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Table 3 Comparison of microarray LIMS with regard to licencing, specific technology support, regulatory compliance, MIAME compliance and Mage-ML export.

From: MicroArray Facility: a laboratory information management system with extended support for Nylon based technologies

Name

Supplier

Specific Support for

License Type

Regulatory Compliance

MIAME

Mage-ML export

  

Nylon filters

2-color slides

Oligo chips

 

21 CFR part 11

  

ArrayDB 2.1

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

*

*

OS

*

*

*

BASE 1.2

Lund University

±

OS

*

GeneX Va/GEOSS 2.5.2

University of Virginia

*

±

OS

*

*

LIMaS 2

Medical Research Council (MRC) Harwell

*

RF

*

MADAM

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)

±

OS

*

MADGE

University of Florida

*

*

RF

*

*

*

MARS 1.1.1

Graz University of Technology

*

*

RF

*

maxdLoad2

University of Manchester

*

OS

*

MicroArray Facility

Ipsogen/Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)

±

RF

MicroGen

Politecnico di Milano

*

*

OS

*

*

MiMiR

Imperial College London

*

*

RF

*

QuickLIMS

German Cancer Research Institute

*

*

RF

*

*

*

SMD/Longhorn Array Database 1.5

Stanford University

*

*

OS

*

Acuity 4.0

Molecular Devices

*

Com

*

Expressionist

GeneData

*

Com

GeneDirector 3

BioDiscovery

*

Com

*

*

GeneSpring GX Workgroup

Agilent technologies

Com

GeneTraffic(Multi)

Stratagene

Com

*

PARTISAN arrayLIMS

Clondiag

Com

*

Resolver 6.0

Rosetta Biosoftware

Com

  1. OS: Open Source, RF: Royalty Free licence for academics, Com: Commercial Licence, 21 CFR part 11: aimed to comply with U. S. Food and Drug Administration Guidance for Industry [54], ± : partially supported feature, *: unsupported feature or feature not described in software associated documentation, website or publications.