Uploading your data to iFinch

Last fall, we introduced iFinch, a personal system for genetic analysis. Unlike our larger, industrial strength Finch systems, iFinch is designed for individual researchers, small labs, or teachers who want a trouble-free system for managing and working with genetic data.

I call iFinch "bioinformatics in a box." I've been using it this year in two bioinformatics courses and it's been pretty helpful. iFinch and FinchTV play nicely together and the combination works well for students.

You don't even have to get a computer for storing data or learn how to manage a database. We do all that for you and you use the system through the web. It's nice and painless.

We're in the movies!
The first thing we do with iFinch is to put our data into the iFinch database. In the movie, you can see how we upload chromatograms through the web interface.



iFinch can store any kind of file, but it really shines when it comes to working with chromatograms or genotyping data.

If you have lots of files (more than a few 96 well plates), we do have other systems for uploading data. But, that's another post and another movie.