Rodent module

• Three tier management system: Strains> Specimens> Cages

• Track heritage and treatment history per specimen – minimize loss and excess breeding

• Plan experiments and receive notifications for maintenance tasks or treatments

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The rodent module

Rodent doesn’t appear in your

menu? press New Collection to quickly add it

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StrainsSpecimensCages

Rodents

Rodent strain index table

Easily add strains by:• Import your entire collection• Create strain item manually• Search in the repositories

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StrainsSpecimensCages

Rodents

Import your collection

To import your rodent strain collection info, download

Labguru’s template, fill it (do not change columns’ headers or

order) and upload the file. After file is uploaded, choose to start

import

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Import your collection

To enable additional customized fields to your rodent table do

the following before downloading the template: go to Settings (under account

name), choose Collections tab and click on customized for rodent (strain / specimen)

• Share your rodents with colleagues and see what they share with you• See which rodents your colleagues work with, ask for advices or ask to

borrow specific fly• Create different repositories to share with different people

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Rodent strain repositories

2 Click on an item’s name to see more details

including the lab that shared it

1 Click to create new repositories

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New repository

1 To share your rodents with your colleagues, easily create a new

repository: name your repository send an invitation (you can add invitations at any

time)

2 Once a repository exist, you can add a

strain directly from the info tab

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Strain index table

All your strains are organized in this table! Use

customization to add/remove or re-order

columns in the table

StrainsSpecimensCages

Rodents

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Custom fields

1 View both default and customized field. Customized fields can

be deleted if never used

2 Enter field name, select field type from the list (optionally,

mark field as mandatory) and click to add it to your module’s

fields

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Rodents

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1 Change the order in which fields are presented in the index table by dragging and

dropping 2 Mark the fields you

want to appear in your index table and

click Update

Customize table view StrainsSpecimensCages

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Search a strain

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StrainsSpecimensCages

Rodents

1 Quickly find the rodent strain you need! Use

simple or advanced search tools

2 Add as many search criterions as needed to

narrow down search results and easily find

your strain

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StrainsSpecimensCages

Rodents

Strain info tab

2 Use tags to connect items

together

1 Edit, duplicate or delete item easily

4 Add related tasks and events to keep track of your strain

activity

3 Attach paper, documents etc. to keep your rodent strain in context

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StrainsSpecimensCages

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Strain specimen tab

2 See a short summary of all related specimens

1 Add new strain related specimens

here

3 View all your strain’s specimen, alive or dead. For more details, click on a specimen’s

name

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StrainsSpecimensCages

Rodents

Specimen index table1 Find here all the

specimens that were ever created in the system (connected to strain or

not, alive or dead)

2 Editing, adding, sharing and searching your rodent specimen collection works

as demonstrated for strain

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StrainsSpecimensCages

RodentsEdit selectedin rodent specimen

1 To edit a field, click the pencil

icon

2 Selecting multiple specimen items and “Edit select” will lead you to this detailed editing option. Each change will be made

to all the selected items

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1 The info tab preserve all information related to

specimens, including parent records

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Specimen info tab

2 Edit, duplicate or delete item easily

3 View linked papers,

protocols, experiments

etc.

4 Attached relevant images, papers,

documents etc.

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1 Click here to add treatments to a specimen.

In the cage level you can manage treatments for several specimens (see next

slides for more info)

Specimen treatment log tab StrainsSpecimensCages

Rodents

2 Edit or delete a

treatment here

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1 Add a new cage here

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2 Customize cage index table using either option (described previously)

Rodent cage index table

3 Use cages to represent experiments (assigning

treatments to all specimens), breed litters

and more

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To enable the “add litters” option, mark cage as a breeding cage (when creating a new cage

or by editing an existing one) and add at least one female and

one male to your cage

Cage info tab StrainsSpecimensCages

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1 Fill in litter details. Notice that you can

set the sex to “Unknown” and

later edit it

Create litters StrainsSpecimensCages

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2 Select the litter parents from the specimens in the

cage

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Cage specimen tab StrainsSpecimensCages

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2 See a short summary of all related specimens

1 Add specimen or create litters

quickly

3 View all your specimen, alive

or dead. For more details, click on a specimen’s name

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Cage treatment tab StrainsSpecimensCages

Rodents

2 To assign protocols for use with rodents,

click here

1 Select predefined treatment from a protocol. Steps are loaded once a protocol is

selected

3 Click on the plus icon to add a treatment to an individual

specimen or click on Submit treatment to all specimens in

the cage below the list

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Cage treatment tab StrainsSpecimensCages

Rodents

2 Click done when finished

1 Select a protocol from all the protocols in your account and move it by dragging and

dropping. Use it to add or remove protocols from rodent

protocols list

Save time and money by using Labguru’s rodent module.Manage your strains and specimens, track treatments, and easily find all related information in one place.

If you have any questions, please contact us support@labguru.com

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