other users. If you do not have an account, you need to register for one first.

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If you do not have a caNanoLab login account and want to save items in caNanoLab, contact Application Support (NCIAppSupport@mail.nih.gov). caNanoLab-Support@ISB-CGC.org. You will be assigned a user role that affects what actions you can perform in caNanoLab and sent a Login ID and password. For details, refer to caNanoLab User Roles on this page.

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To log into caNanoLab

  1. From User Actions on the home page, enter your Login ID.
  2. Enter your caNanoLab Password.

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    If you forget your password, contact Application Support (NCIAppSupport@mail.nih.gov) caNanoLab-Support@ISB-CGC.org.

  3. Click Login. Refresh the page. 

    The bottom left of the caNanoLab home page displays your login and user role information. The Associated Groups are your user role(s), for example, Public and Curator, and any collaboration group(s), for example, This is a sample, to which you are assigned.

    Login information

    For details, refer to:

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Resetting
Resetting
 

Resetting Your Password

If you forget or need to reset your caNanoLab password, contact Application Support (NCIAppSupport@mail.nih.gov ). caNanoLab-Support@ISB-CGC.org.

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Log Out Warning Due to Inactivity

If caNanoLab is inactive for 25 minutes, a message appears, warning displays that you will be logged off in five minutes. If you click OK, you remain logged in for another 30 minutes. If you do not click OK within five minutes, you are logged off.

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The warning does not display appear if you are actively clicking links. If you are only scrolling on a page or moving your mouse, the warning appears after 25 minutes.

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UserRoles
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caNanoLab User Roles

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Based When you log in, the options available to you depend on your caNanoLab caNanoLab user role and permissions, you may not see all of the options described in the help topics when you log in.  

caNanoLab menus

Menu Options

The following table lists and describes each caNanoLab menu.

Menu Options

Description

Home

Returns to the home page.

Workflow

Presents a workflow graphic with active links to access caNanoLab functions.

Protocols

Search for existing protocols, create a new protocol, and submit a protocol for review for public access.

Samples

Search for existing samples, create a new sample, and submit a sample for review for public access.

When you add a sample, the following options appear in the Navigation Tree:

NAVIGATION TREE
GENERAL INFO
COMPOSITION
CHARACTERIZATION
PUBLICATION
SYNTHESIS

For more information, refer to the following pages: 

Publications

Search for sample publications, create a new publication, or submit a publication for review for public access.

Groups
Curator only

Create and manage collaboration groups which allow researchers to share data among members of the group. 

  • Curators can manage all collaboration groups and view a list of samples assigned to each group.
  • If you do not have the curator role, you can manage only your own collaboration groups. 
Curation

Curator only:  Review items pending public release and generate sample data metrics in a batch.

ResultsCurator only: Appears after you perform a batch process.
My Workspace

Review the samples, protocols, and publications that you saved or are associated with your log in.

My FavoritesReview the samples, protocols, and publications that you bookmarked for easy access.
AdminAdmin only:  Add and edit users, and reset user passwords.

Login/Logout

Login or out of caNanoLab.

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Using the Workflow to Get Started

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(TBD: Will this diagram in the GUI be updated? I'm guessing it needs to include Synthesis, and it needs to say Creation & Create instead of Submission & Submit throughout, considering the old "no longer use" note above.)

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