EPA

Get an account, initiate a project, submit sequences!


In EPA, data access, processing and annotation are structured around projects. A project starts with a collection of ESTs that can be progressively extended by successive addition of new sequences.
Submission and access to the data are protected by a login/password system in order to ensure confidentiality and integrity of the data.
The EPA Server administrator is the contact person to obtain a Login / password, initiate a project, extend an EST collection with additional sequences or open public access to your data.

A - Get an account and initiate a project

  Send a mail to EPA Server administrator, with the following information
  
  • Your name and affiliation (Institution or Company name)
  • A brief project description (Organism, Scientific aims of the project)
  • Format of your sequences (trace files or fasta files)
  • Approximate number of EST sequences you want to proceed
    •   The administrator will contact you in order to organise the loading of your sequence. You will be notified when the assembly step will be completed. So you will get back a Login/pawword and project identifier, and you can start the analysis and annotation.

    B - Extend an EST collection with a batch of new sequences

      Send a mail to EPA Server administrator, with the following information
      
  • Project identifier
  • Format of your sequences (trace files or fasta files)
  • Approximate number of EST sequences you want to add
    •   The administrator will contact you in order to organise the loading of the new sequences. You will be notified when the new sequences will be loaded and the new assembly step will be completed so that you can start the analysis and annotation.

    C - Open a public access to your data

      When a project is completed, if appropriate, the owner of the project can open a public access to the data: it will then appear is the list of completed public projects
      Send a mail to EPA Server administrator, with the following information
      
  • Project identifier

    • EPA Server Team.