SugarArray: A User-centred-designed Platform for the Analysis of Lectin and Glycan Microarrays

Aurora Sucre, Aurora Sucre, Raquel Pazos, Niels-Christian Reichardt, Niels-Christian Reichardt, Alba Garín-Muga, Alba Garín-Muga

2020

Abstract

Glycan and lectin microarrays are two arising technologies, very important to the glycomics field. Glycomics is the science that focuses on defining the structures and functions of carbohydrates in nature. These microarrays provide information regarding the interactions between specific carbohydrates and proteins, and it has many applications in clinical and research settings. Nevertheless, the availability of analytical software for these types of arrays is very limited, so researchers usually perform data processing and analytical pipelines manually, which is very time consuming and prone to error. SugarArray was born as a user-friendly and intuitive stand-alone solution that process the intensity data generated from glycan or lectin array studies, and displays the results to the user in an understandable manner. The solution also allows the users to manage the data as needed, create data plots and automatically generate reports. This tool was intended to simplify the processing steps of the analytical pipeline, so the users can focus on what really matters: understanding the results.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sucre A., Pazos R., Reichardt N. and Garín-Muga A. (2020). SugarArray: A User-centred-designed Platform for the Analysis of Lectin and Glycan Microarrays. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-398-8, SciTePress, pages 106-116. DOI: 10.5220/0008960101060116

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf20,
author={Aurora Sucre and Raquel Pazos and Niels-Christian Reichardt and Alba Garín-Muga},
title={SugarArray: A User-centred-designed Platform for the Analysis of Lectin and Glycan Microarrays},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2020},
pages={106-116},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008960101060116},
isbn={978-989-758-398-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - SugarArray: A User-centred-designed Platform for the Analysis of Lectin and Glycan Microarrays
SN - 978-989-758-398-8
AU - Sucre A.
AU - Pazos R.
AU - Reichardt N.
AU - Garín-Muga A.
PY - 2020
SP - 106
EP - 116
DO - 10.5220/0008960101060116
PB - SciTePress