APR

The Assay & Protocol Registry (APR) by Scigilian is a centralized repository designed to help life science organizations manage, validate, version, and access their assays, protocols, targets, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) from a single, unified platform. APR is purpose-built for organizations struggling with fragmented data storage, inconsistent ontologies, and a lack of formal assay registration processes that can compromise data stewardship and research efficiency.

APR addresses common pain points faced by research and laboratory teams, including SOPs and assay information scattered across personal and departmental folders, limited adoption of standardized dictionaries and formats, poor intergroup visibility leading to duplicated efforts, and the absence of formal review, approval, and versioning workflows. By centralizing these processes, APR enables organizations to operate with greater consistency, transparency, and scientific rigor.

Core Capabilities

• Create, review, approve, and share SOPs with internal colleagues, external collaborators, or Contract Research Organizations (CROs).
• Categorize assays and data analysis using BioAssay Ontologies, enabling access to related assays by their properties, targets, and associated projects.
• Locate protocols and prevent duplication through robust multi-parameter search functionality.
• Standardize organizational ontologies and dictionaries to bring structure to assays and data.
• Enhance data stewardship across the full lifecycle of assay development, registration, and execution.
• Track relationships between entities and methods with ease.

Key Use Cases

• Centralizing assay development and protocol information across the organization.
• Creating, approving, editing, and version-controlling assay protocols through an intuitive web-based user interface.
• Sharing protocols seamlessly among groups, teams, and departments.
• Harmonizing ontologies and dictionaries to bring consistency to assay data structures.
• Promoting better data stewardship across assay development, registration, and execution workflows.
• Effortlessly tracking the relationships between experimental entities and methods.

Search and Capture Features

• Multi-parameter search functionality allows users to seamlessly locate protocols and avoid duplication across the registry.
• Capture assay-specific information including categories, targets, project associations, and other relevant metadata to ensure comprehensive and structured records.

APR is delivered as a web-based platform by Scigilian, designed to integrate into laboratory workflows and support organizations in automating and executing their processes more efficiently. It provides a complete overview of assay status and history, enabling teams to adapt quickly to new methods and process changes.