Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on September 22, 2005
Bioinformatics 2005 21(22):4194-4195; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bti686
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Doelan: a solution for quality control monitoring of microarray production
1IFR36, Plate-forme Transcriptome 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris cedex05, France
2INSERM U368, École Normale Supérieure 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris cedex05, France
*To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Summary: Doelan is an automated tool designed to monitor the quality of DNA microarray production. The software executes a series of quality control tests on hybridizations to validate batches of chips. The reports generated by Doelan should help microarray platforms aiming at quality labels, such as ISO 9001 certification. The Doelan application is written in Java and works with a plug-in system that allows everyone to add custom validation tests.
Availability: The Doelan application is distributed under the GNU General Public License at http://transcriptome.ens.fr/doelan/
Contact: lecrom{at}biologie.ens.fr
Supplementary information: Complete documentation, source code and screenshots are available at http://transcriptome.ens.fr/doelan/
Received on July 21, 2005; revised on September 15, 2005; accepted on September 20, 2005