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InjectionDesign

A web service for designing LC-MS and GC-MS multi-omics injection sequences with QC placement, inter-batch balancing, intra-batch randomization, and downloadable worksheets.

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Overview

InjectionDesign prepares acquisition sequences and plate layouts from sample metadata. It combines inter-batch balancing, within-batch randomization and predefined QC placement before LC/GC-MS measurements.

What can this tool do?

Metadata-based contextualization

Common uses

  • Randomize and balance study samples across analytical batches.
  • Place pooled, blank, solvent, reference, and custom QC samples within an injection sequence.

Scientific fit

Primary function

Quality control and filtering

Other functions

Data management and sharing

Analysis types

Multi-omics

Data compatibility

Inputs

Sample metadata

Outputs

Sample metadata

Input formats

Other, Excel worksheet

Output formats

Other, Excel worksheet

Scope and considerations

Designed for

  • Prospective injection-order design and QC placement before LC-MS or GC-MS acquisition.

Not designed for

  • Correcting instrument drift or batch effects after acquisition, or replacing experimental design review.

Important requirements

  • A sample Excel sheet using the provided template, grouping variables and desired plate/QC settings. Local deployment uses Java, MongoDB and Redis; the hosted route uses a browser.

Considerations

  • Balance and randomization dimensions must reflect the scientific design; inspect the exported sequence and QC spacing before acquisition.

Access and documentation

Primary accessSource repositoryDocumentation

The repository carries MulanPSL-2.0 terms and describes a free hosted service. Hosted availability and user-data handling were not operationally tested.

License: MulanPSL-2.0

Evidence and review

Enveda intake rechecked against official README/documentation, repository access terms and primary publication metadata on 2026-10-27. Editorial source review only; no software execution or independent benchmarking. See docs/enveda-expansion-review-2026-10-27.md.

Core publications

Resource papers, direct updates and tool-specific methods. Selection policy.

  1. Injectiondesign: web service of plate design with optimized stratified block randomization for modern GC/LC-MS-based sample preparation. BMC Bioinformatics (2023). doi:10.1186/s12859-023-05598-1

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Entry history

Changes to this catalogue entry, not the tool's software release history. Acceptance and editorial review are separate.

  1. 2026-10-27 · First committed entry

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