Metadata Overview

The Hoffmann Lab has a system for storing its raw sequencing data. It is important you follow the system in place and ensure all your data is properly labelled and backed up. This is to ensure that sequencing data generated at the present time can still be used in future analyses, even if you are no longer at the lab. Storing our next-generation sequencing data in a systematic manner also benefits the whole lab as other lab members can find and use data that could be beneficial to their project. Sharing is caring.

The Mediaflux is the service we use to manage our data, with the underlying storage being hosted by VicNode. With Mediaflux, we can upload sequencing libraries into storage located in the cloud, then set comprehenseive metadata detailing what was sequenced, where the biological samples are stored, and other important experimental design information.

To get started using Mediaflux, visit the Using Mediaflux page.