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LabPipe: an extensible bioinformatics toolkit to manage experimental data and metadata.

Bo Zhao^1,2, Luke Bryant^2,3, Rebecca Cordell^2,3

¹Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

BMC Bioinformatics

|December 3, 2020

Summary

LabPipe offers a flexible toolkit for clinical bioinformatics, improving metadata collection and data linkage. This solution addresses inadequate data handling in research, ensuring consistency and flexibility in experimental data management.

Keywords:

Biomedical Breathomics Data management Metadata

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Area of Science:

Clinical Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Data Management

Background:

Inadequate data handling is a significant challenge in clinical bioinformatics.
Existing tools lack flexibility for metadata collection and data linkage from vendor software.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a freely available tool for consistent and flexible metadata collection and data linkage.
To address the limitations of current data handling approaches in clinical research.

Main Methods:

Development of LabPipe, a toolkit with a local client and server architecture.
Implementation of re-usable configurations for experiment metadata and data collection.
Pilot testing in a multi-site clinical breathomics study.

Main Results:

LabPipe successfully managed metadata entry and data linkage.
The toolkit demonstrated flexibility in handling diverse data challenges.
Consistent and controlled data handling was achieved in the pilot study.

Conclusions:

LabPipe provides a robust solution for metadata and experimental data management in clinical bioinformatics.
The toolkit enhances data consistency, control, and linkage.
LabPipe is adaptable to various data handling requirements in research settings.