Introduction to XtalBase

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Xtalbase is a crystallization management system that aims at providing the user with information useful for the design of crystallization experiments and with tools that help the user to design, prepare, monitor and evaluate them. Furthermore, it is a tool to organize crystallographic data.

With XtalBase you can

  • access and search physicochemical information of a wide variety of compounds used in crystallization
  • define personalized sets of compounds and stock solutions
  • compose crystallization plates by
    • selecting individual conditions
    • interpolating concentrations of a selected compound for a set of wells
    • choosing compounds, their concentrations and pH by random
    • probability of success based on previous experiments
  • calculate pipetting schemes for stock solutions and crystallization plates
  • display pipetting schemes and observation sheets ready for printout
  • keep statistics over your crystallization plates
  • extract crystallographic data from log files of common data reduction and refinement programs

All data are searchable in a unified search form either by occurence of a string in any of the fields or selected fields. The search can be refined by using arithmetic operators like 'at least' and 'at most' or logical operators like 'and', 'or' and 'not'.
XtalBase has an open data structure, that is, It is possible define custom data and custom actions on these data via the administrative interface. Links to many actions are in many cases displayed automatically. A newly created set of data fields will therefore be fully visible and manageable without any further user input.

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