CYTO Lab Hacks: A platform for the exchange of innovations in cytometry
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- Subject Areas
- Cell Biology, Science Policy
- Keywords
- open science, free and open source software (FOSS), free and open source hardware (FOSH), network, cytometry, website
- Copyright
- © 2019 Bispo et al.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2019. CYTO Lab Hacks: A platform for the exchange of innovations in cytometry. PeerJ Preprints 7:e27944v3 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27944v3
Abstract
This article reports on a conference workshop conducted at CYTO 2019. This workshop centered on an online directory for non-commercial cytometry innovations called CYTO Lab Hacks. The CYTO Lab Hacks website is being developed to become a curated platform to collate and to promote cytometry related materials developed by the wider scientific community. The website will present brief summaries and links to repositories with experimental protocols, descriptions of hardware changes, document templates, software code, and other innovations. The workshop outcomes, summarized in this manuscript, cover the topics of the website functionality and user experience, organization of the volunteer task force, and understanding the needs of the cytometry community in respect to sharing innovations.
Author Comment
The latest version corrected several typos in the supplementary document. Also, the the summary paragraph of the supplementary materials has been extended to include the reference to the included presentation slides.
Supplemental Information
Supplementary materials
This supplementary material document shows a snapshot image of the existing CYTO Lab Hacks prototype website and a video showing the submission process for the future CYTO Lab Hacks website. Slides from the presentation accompanying the workshop at CYTO 2019 are also included.
Video 1: Example of a project submission process for the future CYTO Lab Hacks website
A screen capture video was created from an existing website used in the creative industry. It shows the workflow associated with a project submission that we aim to recreate in the future CYTO Lab Hacks website. The video was prepared for the workshop participants to quickly imagine our idea of the future submission process and be able to provide accurate feedback and suggestions for improvement.