Getting Started

Before you can use the PhenoGen website, you must register and set up a user profile. Your user profile provides details such as your name, email address, and the Principal Investigator you are working with. Your user profile can be modified at any time when you are logged into the website. After your registration is complete, you can use the website to create and analyze datasets and research gene lists.

Minimum System Requirements

To successfully run the PhenoGen website on your browser, your computer must have:

1GB RAM
3.0 GHz CPU
One of:

Firefox 2.0 or later
Internet Explorer 7.0 or later.
Safari 2.0 or later

Note: The features and functionality of the PhenoGen website may work with other browsers, but compatibility is not guaranteed, and the support provided for those browsers may be limited.

User Types

There are two types of users in the PhenoGen website:

Basic User (default)
Principal Investigator (PI)

Basic User

Most users are basic users. These users can:

Upload experiment arrays.
View arrays and datasets.
Create datasets.
Download datasets.
Access all of the available data analysis tools.
Use all the tools available for researching genes.

Principal Investigator

The Principal Investigator (PI) is often the head of a lab and is responsible for granting permission to other users to view the arrays uploaded by researchers in the PI's lab. A user who is a Principal Investigator sees a Principal Investigator box on the Home page after logging in. This box provides administrative functions for the PI. In addition to all of the functions available to basic users, the PI can:

Approve array requests.
Grant array access to an individual.
Grant open access to array data.