HOME      Reasons to use ArrayAssist and PathwayArchitect software

  • Powerful. Both one color (Affy oligo array) and two-color spotted expression arrays; both parametric and non-parametric analysis; dealing with small number of replicates; Applying R and call your own functions from Bio-conductor; GO enrichment; additional analysis such as pathways.
  • Secure.  Your data can be stored on either your desktop or on the server, which backups regularly.
  • Fast and flexibility. Your can run your own dataset on your own fast machine, no worries about server slowing down.  The server is a 4-CPU machine with 4GB RAM.
  • Enterprise wide server.  Potential to serve up to 200 users (5 at the same time). The older version (GeneTraffic) has ~20 registered users. 
  • Do it yourself.  Easy-to-follow user manual is available.
  • Free.  Before the Cancer Center and Heflin Center charge you for using the software, it is free for UAB wide investigators.

 

Steps for installation

  • Go to http://www.stratagene.com
  • Download ArrayAssist Expression (AAE) Software.
  • Install AAE on your desktop.
  • Contact Dongquan Chen (dongquan@uab.edu) for new user account and server information to activate your copy.
  • Connect to the Enterprise server with your user account.

 

Additional analysis as requested

  • Sequence analysis
  • GO enrichment
  • Pathway analysis
  • Figure/tables for publication